The AmericaJR Web Team recently visited The Mob Museum in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada. Opened on February 14, 2012, the Mob Museum is dedicated to featuring the artifacts, stories, and history of organized crime in the United States, as well as the actions and initiatives by law enforcement to prevent such crimes. The museum is housed in the former Las Vegas Post Office and Courthouse, which was built in 1933 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Other exhibits focus on Mob violence, casino money skimming operations, and wiretapping by law enforcement.
Welcome to The Mob Museum in Las Vegas! 
Mobsters from different cities 
The Arizona Club (Hotel) was open from 1905 through sometime in the 1940’s. When gambling was legalized it was licensed for slots and 21. 
Mob Museum exhibit showing an early slot machine 
AmericaJR’s Jerome Rzucidlo sits in the electric chair 
Howard Hughes display 
The centerpiece of the Mob Museum is the second floor courtroom, which was the location of one of fourteen national Kefauver Committee hearings to expose organized crime held in 1950 and 1951. 
In April 2018, the museum opened a fully operational speakeasy and distillery in their basement exhibit, The Underground. 
The museum distills its own 100 proof, 100% corn moonshine in a custom-built pot still located in the Underground. 
The space features exhibits related to the cultural history of the Prohibition era as well as the bootleggers, rumrunners, and moonshiners who ensured Americans still had access to liquor during the 13 years of federal Prohibition.
Visit The Mob Museum at 300 E. Stewart Ave. in Las Vegas, NV. For tickets and more info, go to https://themobmuseum.org/