Art/Design Featured Gallery A Million Watts of Blood,Toil, and Tears: The Museum of Neon Art

March 10, 2011 - 11:22 am

If you’ve ever seen reels from the early days of cinema — It’s a Wonderful Life or any number of Rat Pack films comes to mind — one thing you might remember are the montages of neon signs, flashing advertisements that enticed potential patrons to buy sex, cigarettes and cheap liquor. Truth is, ain’t many of these gems around anymore — many have been dismantled and trashed, but several others are now at the Museum of Neon Art.

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