The Neon Museum in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, features signs from old casinos and other businesses displayed outdoors on 2.27 acres (0.92 ha).

The lobby of the former La Concha Motel, located on the Las Vegas Strip, was donated to the museum and moved there in 2006, eventually becoming its visitor center.

Construction to convert the lobby began in May 2011, and the museum officially opened to the general public on October 27, 2012, eliminating the appointment system.

An expansion of the museum site began in 2017, although hundreds of neon artifacts still remained in off-site storage due to space limitations.

In 2024, the museum announced plans to relocate to two larger, nearby sites at 18b The Las Vegas Arts District.

[3] The Sands Hotel and Casino, located on the Las Vegas Strip, demolished its original neon sign in 1981, as part of a renovation.

[9][10] The locally based Allied Arts Council had been contacted by a Sands employee about saving the sign, but it lacked the necessary equipment and storage space to do so.

[3] Allied Arts set a site for the museum along North Las Vegas Boulevard, near Cashman Field.

It was re-installed and lit up on November 13, 1996, in a new location at the intersection of North Las Vegas Boulevard and Fremont Street.

[1] The Neon Museum was popular for photo shoots but otherwise was largely unknown among the general public,[9] averaging 1,800 tour-goers each year as of 2007.

[41][42] In 2006, the lobby was cut into eight pieces and moved 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north along Las Vegas Boulevard to the museum site.

[32] Las Vegas mayor Carolyn Goodman was hopeful that the Neon Museum would help attract more visitors to downtown.

[32] In 2016, the museum's staff outgrew the office space in the La Concha structure and relocated to the former Las Vegas City Hall building.

[55][27] In 2017, the museum received a $425,000 grant from the city to help finance an expansion of its main boneyard, allowing for more signs to go on display.

[56] The project required the purchase and demolition of the vacant L.A. Street Market, located directly south of the La Concha visitor center.

[60] In 2019, the city agreed to lease a shuttered cultural center nearby for an indoor neon gallery, while the parking lot would become a third boneyard for signs.

[61][62] The structure was in need of costly repairs, but planning and fundraising were delayed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, prompting the Neon Museum to pull out of the deal in 2022.

[72] Signage from hotel-casinos include the Stardust,[73][74][75] the Riviera,[76] the Flamingo,[77][78] the Tropicana,[79] the Moulin Rouge,[80] El Cortez,[81] New York-New York,[82] the Plaza,[83] the Debbie Reynolds Hotel,[84] and the Nevada Palace.

[85] In addition to hotel and casino signage, the collection also includes those from other businesses in the local community,[13] such as a Hard Rock Cafe,[86] the Peppermill restaurant,[87] and Ugly Duckling Car Sales.

[91][92][93] Some signs are considered of high priority for restoration, typically due to their historic status or because they are in a state of rapid deterioration.

In conjunction with this, the museum added several vintage neon signs along the street, including one from the downtown casino Binion's Horseshoe.

[98] That year, artists Nanda Sharif-pour and Ali Fathollahi created a mural for the museum, titled Las Vegas Luminaries.

The mural features 11 people who played a role in the city's artistic history, including entertainers Liberace and Sammy Davis Jr., as well as sign designer Betty Willis.