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Fremont Street Experience vs The Atomic Museum

Both are praised by professionals. Overall, The National Atomic Testing Museum ranks slightly higher than Fremont Street Experience. The National Atomic Testing Museum comes in at #3 in Las Vegas with approval from 11 reviewers including Time Out, Lonely Planet and Atlas Obscura.

Fremont Street Experience
Fremont Street Experience
8 / 10
425 Fremont Street, Las Vegas, NV 89101
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Fodor's Fodor's
"If you're looking for something a little different, head to this ear-splitting, eye-popping show that takes place on the underside of a 1,450-foot arched canopy 90 feet overhead." Full review
Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"A four-block pedestrian mall topped by an arched steel canopy and filled with computer-controlled lights, the Fremont Street Experience, between Main St and Las Vegas Blvd." Full review
Michelin Guide Michelin Guide
2 Stars
"The illuminated extravaganza of flashing, rolling images is generated by more than 2 million fiber-optic lights and synchronized to music from a 540,000-watt sound system." Full review
Afar Magazine Afar Magazine
"Yeah Baby! The Strip might get all the attention, but if you want the real Vegas the only place to go is Fremont St." Full review
National Geographic National Geographic
"“This amazing Glitter Gulch light and sound show plays the top of every hour from dusk to midnight." Full review
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The Atomic Museum
The Atomic Museum
8 / 10
755 East Flamingo Road, Las Vegas, NV 89119
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Fodor's Fodor's
"This museum commemorates southern Nevada's long and fascinating history of nuclear weapons research and testing with film footage and photographs of mushroom clouds." Full review
Concierge Concierge
"The Atomic Testing Museum, a few minutes east of the Strip, aims to educate about the once-secret history of atomic activity in the region."
Condé Nast Traveler Condé Nast Traveler
"The Atomic Testing Museum, a few minutes east of the Strip, aims to educate about the once-secret history of atomic activity in the region." Full review
Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure
"A serious look at the history of the Nevada test site, along with an exhaustive collection of memorabilia from the era when atomic testing was an aboveground spectator sport in Las Vegas." Full review
National Geographic National Geographic
"“Ground Zero has never been safer or more stimulating”...enter by the replica Nevada Test Site guard station; view mushroom-cloud footage in an underground bunker theater." Full review
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