Las Vegas Museum of Art: Where's the art?

I have vowed to visit the art museum of every major city in the United States. My original goal was to visit the art museum of every state capitol, but I soon discovered that the residents of Annapolis, MD are terribly deprived. So far, I have visited the major art museums in D.C.; New York; Los Angeles; Denver, CO; Indianapolis, IN; Columbus, OH; Portland, OR; Philadelphia, Norfolk, VA (not that Norfolk is a "major city"); and Baltimore, MD; among others.

I was passing through Las Vegas during the day, on my way to nowhere you need to know about. I decided I would stop by the Las Vegas Art Museum and add another museum to my list. Traveler's advisory: the Las Vegas Art Museum is a waste of time and money ($6) for out-of-towners.

The entire museum consists of two rooms, I kid you not. And there wasn't a whole lot of art in those two rooms. In fact, there was more artwork in the museum gift shop. The building looks large from the outside, but about 2/3 of the structure is really a large atrium and a spacious community library.

Room number one featured some nice Chinese art. Room number two had a number of unremarkable works of art-- posters?

The most interesting work of art in the spacious, rather empty Room number 2 states simply "Birth -- Thank you -- Death." Touring the museum took about as long.

As I understand it, the museum rotates the exhibits on a regular basis. So it might make sense to buy a yearly membership if you live in Vegas. That's $25 for the first year, $50/year thereafter. But for the visitor to Vegas it's not worth it. Stick with The Strip-- it's a lot more interesting.