We tagged along with 4th graders from Triggs Elementary School as they learned about our state's history and much more at the Neon Museum.

(Londyn Love) We're at the Neon Museum.

(Yanely Diaz Ortega) We got to come to the Neon Museum for a field trip.

(Harley Bucklan) It's where there's, like, a bunch of signs that aren't up anymore, and then we put them into, like, this big place so that people could still see them.

(Matt Borek) We run field trips four days a week at the Neon Museum.

We divide our field trips into three parts.

We have an intro session in the lobby.

That's a way to introduce the kids to our space.

-In 4th grade here at CCSD, we teach all the standards that are about Nevada: history, the economy, and everything.

So we're actually using this as a base point so we can start teaching them everything about Nevada: mining, gaming, all of the above.

-All right.

This is our Moulin Rouge sign.

It was very important in Las Vegas history.

It was the only hotel and casino at the time that allowed people of color and white people to be in the same space together.

-The tour tends to be based on the theme of the field trip.

Today's, for example, was social studies field trip.

It was based on the industries of Nevada, so we point that out through the collection as we go.

-Anderson Dairy, what do you think that industry was?

(students) Agriculture.

-Agriculture, right?

In your little guides, can you draw your showgirl a new headdress?

(Parker Henshaw) There were little assignments.

Like, you just had to match the job to the industry.

-They can learn so much about, just like, Las Vegas history, which ties in with Nevada history, just with just a simple sign.

-They were telling us all about the signs.

We see cool stuff, like, like the Golden Nugget.

-Just even learning about Anderson Milk.

It's from here.

They had no idea.

They were so surprised.

-We always try to have a hands-on activity for kids that is kind of the final third of the field trip so they can apply what they learned on the tour and then do something with it.

-That's where I'm excited.

Once I start teaching the Nevada social history standards, it's like, Do you guys remember this sign?

Then go off of it and have fun.

-We are a sign museum, but we also can tell history through that.

We can tell science.

-Do you hear it?

That's the electricity rattling around.

-Neon is a type of gas that glows.

-Do you see how it's moving?

(student) Oh, yeah, it is.

-Do you see it?

(students) Oh, yeah.

-We do storytelling lessons.

We can do a lot of different things with the materials that are here.

-I had a lot of fun being here at the Neon Museum.

-I'm from Las Vegas, so I very much enjoy coming here, and I love that I got to come back with my class.

(students) Thank you, Neon Museum!

The Neon Museum expects to welcome about 3,500 students this school year alone, from kindergartners to seniors in high school.

Want to learn more?

Make sure to check out the Neon Museum's Steam Saturdays, another great learning opportunity.

Find out all about the great experiences the Neon Museum offers.

Visit neonmuseum.org.