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The Neon Boneyard
Five miles north of the Las Vegas Strip, The Neon Museum is a dedicated to rescuing and restoring the forgotten signs that made Las Vegas in its heyday.
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Bright lights, big city
The Neon Museum's main exhibition area, known as the Neon Boneyard, brings together a huge array of once bright signs and letters under the Nevada sun.
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The Boneyard 'showpiece'
The Museum's most popular sign is the Stardust. While its letters sit together, the galaxy of stars that made this retro-futuristic sign so famous is scattered through the Boneyard.
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Home of Liberace
One of The Neon Museum's restored and relit signs pays tribute to another Vegas icon.
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The Happy Shirt
This sign from Liberace's go-to dry cleaner, Steiner Cleaners, featured two sets of sleeves that used to light up to make the Happy Shirt "dance."
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Hand blown
Every neon tube, including the ones on this Yucca sign, has to be hand blown.
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Rust and ruin
After spending years out in the elements, plenty of The Neon Museum's signs show the kind of wear and tear you'd expect from a veteran Elvis impersonator.
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Road to restoration
Even without re-blowing and lighting the Neon tubes on this Desert Rose sign, the restoration of paint and metal cost tens of thousands of dollars.
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