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Our history

Photo courtesy of UNLV University Libraries Special Collections

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1978, the Springs Preserve is a 180-acre cultural institution designed to commemorate Las Vegas' dynamic history and to provide a vision for a sustainable future.

The Preserve features museums, educational experiences, outdoor events, a desert botanical garden and an interpretive trail system through a scenic natural habitat. Before it opened to the public in June 2007, the Preserve was home to many other Southern Nevadans over the past centuries.

Learn more about the area's rich past:

Video: Water Course

It only takes a short hike with Springs Preserve archaeologist Nathan Harper to become completely immersed in the force that formed the Springs(Opens video file)(Opens another site in new window) and is so essential to its future: water.

Video: Celebrating 10 Years

It’s been ten eventful years(Opens video file)(Opens another site in new window) since the Springs Preserve first opened its doors in 2007 to reveal an ideal combination of monument, museum, campus, park and garden. Take a look back at some of our cherished memories.

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