Liberace Museum - Las Vegas Museum

Descriptions from Across the Web

• The Liberace Museum is divided into two areas: Building ... more on Museum Stuff
• This museum displays the costumes, jewelry, pianos and cars of ... more on tripadvisor.com
• For decades, Liberace was known for his music, candelabra, charisma, rhinestones and dazzle. Over the years Liberace acquired an astounding array of prestigious awards, including: Instrumentalist of the Year, Best Dressed Entertainer and Entertainer of the Year. He also earned two Emmy Awards, six gold albums, two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's highest paid musician and pianist. Best of all, he was known and loved throughout the world as "Mr. Showmanship." Born in West Allis, Wisconsin in 1919, Walter Valentino Liberace was one of the four children of Salvatore and Frances Liberace. Music was the heart of the Liberace family. His Italian father played the French horn and became a member of the Milwaukee Philharmonic Orchestra. His Polish mother played the piano. Liberace's brother George and sister Angie were also musically talented. When renowned Polish pianist Paderewski visited the Liberaces, he recommended Walter receive a scholarship to the Wisconsin College of Music. Liberace also studied privately. The eminent Florence Bettray Kelly, a protege of Moritz Rosenthal, took charge of his classical training which culminated with his debut at ... more on liberace.org
• Jewelry, pianos, rare cars, costumes. Group ... more on lvcva.com
• Forget all that stuff we said before about the great museums of the world. You can keep your Louvres and Vaticans and Smithsonians: This is a museum. Housed in a strip mall, this is a shrine to the glory and excess that was the art project known as Liberace. You've got your costumes (bejeweled), your many cars (bejeweled), your many pianos (bejeweled), and many jewels (also bejeweled). ... more on frommers.com

Directions

From North Las Vegas;Take I-515 South. Take Exit 37 Tropicana Ave East toward UNLV.End at 1775 E. Tropicana Ave. From South Las Vegas and enderson;Take I-515 N/US-93 N/US-95 N toward Las Vegas. Take Exit 68 Tropicana Ave. West toward McCarran Airport.End

At Spencer St

Hours

Mon-Sat 10am-5pm; Sun noon-4pm,10am-5pm Mon-Sat; 1pm-5pm Sun; closed Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day

Other Web Resources

• www.liberace.org
• http://www.lvcva.com