Everything here is under a roof and costs nothing. Check the free day on each card: some of these museums are free only at certain hours.
Always free in Las Vegas8
Open to everyone, every day they are open. No ticket to buy.
Bellagio Conservatory & Botanical Gardens
Center Strip
Always freeIndoorGood with kids
A 14,000-square-foot glass-roofed hall behind the Bellagio lobby, rebuilt five times a year with tens of thousands of live flowers. The fall display runs to about November 7, 2026, and the holiday one opens around November 14.
Free when
Always · every day of the year, day and night. Partly closed off for about six days during each changeover between displays.
Free for whom
Everyone
Reservation
Not needed
Time needed
30 minutes
How to get there
Inside Bellagio, straight past the hotel lobby. Deuce bus to Bellagio. Self-parking at Bellagio is paid.
Worth it? Yes.Go before 9 am or after 10 pm. In the middle of the day the paths clog with people taking photos and you shuffle more than you look.
The university's art museum, in a former gym east of the Strip, showing contemporary work with a strong line in Nevada and Southwest artists.
Free when
Always · Tue–Sat 10 am–5 pm. Closed Sunday, Monday and state and federal holidays. Free, with a suggested donation of $5 for adults and $2 for seniors and children.
Free for whom
Everyone
Reservation
Not needed
Time needed
45–60 minutes
How to get there
4505 S Maryland Pkwy, entered from E Harmon Ave. RTC bus 109 along Maryland Parkway. Parking outside is metered on weekdays, free on weekends and after 1 pm Friday.
Worth it? Yes.The one real art museum in town you can enter without paying, and it is rarely busy. Saturday is easiest because campus parking is free all day.
Animatronic statues argue over Atlantis with fire, water and a winged dragon, inside the Forum Shops at Caesars Palace. Behind the fountain is a free 50,000-gallon saltwater aquarium.
Free when
Always · Thursday to Monday, on the hour from noon to 8 pm. No shows Tuesday or Wednesday. The aquarium can be seen whenever the mall is open (from 10 am daily).
Free for whom
Everyone
Reservation
Not needed
Time needed
10 minutes
How to get there
Far west end of the Forum Shops, next to the Cheesecake Factory. Allow 10 minutes on foot from the Strip entrance. Deuce bus to Caesars Palace.
Worth it? Depends.The robots are from the 1990s and look it. Kids enjoy the fire, adults enjoy the cheese. See it if you are passing and stand on the aquarium side for the fish afterwards.
Acrobats, aerialists, jugglers and clowns perform short free acts on a stage in the middle of the Carnival Midway, one floor above the casino.
Free when
Always · Friday and Saturday 12:30 pm–9:30 pm, Sunday and Monday 12:30 pm–8:30 pm. No acts Tuesday to Thursday.
Free for whom
Everyone
Reservation
Not needed. Seats around the stage are first come, first served.
Time needed
10–15 minutes per act
How to get there
Deuce bus to Circus Circus. Follow signs upstairs to the Midway. Self-parking here was still free at last check.
Worth it? Depends.The performers are good and the building is tired. The stage is ringed by carnival games and an arcade that will cost you if you have children with you. Skip it without kids.
A 117,000-gallon reef tank with sharks and stingrays in the middle of a locals' casino. Four days a week, performers in mermaid tails swim in it and wave at children through the glass.
Free when
Always · tank on view 24 hours, every day. Mermaids swim every half hour Thu–Sat noon–8 pm and Sun 10:30 am–6:30 pm, with a break from 3:45 pm to 5 pm. Stingray feedings daily at 1:30 pm and 4:30 pm.
Free for whom
Everyone
Reservation
Not needed
Time needed
30–45 minutes
How to get there
3333 Blue Diamond Rd, off I-15 at exit 33, about 10 minutes by car south of Mandalay Bay. Free parking lot.
Worth it? Depends.Small children love it. Without kids, or without a car, it is hard to justify the ride. Pair it with the Welcome sign and the Pinball Hall of Fame, which are on the way.
A 25,000-square-foot hall of working pinball machines from the 1950s to the 1990s, run by a nonprofit. Walking in and looking is free. Playing is not.
Free when
Always · Sun–Thu 10 am–9 pm, Fri–Sat 10 am–10 pm.
Free for whom
Everyone. Entry is free, games cost 25 or 50 cents each.
Reservation
Not needed
Time needed
45 minutes to as long as your quarters last
How to get there
4925 Las Vegas Blvd S, across from Mandalay Bay and a 10-minute walk north of the Welcome sign. Deuce bus southbound. Own parking lot.
Worth it? Depends.Free only if you can stand in a room of 1970s pinball and not play, which few people manage. Bring two dollars in quarters and call it the cheapest hour on the Strip.
Two city-run exhibition spaces inside City Hall: the Grand Gallery on the ground floor for sculpture and installations, and the Chamber Gallery upstairs for paintings and prints by local artists.
495 S Main St. Deuce bus to Bonneville Transit Center, then two blocks west.
Worth it? Depends.Small, quiet and air-conditioned. Worth 20 minutes if you are walking between Fremont Street and the Arts District on a weekday, not a destination in itself.
Shelby American's showroom of Cobras and Shelby Mustangs, from early 1960s race cars to current builds, attached to the factory where the cars are still made.
Free when
Always · Mon–Sat 9:30 am–5 pm, Sun 10 am–4 pm.
Free for whom
Everyone
Reservation
Not needed for a self-guided visit.
Time needed
30–45 minutes
How to get there
6405 Ensworth St, about 10 minutes by car south of Mandalay Bay, near the I-15 and I-215 interchange. Free parking.
Worth it? Depends.A treat if you care about cars and a quick loop of one room if you do not. The exit is through a large gift shop.
If you spend on one thing in Las Vegas, make it this.
The Neon Museum after dark
The free signs on Las Vegas Boulevard are a sample. The Boneyard holds the Stardust, Moulin Rouge and Sahara signs in one lot, close enough to see the bulbs and rust, and the night visits show them lit. Nothing free in town tells the city's story this well.
Everything above is free. This is the only paid pick on the page, chosen because no free option replaces it.
