Is the Museum of Ice Cream Worth the Hype?

Longtime City Cast Las Vegas podcast listeners were happy to hear the voice of Sarah Lohman return on Tuesday’s episode. Our former co-host has been busy writing Ice Cream Land, a book on the history of ice cream, due for publication in 2027.

So, of course, we were happy to welcome Sarah back to discuss the Museum of Ice Cream, which recently opened at AREA15.

“This is very much a selfie museum,” she said, noting the lack of exhibits related to ice cream history or production. “They want you to be prepped for the photo ops … so you can rent ice cream garments to do that in. There's a chapel to get married, which I think is a very smart move for Las Vegas … There's going to be some wedding receptions, you can sit and make friendship bracelets, and of course, there's the sprinkle pool, (which is like a) ball pool from Chuck E. Cheese, but actual swimming pool size and filled with large pink plastic sprinkles. It's surprisingly deep.”

That’s one of the reasons guests are required to sign a waiver before entering. The kids will also have fun with multi-level slides, a “hall of freezers” with doors opening up to Instagram-worthy rooms, and a “cone-sino” for Vegas-style gaming with no real money at stake. Adults might be more interested in a bar with themed cocktails, including a s’mores chocolate martini. Everyone will be happy with the ice cream buffet, included with admission, which begins at $41.99.

“ To me, the price of the ticket was worth the all-you-can-eat ice cream buffet … I have to give them props too because they have featured flavors from Sorry, Not Sorry, which is one of our local ice cream shops, and I think the best ice cream in Las Vegas.”

Overall, Sarah describes the Museum of Ice Cream as “definitely a lot of fun,” even though an opportunity was missed to be something more. “ Education is not a big part of it. That’s okay with me, but maybe if I have one beef with the Museum of Ice Cream, it's the use of that word ‘museum,’” Sarah said, mentioning that something dedicated to flavors from around the world would be a welcome addition.

“ It's not an art museum. It's a trampoline park that adults might enjoy too.”