THE MOB MUSEUM NAMED READERS’ CHOICE: BEST MUSEUM BY LAS VEGAS WEEKLY’S 2021 BEST OF VEGAS AWARDS

LAS VEGAS (July 2021) – The Mob Museum, the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, has been named “Readers’ Choice: Best Museum” by Las Vegas Weekly’s Best of Vegas Awards.

The award was announced at the Las Vegas Weekly’s Best of Vegas 2021 event hosted by Greenspun Media Group and held at AREA15 and is included in the July 15 issue of the publication. The awards highlight the most noteworthy businesses in Southern Nevada in categories such as art, food, attractions, nightlife, sports and more.

The award comes just a few months after designation among the five Best History Museums for the USA Today 2021 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards.

ABOUT THE MOB MUSEUM

The Mob Museum, the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, provides a world-class journey through true stories—from the birth of the Mob to today’s headlines. The Mob Museum offers a provocative, contemporary look at these topics through hundreds of artifacts and immersive storylines. Numerous interactive exhibits include a Crime Lab, Firearm Training Simulator and Organized Crime Today exhibit. The Museum is also home to The Underground, a Prohibition history exhibition featuring a speakeasy and distillery. The Mob Museum has accumulated numerous accolades, including being named one of TripAdvisor’s “Top 25 U.S. Museums,” one of Las Vegas Weekly’s “Twenty Greatest Attractions in Las Vegas History,” one of National Geographic’s “Top 10 Things to Do in Las Vegas,” USA Today’s “Best Museum in Nevada” and No. 1 in the 2020 10Best Readers’ Choice travel awards for “Best Las Vegas Attraction” and one of its “12 Can’t Miss U.S. Museum Exhibits,” “A Must for Travelers” by The New York Times and one of “20 Places Every American Should See” by FOX News. The Museum is a two-time winner of the Mayor’s Urban Design Award for Historic Preservation and Adaptive Reuse and is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. The Museum is open daily; visit the website for admission rates and operating hours. For more information, call (702) 229-2734, visit themobmuseum.org, or download the Museum’s free mobile app.

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