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Organized crime emerges from the ethnic After Prohibition, organized crime continues to New tactics, technologies and laws give law When Prohibition takes effect in 1920, America’s neighborhoods of America’s biggest cities. Small- expand into a range of different rackets. The enforcement the upper hand in its long battle saloons, distilleries and breweries are shut down. time street hoodlums evolve into millionaire Kefauver Committee hearings, including one with the Mob. Massive busts and trials cripple But Prohibition doesn’t end alcohol consumption bootleggers thanks to Prohibition. The St. conducted in the courtroom on this floor, expose Mafia families in cities across America. In the or production. It merely drives the industry Valentine’s Day Massacre in 1929 in the Mob’s criminal activities across the country. 21st century, the diminished traditional Mob is underground. are the beating turns up the heat on the Mob. The growth of Syndicates invest in Las Vegas and pocket millions overshadowed by new transnational groups such heart of the Roaring ’20s, a time of dramatic organized crime compels politicians to expand law of untaxed dollars from the casinos. The Mob’s as Mexican drug cartels, Russian syndicates and cultural change. Besides providing illegal liquor, enforcement’s power and reach. corruption of politicians and unions prompts a cybercrime networks. speakeasies cultivate jazz music, dance crazes federal crackdown. and the rise of the flappers – young women who embrace bold fashions and liberated behavior.

THE LINEUP COURTROOM BOX OFFICE Experience what it feels like to be in a In 1950-51, the U.S. Senate, led The first stop in our lobby to get your This immersive experience transports police lineup behind a one-way mirror by Tennessee Senator Estes tickets or learn more about audio tours you back to the Prohibition era and take home a souvenir photo. Kefauver, held high-profile hearings or Mob Museum Memberships. through videos, photographs, stories investigating organized crime in 14 and artifacts, while enjoying a TOUGH LITTLE TOWN cities, including one hearing in this 100 YEARS OF MADE MEN handcrafted cocktail. Las Vegas courtroom. Las Vegas grew from a frontier outpost A wall of infamy, profiling the most DISTILLERY to a resort mecca, built by gamblers, notorious figures from more than 100 Tour the Distillery to learn about the second-chance dreamers and the Mob. OPEN CITY years of Mob history. bootleggers, rumrunners and the law Las Vegas was regarded as an enforcement agents who tried to take ST. VALENTINE’S DAY “open city,” meaning that no one ORGANIZED CRIME TODAY them down. Sample spirits, including crime syndicate could dominate the MASSACRE WALL Interactive touchscreen, artifacts our house-distilled . town. That made it an enticing place Hear the true story and see the actual and displays delve into topics such for mobsters nationwide to launch as drug cartels, human trafficking wall where, on February 14, 1929, seven new ventures. POT STILL members of Bugs Moran’s gang were and cybercrime. The Museum’s 60-gallon pot still, lined up and assassinated allegedly by SPINNING A DEADLY WEB produces about 40 gallons of ’s gang. USE OF FORCE Politicians and labor leaders often got TRAINING EXPERIENCE moonshine per week. caught doing the Mob’s bidding THE FEDS FIGHT BACK Real-life, interactive examples of instead of representing the best situations law enforcement encounter PROHIBITION ATTIRE After Prohibition, federal agencies and interests of their constituents – with and the responses they must consider. The liberated fashions of the era are local police used legal powers and more fatal consequences. firepower to combat new threats from *Additional paid experience reflected in displays of flapper dresses, organized crime. hats and shoes. WE ONLY KILL EACH OTHER CRIME LAB EXPERIENCE Violence was part of Mob life, exacting THE TENTACLES SPREAD Hands-on experiences for guests to SUNKEN RUM RUNNER a terrible toll on individuals, families The Mob expands into gambling examine cause of death, DNA and Speculation that the Lizzie D carried a and innocent bystanders. See photos operations, sports, Hollywood fingerprint analysis. load of illegal liquor before it sank was of the Mob’s greatest hits and Nevada’s and more. *Additional paid experience confirmed in 1977, when divers located gas chamber chair. the wrecked ship about 15 miles off the *Images may not be appropriate for all ages coast of Long Island.

Amenities on this floor: Amenities on this floor: Amenities on this floor: Amenities on this floor: GET YOUR SOUVENIR PHOTO CONCESSIONS RETAIL STORE THE MOB MUSEUM’S OWN LINE OF SPIRITS ARE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE: RESTROOMS FAMILY RESTROOM FAMILY RESTROOM Moonshine, Vodka. AUDIO TOURS, WHEELCHAIRS AND BAG RESTROOMS CHECK AVAILABLE AT BOX OFFICE