Lost City Museum
Lost City Museum
4.5
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Monday
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Tuesday
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Wednesday
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Thursday
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Friday
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Saturday
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Sunday
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
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Museum which features Indian artifacts.
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P B
Huntsville, Canada13 contributions
Apr 2023 • Couples
Good historical background on the area. Small local museum with artifacts. Well laid out information on local families. Worrth visiting if also going to Valley of fire, and coming into Overton for food, or returning to Vegas from that end of the park. Recreated Pueblos outside on the museum grounds were interesting, as were gardens.
Written May 5, 2023
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HappyJana
Las Vegas, NV977 contributions
Jul 2021
We stopped there on the way to Utah. If you live in Las Vegas, it is worth going to at least once. There's a lot of information about the history of moapa and surrounding areas. My kids liked shopping at the little gift shop.
Written September 12, 2021
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Fred G
Los Angeles, CA322 contributions
Mar 2022
Quaint little museum around an hour north of Vegas. Documents the remnants of an old pueblo village that was discovered around 1930's before filling Lake Mead. Interesting, but not a lot to see. We learned more from watching their short videos; only a handful of actual artifacts on display (most items were modern replicas). So don't expect to be wow'd; but if you are into history/archeology, it makes a very pleasant afternoon trip.
Written March 7, 2022
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BuckeyeRover
St. George, UT310 contributions
Feb 2013 • Couples
Anyone visiting the Valley of Fire area definitely should make an effort to visit this little museum. They do have limited days and hours, so plan accordingly.
Very well done displays, a few docents on hand to ask for more info, and what impressed me, they were very excited to tell you about the history. In a time when native Americans were viewed as less desirable people, someone had the foresight to gather and preserve as much as they could prior to this area being flooded from Hoover Dam...good job.
Nice gift shop and a picnic area outside where they have examples of adobes common in this area so many years ago.
I can't believe anyone would complain about a $5.00 fee. Most people drop that at a fast food joint without blinking an eye.....
Considering the State of Nevada cut funding to most museums, I would imagine they are doing good just making ends meet!
The only website I think is through the Nevada State museum site, I added that below.
Very well done displays, a few docents on hand to ask for more info, and what impressed me, they were very excited to tell you about the history. In a time when native Americans were viewed as less desirable people, someone had the foresight to gather and preserve as much as they could prior to this area being flooded from Hoover Dam...good job.
Nice gift shop and a picnic area outside where they have examples of adobes common in this area so many years ago.
I can't believe anyone would complain about a $5.00 fee. Most people drop that at a fast food joint without blinking an eye.....
Considering the State of Nevada cut funding to most museums, I would imagine they are doing good just making ends meet!
The only website I think is through the Nevada State museum site, I added that below.
Written February 21, 2013
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patroo
Springfield, OR320 contributions
While the museum is small, but full of authentic and interesting artifacts, the tax-free gift shop offers a wide range of nice items that are relatively inexpensive, including Tarahumare baskets, pawn jewelry, lots of children's things, weavings, and much more. The museum includes an actual archaeological dig inside its rooms, plus recreated pueblo dwellings outdoors done by the CCC. Other stone outlines indicate where another array of dwellings once stood. I didn't really want to stop at this museum, but my husband thought it might be interesting - and he was right!
You can buy all the tacky crap you want in Las Vegas souvenir shops, but for quality, authenticity, and beauty, this gift shop is a great place to visit. After visiting many, many shops, I found the prices here to be the best for comparable quality. The museum itself will take about an hour, depending how much you read the labels and exhibits, and include time to muse outdoors in a lovely setting. I really enjoyed the display about the rock salt mines that the Indians excavated. The cross section of the Mt. Thomas mine is amazing - who would think that a people with only torches for light could accomplish so much deep underground!
You can buy all the tacky crap you want in Las Vegas souvenir shops, but for quality, authenticity, and beauty, this gift shop is a great place to visit. After visiting many, many shops, I found the prices here to be the best for comparable quality. The museum itself will take about an hour, depending how much you read the labels and exhibits, and include time to muse outdoors in a lovely setting. I really enjoyed the display about the rock salt mines that the Indians excavated. The cross section of the Mt. Thomas mine is amazing - who would think that a people with only torches for light could accomplish so much deep underground!
Written November 4, 2009
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Covina, CA2 contributions
May 2011
We were in the area staying a few days to hike around the Valley of Fire State Park while staying at the North Shore Inn at Lake Mead hotel in Overton and we saw the signs for this Museum on our way. Stopped in to check it out, found it amazing. Great little place, nice staff and very helpful.
Written June 22, 2011
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NerdMom12
Atlanta, GA25 contributions
Oct 2012 • Family
We stopped here on our way from Zion to Las Vegas. This is a small, but very well done and informative museum. The collection includes artifacts that were removed from virgin Anasazi archeological sites by the CCC before the Hoover Dam flooded the canyons under Lake Mead. The museum is built on the ruin of an actual Virgin Anasazi pueblo and has a reconstruction of what that pueblo may have looked like many centuries ago. It is a great bargain; currently kids under 18 are free and adults are $5 each. Not Chaco Canyon or Mesa Verde, but worth a stop. The whole family really enjpoyed this museum. Allow 1-2 hours.
Written October 16, 2012
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SoUtahfan
Washington, UT36 contributions
Aug 2011
For those of you who want to do more than just zip along I-15, this is one of those little adventures that prove to be very interesting and fun. The boys really liked the re-created pueblo s and the pithouse and said it gave them a good reason not to complain about the size of their bedrooms at home! This is a very historical museum, originally built in the 1930s right on an archeological dig site, but has been kept up very nice and is full of interesting information. In addition to the artifacts themselves, there was quite a lot of interesting information about how things are found and categorized, etc. There's even a small paleontology section as there are many fossils in the area. After visiting this museum, take the round trip back to the freeway by driving through Valley of Fire State Park which is quite spectacular for photography. This was a very worthwhile side trip for us.
Written August 16, 2011
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Larry G
Mesquite, NV3 contributions
May 2012
Learn history back several hundred years. Indian artifax, actual spot of indian settlement. Museum very well taken care of. Worth your stop. Near Overton, NV
Written March 3, 2013
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OtherHand
Orange County, California4 contributions
This is a nice little museum run by the State of Nevada, built by the CCC in the 1930's. It primarily houses artifacts recovered from the Pueblo Grande de Nevada site, which was flooded by the rising waters of Lake Mead. There are only a few rooms of artifacts, but the pieces are pretty decent. Good gift shop. Outside are reconstructed dwellings, built on the actual foundations of original structures. Doesn't look like it gets a lot of visitation, so it's a quiet spot to spend time.
Unless you are a crazed indian relic fanatic, it's probably not worth the 12 mile trip from I-15 by itself, but if you couple it with a driving loop through the adjacent Valley of Fire State Park, then you got a trip.....
Unless you are a crazed indian relic fanatic, it's probably not worth the 12 mile trip from I-15 by itself, but if you couple it with a driving loop through the adjacent Valley of Fire State Park, then you got a trip.....
Written November 19, 2007
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Bill D
Las Vegas, Nevada
If I bring me 7 pound poodle with me today, holding in my arms, can I bring him inside with me. He's 14 years old. I would love to see the museum. Thanks, bill
Written March 27, 2015
Bill,
Please call the museum in advance.
Ralph
Written March 31, 2015
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