Lost Vegas Gambling Museum

Address: 450 Fremont Street Las Vegas, NV 89101 - Located at the east end of the Fremont Street Experience where Fremont Street meets Las Vegas Boulevard.

Phone Number: (702) 385-1883

Hours: Open daily, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.

Cost:

$2.50 for adults.

$1.25 for seniors.

free for military.

From the same folks who brought you the late, lamented Casino Legends Hall of Fame, it's a smaller version that is only half the size of the gift shop that it accompanies. There are as many as 5,000 pieces of memorabilia associated with casino hotels of a bygone era, but those items include little gewgaws like matchbooks, a variety of old gaming chips, and even toenail clippers. Still, the videos of hotel implosions and the last days of Bugsy Siegel (the owner is particularly proud of his Siegel collection) are fun, and so is browsing among souvenirs of yesteryear - some of which are for sale in the gift shop, though we would check eBay before buying anything here, as some of the same items can be found there for less. (We found a Vegas-themed board game online for about a quarter of what it was going for at the store.)