Join The Mob Museum for an extraordinary celebration, as the Museum marks its 13th anniversary, Friday, February 14, 2025, with a FREE day for Nevada residents! Non-residents will receive buy-one, get-one admission. Hours: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Commemorating the event, the Museum will host a special single-day showcase of artifacts from the February 14, 1929, St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, including the two Thompson submachine guns used in the gangland slaying. Believed to have been orchestrated by Chicago Outfit boss Al Capone, on Valentine’s Day in 1929, seven members and associates of the North Side bootlegging gang were lined up against a wall and shot to death. For this anniversary free day event, Members of the Berrien County, Michigan, Sheriff’s Department, which possesses the guns, will be on hand to discuss the historic firearms and answer questions. Other Massacre-related artifacts, including the only gun found at the Massacre crime scene, will be displayed as well.
ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDE
- Additional massacre-related artifacts will include the blueprint of the Tommy Gun, provided by the Auto-Ordnance Corporation to Dr. Calvin Goddard, and the only firearm found at the scene of the crime, Frank Gusenberg’s .38 revolver. Tommy Gun Display: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department’s K-9 unit will conduct a drug demonstration in the Event Plaza from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. followed by a meet and greet from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
- Reformed mobster Frank Calabrese Jr. will share his Family Secrets presentation from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- Receive a 10% discount on all food and beverage at The Underground speakeasy and concessions from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Excludes bottled moonshine.