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The Neon Museum welcomes families this Spring Break with various ticket options

The Neon Museum welcomes families this Spring Break with various ticket options

Local resident and youth discounts, Museums for All program, and Spanish language tours promote accessibility for all

Dedicated to telling the stories of Las Vegas culture, history, and art, The Neon Museum offers multiple options daily for Las Vegas residents to experience the museum’s collection and is a great destination for families during the upcoming Spring Break.

 

As of April 1, The Neon Museum offers a youth discount for children aged 7-17. The new youth ticket is $10 for general admission, $14 for an evening guided tour, and $11 for the North Gallery tour and Brilliant! Jackpot. A youth ticket for the combo experience of an evening guided tour and the North Gallery/Brilliant! Jackpot is $22.The Neon Museum has always welcomed children aged six and under for free, and Nevada residents can save $4 on all ticket types.

 

The Neon Museum is also a member of the national Museums for All program, an initiative of the Institute of Museum and Library Services that encourages people of all backgrounds to visit museums regularly and build lifelong museum-going habits. Museums for All discounted tickets at The Neon Museum are $3 per person, up to four people per party, with the presentation of a SNAP Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card. Each cardholder must have their own reservation under their own name and tickets can be purchased online. Valid photo ID and SNAP card are required at check-in.

 

Museums for All is part of The Neon Museum’s broad commitment to seek, include, and welcome all audiences. Museums for All helps expand access to museums and has served more than 3.5 million visitors at more than 800 institutions nationwide, including art museums, children’s museums, science centers, botanical gardens, zoos, history museums, and more. The Neon Museum is one of five Las Vegas museums that participates in Museums for All.

 

Also available for booking online are The Neon Museum’s guided tours in Spanish every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evening. The guided tours are conducted by fluent Spanish speaking museum docents and last 45 minutes, just like the English language guided tours.

 

“The Neon Museum strongly believes that money should not be a barrier to education. All families, regardless of their unique needs, should have access to the amazing stories of Las Vegas history and culture,” said Aaron Berger, executive director of The Neon Museum. “With Spring Break coming up and Summer Break soon after that, we hope to welcome more families to the museum so they can see up close and learn more about the magnificent neon treasures that trace our city’s history.”

 

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, arts and cultural enrichment. Fully accredited by the American Alliance of Museums (AAM), The Neon Museum has been ranked No. 1 in Las Vegas Weekly’s list of “Twenty Greatest Attractions in Las Vegas History,” Nevada’s “Best Museum” by MSN, No. 1 Pop Culture museum and one of the 10 Best Museums in Las Vegas by USA Today’s 10best.com, “One of the Top 10 Coolest Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do” by Forbes.com, one of the “Top 10 Historic Spots in Las Vegas” by Vegas.com; one of “15 Most Fascinating Museums in the U.S.” by VacationIdea.com; and earns a consistent 4.5 out of 5 rating on TripAdvisor. On its 2.27-acre campus, The Neon Museum has an outdoor exhibition space known as the Neon Boneyard; the North Gallery, home to the immersive audiovisual experience “Brilliant! Jackpot” which uses technology to re-illuminate more than 40 non-operational signs; and its visitors’ center inside the former La Concha Motel lobby. The museum collection also includes nine restored signs installed as public art in downtown Las Vegas. Public education, outreach, research, and arts conservation represent a selection of the museum’s ongoing projects. For more information, including tour schedules and tickets, visit www.neonmuseum.org. Also follow @NeonMuseum on Facebook and Twitter and @theneonmuseumlasvegas on Instagram.

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The Neon Museum welcomes families this Spring Break with various ticket options
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