Monday, February 17, 2025

Visiting The Clark County Museum

 



The Clark County Museum is a hidden gem in Nevada. It is located in Henderson and way off the strip. The inside is your basic stuff which shows the growth of the area from pre-historic times to the modern day:













The outside is what makes it special as it has the buildings and everything. It starts by chronicling how people first got to Nevada:






With some of the old houses:





And walking around the Ghost Town was really interesting:






My favorite was the Candlelight Wedding Chapel. It was opened in 1968 and by 2004, it was closed and sitting there. It was donated to Clark County in 2007 and it was moved, refurbished and reopened to the public in 2007. Some of the celebrities married there were Sir Michael Caine, Bette Midler, Whoopie Goldberg and Barry White.



The Clark County Museum is a hidden gem in the Las Vegas area. I really loved my visit there.


15 comments:

  1. That sounds like a really neat museum!

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  2. Looks like a great day! That wolf taxidermy looks a little wonky.

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  3. This looks fun and interesting! I don't love Las Vegas, so finding off-the-strip things is right up my alley. :) Thanks for sharing this post with us at the Will Blog for Comments #56 linkup! We'd love to see more at #57, too. Have a great week.

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  4. What a cool museum. I can definitely feel the desert in the photos, and I particularly like the old slot machines.

    Have a great week!

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  5. What a cool place. I would love to see this in person. I've put it on our to-do list.

    Thank you for joining the Wordless Wednesday Blog Hop.

    Have a fabulous Wordless Wednesday, Patrick. ☺

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  6. I love a good museum visit! Thanks for sharing!

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  7. That's crazy to think Sir Michael Caine got married in a church so tiny...Not that's he's the flashy Hollywood type. #Allseaons - hope to see you next week

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  8. I have been here, a great visit. I love the recreated town with all the houses and building brought in from around the area! We were there in Dec and they had the whole town decorated.

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  9. I love these little quaint towns with lovely museums like this one. Generally if you find a few friendly locals, you can strike up many an interesting conversation. Thanks for taking part in the "My Sunday Best" meme.

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  10. That sounds like an interesting museum. Thank you for your weekend coffee share.

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  11. Looks like a very interesting place to visit!

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  12. What a cool place to visit. Central Oregon has a high desert museum that is a bit similar and we love visiting it.

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  13. Such a cool place to visit! Sounds very interesting. Thank you for sharing with us at The Crazy Little Lovebirds link party #77.

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