Lost City Museum
An archaeological museum built beside the evidence. Original excavation-era buildings, reconstructed pueblo rooms, pottery, fiber, tools, and a…
Artwork inspired by Robert Cole Caples
The museum was created in 1935 to preserve Pueblo Grande de Nevada material as Lake Mead inundated portions of the Moapa Valley. Original excavation-era buildings, reconstructed pueblo rooms, pottery, fiber, tools, and a nearby site make archaeological method and its historical biases visible.
Read the outdoor site and 1930s architecture together with the cases: Labels should distinguish recovered evidence, reconstruction, and later interpretation. Pair the visit with Valley of Fire only if enough daylight remains; the museum deserves at least an hour on its own.
- Setting
- Overton
- Collection
- An archaeological museum built beside…
- Allow
- 1½–3 hours
Quick guide
- Begin
- Separate excavation record from reconstruction.
- Do not miss
- Read the outdoor site and 1930s architecture together with the cases: Labels should distinguish recovered evidence, reconstruction, and later interpretation.
Read the collection at Lost City Museum
- Begin with the valley timeline
- Separate excavation record from reconstruction
- Look closer
- Original pueblo wing
- Plan for
- Read the outdoor site and 1930s architecture together with the cases: labels should distinguish recovered evidence, reconstruction, and later interpretation
- Leave with
- One clear connection between original pueblo wing and Nevada
Good to know
Pair the visit with Valley of Fire only if enough daylight remains; the museum deserves at least an hour on its own.
Notice these
- Original pueblo wing
- Separate excavation record from reconstruction
- Overton context