Mob Museum - Las Vegas, NV
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The Mob Museum is located in the former Las Vegas Post Office and Courthouse at 301 E. Stewart Ave.
Waymark Code: WMK94Z
Location: Nevada, United States
Date Posted: 03/02/2014
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Wikipedia (
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"The Mob Museum, the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, is located in Downtown Las Vegas, Nevada and opened February 14th, 2012. The Museum is housed in the former Las Vegas Post Office and Courthouse, built in 1933 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The museum is on Stewart Avenue, two blocks north of Fremont Street, the main artery of the downtown casino district.
Developed under the creative direction of Dennis Barrie, co-creator of the International Spy Museum and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the museum is governed by a non-profit board, the "300 Stewart Avenue Corporation," in partnership with the City of Las Vegas. The museum is dedicated to the contentious relationship between organized crime and law enforcement within the historical context of Las Vegas and the entire United States.
Mob Museum exhibit showing an early slot machineThe centerpiece of the Mob Museum is the second floor courtroom, which was the location of one of fourteen national Kefauver Committee hearings to expose organized crime held in 1950 and 1951. The Museum also acquired the blood-stained wall where the St. Valentine's Day massacre took place.[1] Other exhibits focus on Mob violence, casino money skimming operations, and wiretapping by law enforcement."