Las Vegas Natural History Museum (14479990133)

The Las Vegas Natural History Museum is a private, nonprofit natural history museum that is located in

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. The exhibits focus on various subjects, from dinosaurs, marine life, and mammals both exotic and native, as well as an Egyptian exhibit that opened in February 2010, focusing on the life of

Tutankhamen Tutankhamun (, egy, wikt:twt-ꜥnḫ-jmn, twt-ꜥnḫ-jmn), Egyptological pronunciation Tutankhamen () (), sometimes referred to as King Tut, was an ancient Egypt, Egyptian pharaoh who was the last of his royal family to rule during the end ...

. The Museum opened on July 16, 1991, and is located on Las Vegas Boulevard across from the Las Vegas Library, as part of the downtown area known as the Cultural Corridor. It is approximately one mile north of the Fremont Street Experience.

Galleries

*Treasures of Egypt (The former "King Tut" exhibit donated by The

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) *Las Vegas Founders' African Gallery *Englestad Family Prehistoric Life Gallery *International Wildlife Gallery *Marine Life Gallery *E. L. Weigand Foundation Wild Nevada Gallery *Geology Gallery *Young Scientist Center

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* Natural history museums in Nevada Museums in Las Vegas Downtown Las Vegas Paleontology in Nevada {{Nevada-museum-stub Dinosaur museums in the United States