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'''The Lost City Museum''', formerly known as the '''Boulder Dam Park Museum''', was built by the CCC conservation corps in 1935 and operated by the Nevada State Park services to exhibit [[Artifact (archaeology)|artifacts]] from [[Pueblo Grande de Nevada]]. The museum is located in Overton, Nevada and is one of seven managed by the Nevada Division of Museums and History, an agency of the Nevada Department of Tourism and Cultural Affairs.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dmla.clan.lib.nv.us/docs/museums/lost/lostcity.htm |title= Lost City Museum |accessdate=2007-03-17 |work= }}</ref>
'''The Lost City Museum''', formerly known as the '''Boulder Dam Park Museum''', was built by the CCC conservation corps in 1935 and operated by the Nevada State Park services to exhibit [[Artifact (archaeology)|artifacts]] from [[Pueblo Grande de Nevada]]. The museum is located in [[Overton, Nevada]] and is one of seven managed by the Nevada Division of Museums and History, an agency of the Nevada Department of Tourism and Cultural Affairs.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dmla.clan.lib.nv.us/docs/museums/lost/lostcity.htm |title= Lost City Museum |accessdate=2007-03-17 |work= }}</ref>


The museum offers a reconstructed [[Anasazi]] building that is open to visitors.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nevadatravel.net/features/lostcity.html |title= Lost City Museum Overton |accessdate=2007-03-17 |work= }}</ref>
The museum offers a reconstructed [[Anasazi]] building that is open to visitors.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nevadatravel.net/features/lostcity.html |title= Lost City Museum Overton |accessdate=2007-03-17 |work= }}</ref>

Revision as of 18:39, 8 February 2015

Boulder Dam Park Museum
Reconstructed Anasazi Pueblos in Lost City Museum
Lost City Museum is located in Nevada
Lost City Museum
LocationSR 169, W side
Overton, Nevada
NRHP reference No.96000126
Added to NRHPFebruary 22, 1996

The Lost City Museum, formerly known as the Boulder Dam Park Museum, was built by the CCC conservation corps in 1935 and operated by the Nevada State Park services to exhibit artifacts from Pueblo Grande de Nevada. The museum is located in Overton, Nevada and is one of seven managed by the Nevada Division of Museums and History, an agency of the Nevada Department of Tourism and Cultural Affairs.[1]

The museum offers a reconstructed Anasazi building that is open to visitors.[2]

History

The museum was established as a place to house and show the artifacts from Pueblo Grande de Nevada which was going to be partially covered by the waters of Lake Mead as a result of building the Hoover Dam.

References

  1. ^ "Lost City Museum". Retrieved 2007-03-17.
  2. ^ "Lost City Museum Overton". Retrieved 2007-03-17.

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