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The building
The museum fills a post office and courthouse built in 1933
The Mob Museum, officially the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, opened on February 14, 2012. It is housed in the former Las Vegas Post Office and Courthouse, on Stewart Avenue, two blocks north of Fremont Street.
The idea
Mayor Oscar Goodman, a former Mob defense attorney, had the idea in 2002
Then-Mayor Oscar Goodman had the idea for a mob museum in 2002. It faced early opposition from Italian-American groups, while the FBI supported it. Ellen Knowlton, the former head agent in Las Vegas, joined as president of the museum's board.
The courtroom
The second floor courtroom held a Kefauver Committee hearing
The centerpiece is the second floor courtroom, the location of one of fourteen national Kefauver Committee hearings held in 1950 and 1951 to expose organized crime. Other exhibits cover casino revenue skimming and wiretapping by law enforcement.
The Underground
A basement speakeasy tells the story of Prohibition
In April 2018 the museum opened a speakeasy and distillery in its basement, The Underground. Its exhibits cover the cultural history of the Prohibition era and the bootleggers, rumrunners and moonshiners who kept liquor available during 13 years of federal Prohibition.
The wall
The brick wall of the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre is on the third floor
The museum acquired the brick wall where the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre took place. The self-guided tour begins on the third floor, where the actual wall is on display, and winds down through the second and first floors.
Day 2, midday
It comes after The Neon Museum. Then Fremont Street Experience.
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