Liberace Museum

Lonely Planet review

For connoisseurs of kitschy celebrity shrines, this place is a must-do. The home of 'Mr Showmanship' houses the most flamboyant art cars, outrageous costumes and ornate pianos you'll ever see. There's a hand-painted Pleyel, on which Chopin played; a Rolls-Royce covered in mirrored tiles; and a wardrobe exhibit full of feathered capes and million-dollar furs, darling.

Loved throughout the world, Liberace was honoured during his lifetime with two Emmy Awards, six gold records and two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Following his death in 1987, just months after his final performances at New York's Radio City Music Hall, the late great entertainer was posthumously honoured with the creation of this outrageously cheesy off-Strip museum.

Liberace's favourite stage pianos - a rhinestone-encrusted Baldwin and a concert grand covered in mirrors - are not to be missed. Among the rare pianos on display are a hand-painted Pleyel on which Chopin played and a Chickering grand once owned by Gershwin. The lineup of Liberace's cars includes a hand-painted red, white and blue Rolls-Royce convertible, a Rolls-Royce clad entirely in mirror tiles, and a roadster covered in Austrian rhinestones.

Many visitors are enamored by Liberace's wardrobe and jewellery. Elaborately feathered capes, sequined suits and million-dollar furs are as funny as they are frightening in their oddity.

Time your visit to join one of the free guided tours led by passionate, but self-censorious Liberace fans ('Red Hatters'). Call ahead for schedules.