In an barren yard not too far from the world famous Las Vegas strip that spawned them is a huge smiling duckling, a giant pool player, towering slippers, and a pair of immense golden nuggets. These, and more, are the still proud remains of vintage neon signs that once beckoned visitors. No longer wanted by the businesses that originally commissioned them, they are carefully propped up and stacked throughout the two lots that make up the Boneyard of the Neon Museum in Las Vegas.
Vegas is known for imploding much of its history, but the tangle of old icons that makes up the Boneyard, and the restored signs throughout Fremont Street Experience show that someone cared.
The Neon Museum was started back in 1997 with the simple goal of collecting, refurbishing and exhibiting that classic Las Vegas art form – the neon sign. A tour of The Boneyard makes it clear that the advertising has become not only a part of modern popular culture, but a form of public instant art. If the Neon Museum gets its way, these iconic signs will one day return to their former glory, and provide us with a glimmer of the vintage Las Vegas.
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