MERRY AND BRIGHT IN VEGAS: NEON MUSEUM TO BE LIGHTED FOR THE HOLIDAYS, NOV. 28 – JAN. 1
Ornament Making, Holiday Caroling Events for Families to Take Place
at December to Remember Event, Sat., Dec. 13
The Neon Museum Boneyard’s collection of more than 150 vintage neon signs will be illuminated with a special, holiday-inspired palette of lights—red, green, gold, blue and white—beginning Sun., Nov. 28, through Thurs., Jan. 1. All visitors taking night tours of the Neon Boneyard will be able to experience the seasonal lighting. In addition, all nighttime visitors can now see the recently restored and electrified Jerry’s Nugget and Liberace Museum signs, installed in the Neon Boneyard this fall.
Families will enjoy the second-annual “December to Remember” holiday ornament-making event, which will take place Saturday, Dec. 13 from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Boneyard Park. This event will be followed by hot chocolate and caroling by Las Vegas Academy choir in the Neon Museum Boneyard from 5 to 6 p.m., during which time families will also enjoy the dazzling atmosphere of the seasonally illuminated Boneyard. “December to Remember” is part of the City of Las Vegas Cultural Corridor’s holiday festival. This event is free and open to the public; reservations are not required.
Night tours of the Neon Boneyard are $25 for general admission; seniors, students, active military and veterans and Nevada residents are $22 (must show current ID upon arrival). For more information about tours and special events at the Neon Museum, go to www.neonmuseum.org or call (702) 387-6366.
ABOUT THE NEON MUSEUM
Founded in 1996, the Neon Museum is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization dedicated to collecting, preserving, studying and exhibiting iconic Las Vegas signs for educational, historic and cultural enrichment. In addition to an approximately two-acre Neon Museum campus, which includes the outdoor exhibition space known as the Neon Boneyard, the museum also encompasses a visitors’ center housed inside the former La Concha Motel lobby; the Neon Boneyard North Gallery, a separate outdoor exhibition space which is open for educational programs, photography shoots, weddings and special events; as well as nine restored signs installed as public art throughout downtown Las Vegas. Public education, outreach, research, archival preservation and a grant-funded neon sign survey represent a selection of the museum’s ongoing projects. Both the Neon Boneyard and the La Concha Visitors’ Center are located at 770 Las Vegas Blvd. North in Las Vegas. For more information, visit www.NeonMuseum.org.
