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The Mob Museum vs The Atomic Museum
The Mob Museum and The National Atomic Testing Museum are both highly recommended by expert reviewers. Overall, The National Atomic Testing Museum scores significantly better than The Mob Museum. The National Atomic Testing Museum comes in at 88 with praise from 11 publications including Fodor's, Where and Frommer's.
The Mob Museum
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300 Stewart Avenue, Las Vegas, NV 89101
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Fodor's
"he $42-million Mob Museum sits in the circa-1933 former federal courthouse and U.S. Post Office downtown."
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Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"The Mob Museum is the glittering centerpiece of downtown's cultural renaissance."
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Condé Nast Traveler
Editor's Pick
"A museum dedicated to the history of organized crime."
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Departures
"Highlighting one-of-a-kind artifacts and weapons donated by old Las Vegas families, plus the actual bullet-ridden wall from 1929. "
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The Telegraph
"This downtown spot opened its doors on the anniversary of the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre, during which infamous mobster Al Capone faced off against his rivals in Chicago in 1929."
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The Atomic Museum
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755 East Flamingo Road, Las Vegas, NV 89119
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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."
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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
Editor's Pick
"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."
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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."
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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."
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