NRHP Reference # 96000126 Phone +1 702-397-2193 | Area 1 ha Added to NRHP 22 February 1996 | |
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Location SR 169, W side
Overton, Nevada Address 721 S Moapa Valley Blvd, Overton, NV 89040, USA Hours Open today · 8:30AM–4:30PMMonday8:30AM–4:30PMTuesday8:30AM–4:30PMWednesday8:30AM–4:30PMThursday8:30AM–4:30PMFriday8:30AM–4:30PMSaturday8:30AM–4:30PMSunday8:30AM–4:30PM Similar Nevada State Museum, Boulder City Hospital, Valley of Fire State Park, Marjorie Barrick Museum, Sandstone Ranch | ||
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The Lost City Museum, formerly known as the Boulder Dam Park Museum, was built by the CCC conservation corps in 1935 and was operated by the National Park Service to exhibit artifacts from the Pueblo Grande de Nevada archaeological sites. The museum is located in Overton, Nevada and is one of seven managed by the Nevada Division of Museums and History, an agency of the Nevada Department of Tourism and Cultural Affairs.
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The Lost City Museum shares its location with an actual prehistoric site of the Puebloan Indians. In 1981 an extension of the museum was built incorporating some ruins in order to protect them and share them with the public. The museum has displays depicting the excavations of the sites, incredible artifacts unearthed during the project, pictures of the historical excavations, an excavated pithouse and reconstructions of the Puebloan houses. Pottery, shells, jewelry and many other examples that showcase the history of the early inhabitants are on display at this unique museum.
The museum offers a reconstructed Puebloan house-site that is open to visitors.
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History
The museum was established as a place to house and show the artifacts from Pueblo Grande de Nevada which was going to be partially covered by the waters of Lake Mead as a result of building the Hoover Dam.