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The Lost City Museum, formerly known as the Boulder Dam Park Museum, is located in
Overton, Nevada Overton is a community that is part of the unincorporated town of Moapa Valley in Clark County, Nevada. Overton is on the north end of Lake Mead. It is home to Perkins Field airport and Echo Bay Airport. History Overton was originally se ...
and is one of seven managed by the Nevada Division of Museums and History, an agency of the
Nevada Department of Tourism and Cultural Affairs The Nevada Department of Tourism and Cultural Affairs is a state government agency in Nevada that focuses on the promotion and regulation of Nevada's tourism and cultural industries and landmarks. History The department was the result of a merge ...
.


History

The Lost City Museum shares its location with an actual prehistoric site of the
Ancestral Puebloans The Ancestral Puebloans, also known as the Anasazi, were an ancient Native American culture that spanned the present-day Four Corners region of the United States, comprising southeastern Utah, northeastern Arizona, northwestern New Mexico, a ...
. The museum was built by the CCC conservation corps in 1935 and was operated by the National Park Service to exhibit artifacts from the
Pueblo Grande de Nevada Pueblo Grande de Nevada, (26 CK 2148), is a complex of villages located near Overton, Nevada, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Native American history The site, also known as ''Nevada's "Lost City"'', was founded by Bask ...
archaeological sites, which were going to be partially covered by the waters of Lake Mead as a result of building the
Hoover Dam Hoover Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Nevada and Arizona. It was constructed between 1931 and 1936 during the Great Depression and was dedicated on S ...
. In 1981, an extension of the museum was built, incorporating some ruins in order to protect them and share them with the public.


Description

The museum offers a reconstructed Puebloan house-site that is open to visitors. The museum has displays depicting the excavations of the sites, artifacts unearthed during the project, pictures of the historical excavations, an excavated pithouse and reconstructions of the Puebloan houses. Pottery, shells, jewelry and many other examples that showcase the history of the early inhabitants are on display at the museum.


References


External links


Lost City Museum web site

Information about the museum
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