By: Las Vegas Now Staff
The Clark County Heritage Museum’s new exhibit, ‘How Time Flies: 60 Years of McCarran International Airport’ is now open and features a collection of photos, artifacts and media outlining the history of the airport.
Mark Hall-Patton is the museums administrator for Clark County Parks and Recreation. He’s also a historian and has spent a lot of time researching the history of the airport and its impact on Southern Nevada.
“Aviation is a big part of who we are, and when you think about the history of las vegas, transportation is always the bottom line issues. That and water. Those are the two major things that bring people here,” Hall Patton said.
The artifacts in the exhibit are set up to reflect the timeline of the airport’s evolution from an airfield in the middle of nowhere, to the central hub of transportation it has become today.
The anniversary of the airport’s opening is Dec. 19, but the exhibit is only open through November. The museum is located at the south end of Boulder Highway where it turns into Old Nevada Road, and it also features a nature trail, ghost town, and Heritage Street - a collection of houses that tell the story of settlement in the Las Vegas Valley.
