The Las Vegas Natural History Museum is a private, nonprofit natural history museum that is located in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada. The Museum opened on July 16, 1991, and is located across Las Vegas Boulevard from the Lied Discovery Children's Museum, as part of the downtown area known as the Cultural Corridor.
The exhibits focus on various subjects, from dinosaurs, marine life, as well as an Egyptian exhibit that opened in February 2010, focusing on the life of Tutankhamun.
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