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| - Pretty good museum, aside from the fact I was expecting a lot more of their neon signs to be in working shape. As someone who always was a fan of neon signs, and photographing them, it was a treat to see this museum. There were even a few interesting non-neon signs that were in the 'boneyard', such as a pool hall sign(forget the name at the moment) that was interesting, and a former skull sign that was in a children's area of Treasure Island long ago. I did like how they had preserved the lobby of the former La Concha Motel(that lobby building was split into 8 pieces btw, and then reconstructed on site), and closely restored it to its original interior design when it opened in the mid-20th century.
Considering the fact that only a handful of their signs were in working shape and lit up, I wish the tour was slightly less than $25 for non-residents. But that's a minor complaint, for a tour that I thought was still really interesting. If I ever go back here, it'll be during the day. I really hope they do step up their efforts to get more of the signs in their boneyard to work again, as our tour guide said that they have worked with a local longtime sign company to fix up some of the signs. Also to a review that I saw ripped this place and gave them one star, you have Neon Museum to thank for the fact that there are restored neon signs along Las Vegas Boulevard's median at all. I was surprisingly told that the ones on Fremont St. east of Vegas Blvd., supposedly were reproductions of former neon signs that are no more. I am intrigued by the fact they are working with the city to add more signs to Vegas Boulevard's median in the future, so I hope they continue to work on that in the future.
Finally, I agree that I wouldn't recommend walking back along Vegas Blvd. inbetween here and Fremont St., after dark. I live in Chicago so I'm used to sketchy areas, but I was a little freaked out by some of the people I saw along the street. Luckily no one tried to rob me(aside from one person yelling a-hole, since I wouldn't give him money), and I did discover a decent hole in the wall taqueria stand(Taqueria El Buen Pastor, at southeast corner of Vegas Blvd. and Bonanza Rd, and in front of a tire shop) as a result. Also if you don't drive, RTCSNV bus route #113(North Las Vegas Blvd) has a bus stop just immediately north of the Neon Museum, by the Cashman Center's parking lot, and a branch(not sure if it's the main library of the system, or just a branch) of the Las Vegas Library across the street. If you take the Deuce or SDX bus to the Fremont Street area, you can catch the northbound #113 bus along 4th Street just north of Carson, and barely south of the Walgreens at Fremont and 4th. And back to that library on a side note, it was nice to kill a brief bit of time there(closes at 8pm Monday-Thursday, and 6pm Friday-Sunday) before going to the Neon Museum. The southbound bus stop for route #113 to go back southbound, is barely south of that library's parking lot, and barely north of the Neon Museum. And I do greatly appreciate that like the CTA in Chicago, you can bus track Las Vegas' bus routes via a section on their mobile website for the next bus coming(type bus stop #1273, when you want to track the next southbound #113 bus by the library).
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