Names engraved in abstract cattails acknowledge donors in this interpretation of the desert wetlands.
Visitors mingle and overhear conversations in this recreation of the historic Las Vegas land auction.
An outdoor treasure hunt involves searching for species that possess specific desert survival strategies.
Junior archeologists dig for replicas of artifacts left by Euro-American settlers, and identify them in a flipbook.
Visitors explore re-creations of Southern Paiute dwellings, called wickiups.
A 3-D "bar chart" vividly conveys the rapid growth of population and water use in Las Vegas.
Peer through the viewer and people seem to inhabit the archeological site of an ancestral Puebloan structure.
A 5000-gallon flash flood rushes beneath the feet of visitors in this desert ravine theater.
Las Vegas Springs Preserve
LAS VEGAS, NV
The Origen Experience is the main visitor center for the Springs Preserve, a 180-acre complex on the site of the original springs that supplied water to the city of Las Vegas. Exhibits explore the ways that water has, paradoxically, determined the geology, ecology and cultural history of this desert region. 40,000 square feet of interior and exterior exhibits foster an appreciation for the survival strategies of plants, animals and human cultures in the inhospitable Mojave Desert. The exhibits draw attention to the contemporary challenges of preserving the cultural and natural resources of the region.
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40,000 sq.ft.
Opened in 2007
CREDITS
Exhibit Development
Las Vegas Valley Water District
Springs Preserve
West Office Exhibition Design
Architects
Tate Synder Kimsey Architects
Fabricator
Nassal
AV Harware Integration
BBI, Inc.
AV Harware Integration
Playground Group
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Definitely not your traditional or stereotypical Las Vegas experience.
—Jesse Davis
Marketing and Public Relations Manager, LVSP
Marketing and Public Relations Manager, LVSP