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The Neon Museum vs The Atomic Museum

Both are rated highly by experts. On balance, The Neon Museum scores slightly higher than The National Atomic Testing Museum. The Neon Museum scores 88 with recommendations from 11 reviewers like Michelin Guide, Condé Nast Traveler and Frommer's.

The Neon Museum
The Neon Museum
8 / 10
770 Las Vegas Boulevard North, Las Vegas, NV 89101
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Fodor's Fodor's
"Consider this Downtown museum the afterlife for old neon signs." Full review
Concierge Concierge
"It's overflowing with more than 100 pieces of vintage nonoperative signage that trace Las Vegas's unique physical history."
Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure
"Founded in 1996, the Neon Museum is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and displaying neon signs, an iconic Las Vegas art form." Full review
Condé Nast Traveler Condé Nast Traveler
Editor's Pick
"This collection of 150 neon signs dating from the 1930s—the largest in the world—is finally open." Full review
Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"This nonprofit project is doing what almost no one else does: saving Las Vegas' history." 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
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." 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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