Skip to content
  • Mission
  • About
  • Community and Education
  • Blog
  • Media
  • Shop
  • Plan Your Visit
    • Purchase Tickets
    • Hours, Directions and Early Closures
    • Parking and Transportation
    • The Underground Speakeasy
    • Mobile App
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Museum Directory
    • Accessibility
  • Exhibits
        • The Underground
        • The Path to Prohibition
        • Wreckage of the Lizzie D
        • Four Deuces Phone Booth
        • The Speakeasy
        • VIP Room / Fitting Room
        • The Distillery
        • Pot Still
        • 1st Floor
        • Bringing Down the Mob
        • 100 Years of Made Men
        • Organized Crime Today
        • Global Networks Touch Wall
        • Crime Lab
        • Firearm Training Simulator
        • Use of Force
        • Rise of the Cartels
        • 2nd Floor
        • Kefauver Hearings
        • Historic Courtroom
        • Open City
        • Skim Room
        • Las Vegas Goes Straight
        • Spinning a Deadly Web
        • Mob’s Greatest Hits
        • 3rd Floor
        • Birth of the Mob
        • Crime Gets Organized
        • A Tough Little Town
        • Prohibition
        • St. Valentine’s Day Massacre Wall
        • Massacre Evidence
        • The Feds Fight Back
        • Follow the Money
        • The Tentacles Spread
  • Learn
        • Interactive Microsites
          • The History of Prohibition
          • The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
        • Notable Names
        • Blog
        • Exhibits
        • Artifacts
        • Digital Experiences
        • The Building
  • Events
    • Upcoming Public Programs
    • Book Your Private Event
  • Join & Give
    • Become a Member
    • Donor and Member Tickets
    • Make a Gift
Buy Tickets
Commitment to Safety

The Havana Mob during the 1950s

Month: July 2015


The Havana Mob during the 1950s

Posted on July 31, 2015October 6, 2016 by Brenda Hengel

Havana, Cuba, served as a virtual haven for organized crime in the 1950s. After former Cuban President Fulgencio Batista staged…


Major Italian Mafia group churning up political controversy in Australia

Posted on July 23, 2015October 6, 2016 by Brenda Hengel

One of the major Italian Mafia organizations is deeply entrenched in the Australian underworld. Italy’s violent Calabrian Mafia group ‘Ndrangheta…


‘Flip Lips’ and the Mob

Posted on July 13, 2015July 31, 2015 by Brenda Hengel

The recent “What Happened to Jimmy Hoffa?” panel discussion at The Mob Museum set off memories of my own fleeting…


Drugs, human trafficking and counterfeit goods among most lucrative markets for organized crime groups in Europe

Posted on July 8, 2015October 6, 2016 by Misha Ray

Part 1        Part 2 Organized crime groups in Europe – numbering about 3,600 — are increasingly adapting to…


Working for Lucky and Dutch

Posted on July 8, 2015February 28, 2018 by Misha Ray

Stanley Grauso, a real Prohibition-Era hoodlum who died recently at age 104, sat down with The Mob Museum two days…


Location

300 Stewart Avenue
Downtown Las Vegas
Steps From Fremont Street

Hours

Museum: Daily 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
The Underground speakeasy and distillery: Sun-Thur: Noon to 9 p.m. Fri-Sat: Noon to 10 p.m.

View Early Closures

Parking

Limited parking is available for a nominal fee.
View Parking

Contact

702.229.2734 | info@themobmuseum.org

Follow Us

  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Site Map
  • Employment
  • Privacy & Security
  • Contact Us