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PINBALL HALL OF FAME The Pinball Hall of Fame isn’t really a museum. It has no proper exhibitions, no docents and doesn’t even charge admission. Yet this sprawling, warehouse-like space manages to do something very museum-like indeed: It presents the history of pinball in a manner that can truly be called “handson.” [Yes, you can actually play on these machines, too!] Owner Tim Arnold provides the history of each machine via information cards with QR codes you can scan for more facts, and all profits from the Hall of Fame go to charity. Get $10 in quarters and enrich yourself. 1610 E. Tropicana Ave., 702.597.2627; pinballmuseum.org
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THE M OB MUSEUM Strictly speaking, it’s the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, but just tell that to the faces staring defiantly out of the photos and artifacts adorning the Mob Museum’s walls. Here you’ll walk in the footsteps of Capone, Gotti, Siegel—and you’ll cross the line to stand with the lawmakers who shut them down. And the building the museum occupies, a former post office and federal courthouse, actually played a role in that battle: The anti-mob Kefauver Committee hearings were held right here in November 1950.300 Stewart Ave.,702.229.2734; themobmuseum.org