One sign at a time
The museum was established in 1996. Its first project was to relight the Hacienda’s Horse & Rider sign, which glowed again on 13 November 1996.
A yard full of signs
From 2001 the Young Electric Sign Company, which made many of the city’s signs, began moving signs to the museum’s lot. The collection grew from 75 signs in 2002 to more than 200 by 2006, and visits were by appointment only.
Open to everyone
The Boneyard opened to the general public on 27 October 2012. Around 250 signs were on display by 2023, and restoring a single sign can take months, so many are shown unlit, as they arrived.


