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There is a gift shop on the first floor. Using photos, text, displays, interactive techniques, hands-on exhibits, and other first-class museum methods, the visitor learns about the history of organized crime, Prohibition and the business opportunity it provided. Visitors learn about Las Vegas' first casinos, [[Howard Hughes]], [[J. Edgar Hoover]], the origins of the FBI, [[Al Capone]], [[Eliot Ness]], and much more. A visitor can sit in a replica electric chair, listen to actual wire taps, train in a use of force training simulator and explore an interactive crime lab exhibit related to forensic science.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Mob Museum |url=https://themobmuseum.org/case-files/the-exhibits/|website=The Mob Museum: the Exhibits|publisher=The Mob Museum|access-date=18 April 2018}}</ref>
 
In April 2018, the museum opened a fully operational [[speakeasy]] and distillery in their basement exhibit, The Underground.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Now Open: The Underground, The Mob Museum's Prohibition History Exhibition Featuring a Working Distillery and Speakeasy |url=httphttps://www.prweb.com/releases/2018/04now_open_the_underground_the_mob_museum_s_prohibition_history_exhibition_featuring_a_working_distillery_and_speakeasy/prweb15424266.htm |date=April 20, 2018 |via=[[PRWeb]] |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref> 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. The museum distills its own 100 proof, 100% corn moonshine in a custom-built pot still located in the Underground.<ref>{{cite web |title=Distillery |url=https://themobmuseum.org/exhibits/distillery/ |website=The Mob Museum |access-date=4 April 2019}}</ref> In 2019, the Mob Museum began selling its moonshine through [[Lee's Discount Liquor]] stores in the Las Vegas Valley. The museum's moonshine had previously only been available at The Underground.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lilly |first=Caitlin |title=Mob Museum's house-distilled Moonshine to be sold at Las Vegas Valley stores |url=https://www.fox5vegas.com/news/mob-museum-s-house-distilled-moonshine-to-be-sold-at/article_628628e8-ebac-11e9-9ee3-e7cf50fe5ea9.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191011052412/https://www.fox5vegas.com/news/mob-museum-s-house-distilled-moonshine-to-be-sold-at/article_628628e8-ebac-11e9-9ee3-e7cf50fe5ea9.amp.html |archive-date=2019-10-11 |url-status=deviated |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=[[KVVU-TV|Fox 5 Vegas]] |date=10 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Horwath |first=Bryan |title=Mob Museum making its legal moonshine business a success |url=https://vegasinc.lasvegassun.com/business/2019/nov/18/mob-museum-making-its-legal-moonshine-business-a-s/ |access-date=4 March 2020 |work=VegasInc |date=18 November 2019}}</ref>
 
==Notable mobsters==