My wife and I did the water Jet Pack ride. It ROCKS!The instructors were way cool and so helpful. What a sensation! We had a blast and sat on the beach afterwards watching others and swimming.We recommend it 100% and only 50 minutes west of Vegas. Watched the car amnd motorcycle racing there also.Great spot. Then a delicious steak at The Nugget Casino.After that we retired to our comfy, super affordable Spring Mountain Casino.Great weekend.
the museum is wonderful inside but do not miss the outside either. Be sure walk around all the attractions outside. The buildings are excellent replicas and informative to see and experience.
Local small museum, providing a good background to the area. Staffed by enthusiastic volunteers. Old buildings and farm machinery
We pulled up at the museum on New Year's Day thanks to TA looking simply for somewhere to park off the road and make a quick sandwich en route from Stovepipe Wells to Boulder City. Wandered in without expecting much at all - Pahrump is a little bit underwhelming - only to find a one of those wonderfully random assortment of items and displays that we love in small, non-profit local museums. The lady on the desk was warm, welcoming and very informative (who knew such a harsh and bony looking area had acquifers generous enough to support cropping and farming?) and we were astonished to learn of the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository.A lot of unpaid work has gone and is still going into this place and it's a credit to those involved. We enjoyed it very much and left with a bit of insight into a place we would otherwise have not paid any attention to on our journey.
There are many historic Pahrump Valley buildings and other important artifacts in the yard. Particularly neat is the small exhibition plot of cotton growing in season, as is the interesting and informative lecture series on many Saturday's @ 1:00 p.m.
This is good testimonial to the history of our valley, but it's done up nicely and a wide variety of exhibits. It was good for us "newbies" to learn about our new digs! The outdoor buildings need to be seen in the am when it's cool now that it's summer, but the indoor exhibits are well worth taking the time to see. We have been there 3 times and I still find things I haven't seen before!
A small local Museum to give you a good idea about Pahrump and enviroment, it gives you a good idea how it used to be her. Nice staf!
Very interesting museum portraying the history of Pahrump. There is also a great section on the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository. Their collection of old building such as the school house is interesting. Also a neat Lincoln Room. Volunteers are very friendly and dedicated. We have attended several lectures there by experts on various topics in the local area.
Part of my career was as a technical writer and typos jump off the page at me (unless it is my writing of course) its a gift and a curse. I noticed two typos on the little typed cards, but didn't allow it to spoil my visit. I saw my first picture of Abe Lincoln without his beard and learned the story of why he grew it! The building is clean and lacks the musty smell many museums have. As a disabled person I would have appreciated some benches to rest on.
A nice way to spend an hour or two, this pleasant, albeit limited, museum, provided a bit of local history. Our visit was admittedly just looking for something to do (not a lot of options in the area on a very hot Saturday) but we did enjoy it. The only downside was that we discovered that we have been around long enough that about half the items we had used and even owned in years past!