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Mob Museum offers free admission to Nevada residents on Kefauver Day

Posted at 2:45 PM, Oct 21, 2018
and last updated 2018-10-21 17:47:32-04

The Mob Museum will offer free admission for Nevada residents to celebrate Kefauver Day on Nov. 15.

Kefauver Day commemorates the Kefauver Committee hearing that took place in the Museum’s courtroom in 1950.

Named after Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee, the Kefauver Committee hearings were televised and brought organized crime into the living rooms of many Americans for the first time.

The museum will have extended operating hours for the day of 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and non-residents can also get a buy one admission, get one free thanks to Zappos.

More information about The Mob Museum is available here