The Clark County Museum is one of the best showcases of the past in Las #Vegas and Southern Nevada. The museum is part of the Clark County Parks & Recreation Department, but their efforts are assisted by a group of hard working and dedicated group of people. Since 1975, the Clark County Museum Guild has helped run and promote the Clark County Museum. The Guild is a separate organization that actively supports the Clark County Museum: underwriting many programs and restoration efforts along with

The Clark County Museum has at least 50,000 photos in its collection detailing the history of Las #Vegas, #ClarkCounty and Southern Nevada. An exhaustive project has been ongoing to catalog those photos and get them made available online for people to take a trip through time. The hope is to have a link to them in the next few months. For those interested in visiting the museum in person, the Clark County Museum is located at 1830 S. Boulder Highway and has an indoor exhibit gallery featuring di

Nowadays - most of us use the maps on our devices to get around - maps and map making have come a long way over the years. The Clark County Museum's current exhibit displays historic and contemporary maps selected from the museum collections to look at Southern Nevada, its connections in physical space, and its sense of place and shared community. The exhibit features the map that put Las #Vegas on the map, John C. Fremont and Charles Preuss 1865 Map of an Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mount

The Clark County Museum offers something for the entire family. An interesting and educationally fun exhibit at the museum is the Henderson Townsite House that was relocated to the museum in 1982. Originally built in 1941, the house has been restored to tell the story of Henderson, how war affected the area and how the Basic Magnesium Incorporated (BMI) confining plant came to existence. The home is one of 1,000 homes built to house families that worked at BMI. The community was expected to be a