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The Mob Museum — former Las Vegas Post Office and Courthouse

Opened 1933

The Mob Museum occupies the former U.S. Post Office and Courthouse in downtown Las Vegas. The building opened in 1933; the museum opened on February 14, 2012.

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The history of The Mob Museum — former Las Vegas Post Office and Courthouse.

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The Mob Museum occupies the former U.S. Post Office and Courthouse in downtown Las Vegas. The building opened in 1933; the museum opened on February 14, 2012.

The museum explores organized crime and law enforcement inside a building that was itself part of that history.

The restored courthouse hosted one of the Kefauver hearings, linking the museum’s subject to its setting. Its neoclassical facade makes the building a recognizable downtown landmark. The illustration interprets that architecture in daylight; it is not an archival photograph.

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Sources and context

  1. The Mob Museum: About and building history

    Official museum description, former courthouse, Kefauver hearing and museum opening14February2012; building date corroborated by official This Building of Ours digital archive. Read21October2026.

  2. The Mob Museum: This Building of Ours

    Official building history:1933 federal building, museum2012.

The supplied reference image is undated; the illustration is an interpretation rather than archival evidence.

Opening date1933 refers to the building; museum use began2012.

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Historical sources2 documents and records

  1. The Mob Museum: About and building history

    Official museum description, former courthouse, Kefauver hearing and museum opening14February2012; building date corroborated by official This Building of Ours digital archive. Read21October2026.

  2. The Mob Museum: This Building of Ours

    Official building history:1933 federal building, museum2012.

What remains uncertain2 notes on context and interpretation
  • The supplied reference image is undated; the illustration is an interpretation rather than archival evidence.
  • Opening date1933 refers to the building; museum use began2012.
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AI-generated architectural illustration of The Mob Museum in bright desert daylight.

AI-generated illustration / Vegas Retold; reference photograph creator unknown

Source reference: Subject information locator, not original photograph origin. User-supplied reference retained in local preparation folder.

AI-generated editorial illustration; simplified architecture, lettering and setting.

Original photograph creator/date/licence unknown; user requested illustration and publication; no independent source clearance claim.

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AI illustration of The Mob Museum at blue hour, adapted from the user-supplied photograph.

AI-generated illustration / Vegas Retold; adapted from user-supplied reference, original photographer unknown

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