Neon Boneyard

Another really fun thing we found to do while staying in Henderson was visit the Neon Boneyard. You can visit this one of a kind museum either during the day and at night, I highly recommend going at night when the signs are all lit up.

The museum is all outdoors and they limited how many people could be in a tour group, we were also free to space out as much as we wanted. So we chose to linger behind the group to keep up the social distancing. Masks were required and we all had our temperature taken before we could enter the museum. So we felt really comfortable during our visit, and we were really impressed with their dedication to keeping all their visitors safe.

These interlocking H’s are from Binion’s Horsehoe, the first casino in downtown Vegas.

(Trying to show a facial expression in a photo with a mask on is really hard. I was trying to smize with my eyes, but sometimes it didn't quite translate...)

Founded in 1996, the Neon Museum is a non-profit organization dedicated to collecting, preserving, studying and exhibiting iconic Las Vegas signs for educational, historic, arts and cultural enrichment. It has been named “Best Museum” by Las Vegas  

This museum is pure eye candy, it is so much fun! Our tour guide was also such a blast, he was super animated and told us all the fun stories from the glamorous days of old Vegas.

This was the perfect place to wear the mask I had decorated on halloween! 

This ginormous skull was used at Treasure Island. A big rule at this museum is visitors aren't allowed to touch any of the signs or memorabilia. One time a visitor gently tapped on this giant skull to check its integrity and since the skull is so old and brittle, he ended up punching a hole in it. The hole has since been repaired, but serves as the perfect example as to why they are so strict about their rules.

The kids also thought this place was enchanting.

We all gave this place two thumbs up! We loved it! But our fun didn't end after the tour, we had also booked tickets for their light show “Brilliant!”—an audiovisual immersion experience that uses technology advances to reanimate 40 monumental examples of the museum’s iconic vintage signs.

To guests who are immersed in the 30-minute experience, the unrestored, non-working and in some cases broken signs will appear to be suddenly re-electrified, as though by magic, before their eyes. They will be transported directly into Las Vegas’ history, where the static signs come to life while accompanied by music from some of the entertainment industry’s most storied performers.

“Brilliant!” utilizes 24 3D-sound speakers and eight projectors emitting a total of 80,000 lumens of light to create a 360-degree audiovisual experience. 

The music was so fun, the lights were so sparkly, we were all completely enveloped in the fun of it all. The kids had a blast and danced the entire show. This was such a unique experience, we all loved it.

The projection was amazing, it totally looked like the signs were lit up!