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Among our favorite small museums in the world: the Lost City Museum in Overton, Nevada – a 90-minute drive north of Las Vegas. A recommended itinerary includes visiting the museum, Lake Mead Recreation Area, Valley of Fire State Park, and having lunch down the street in Overton.
Entre nuestros pequeños museos favoritos del mundo se encuentra el Museo de la Ciudad Perdida en Overton, Nevada, a 90 minutos en auto al norte de Las Vegas. Un itinerario recomendado incluye visitar el museo, el área recreativa del lago Mead, el parque estatal Valley of Fire y almorzar en la calle de Overton.
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Museum hours are usually 8:30am-430pm Tuesday-Sunday. Tip – if you buy the annual pass, it is also valid for other Nevada state museums. The site is managed by the Nevada Division of Museums and History, an agency of the Nevada Department of Tourism and Cultural Affairs.
History
In 1935 the Lost City Museum was built by the National Park Service to exhibit artifacts that were being excavated from Pueblo Grande de Nevada.
Ancestral Puebloan sites including Pueblo Grande de Nevada were threatened by the waters of Lake Mead as it backed up behind the newly built Hoover Dam. Eventually, when the lake was filled to capacity, about five miles of sites had been inundated or undercut by the water. The Civilian Conservation Corps assisted in the excavation of the sites and the construction of the museum building. The building was constructed of sun-dried adobe brick in a pueblo-revival style. On display are an excavated pit house and reconstructed Puebloan houses.
Originally named the Boulder Dam Park Museum, this treasure trove of history was later entrusted to the state in the 1950s and given a new name: the Lost City Museum. This reflects the museum’s focus on the captivating story of ancient cultures once thriving in the region, now hidden beneath the waters of Lake Mead.
Programs include ongoing archaeological research on the remaining Lost City sites, school tours, changing exhibits, and archival library and collections research capabilities. Special public programs are held throughout the year.
Staff members include Tracey Sprague (Director) and Virginia Lucas (Curator of Archaeology).
Nearby: St. Thomas
With the building of Hoover Dam in the 1930s, the residents of St. Thomas were forced out of their homes. Once the dam was finished, the lake began to fill and the town was inundated with the rising waters. Recently the waters have begun to recede.
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