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Pinball Museum (other)
Pinball Museum may refer to: United States *Asheville Pinball Museum, a List of museums in North Carolina, museum located in Asheville, North Carolina *Museum of Pinball, a defunct museum in Banning, California *Next Level Pinball Museum, Hillsboro, Oregon *Pacific Pinball Museum, a museum in Alameda, California *Pinball Perfection, a museum, restoration and event center in West View, Pennsylvania *Roanoke Pinball Museum, a List of museums in Virginia, museum located in Roanoke, Virginia *Silverball Museum (Delray Beach), Florida *Silverball Museum, a List of museums in New Jersey, museum located in Asbury Park, New Jersey *Seattle Pinball Museum, a List of museums in Seattle, museum located in Seattle, Washington Other places *Australian Pinball Museum, a museum in Nhill#Events and attractions, Nhill, Victoria, Australia *Dutch Pinball Museum, a museum in Rotterdam, the Netherlands *Kraków Pinball Museum, a museum in Kraków, Poland See also *Musée Mécanique, an inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Silverball Museum Interior
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List Of Museums In North Carolina
This list of museums in North Carolina is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included. Museums Defunct museums * Appalachian Cultural Museum, Boone, part of Appalachian State University, exhibits closed in 2006 but remaionline* Chapel Hill Museum, Chapel Hill, closed in 2010 * Charlotte Trolley Museum, Charlotte * Charlotte-Mecklenburg Fire Education Center and Museum, Charlotte, closed in 2009 * Cleveland County Historical Museum, Shelby, closed in 2012, site now home to the Earl Scruggs Center * Doll & Miniature Museum of High Point, closed in 2012 * Fayetteville Museum of Art, Fayetteville, closed in 2010 * Grimes Mill, Salisbury, d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Museum Of Pinball
The Museum of Pinball was a non-profit museum dedicated to the preservation and advocacy of pinball machines and other arcade games. The museum was located in Banning, California, United States, and opened in 2013. With an 18-acre campus, over 40,000 sq ft of museum space, and over 700 total games on display it was billed as the largest pinball museum in the world. The museum was open infrequently to the public, mostly functioning as an event space. Due to costs of maintaining the collection, the Museum closed in September 2021 and auctioned off its collection. History The museum was founded in 2013 by pinball machine collector John Weeks. In January 2015 the Guinness Book of World Records recognized the museum as setting a record for the most people playing pinball simultaneously. Later that year the museum was incorporated into the Palm Springs Modernism Week events and billed as ''Retro Pinball Mania''. In 2020, the organization sought to gain a larger space in Palm Sprin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Next Level Pinball Museum
The Next Level Pinball Museum is located in Hillsboro, Oregon, United States. It opened in 2017, and has approximately 400 pinball and arcade machines. In March 2024, it expanded by adding of space and 150 games. Located near the Hillsboro Airport, machines in the collection come from collector Fred Carlson and his family, and the museum also displays over 3,000 of his items from his lunchbox collection. Visitors do not use quarters to play, but instead the machines are set to free play. References See also * Classic Aircraft Aviation Museum * Five Oaks Museum *Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals The Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals is a non-profit museum in Hillsboro, Oregon, United States. Located just north of the Sunset Highway (Oregon), Sunset Highway on the northern edge of Hillsboro, the earth science museum is in the Po ... External links * Next Level Pinball Museumat Travel Oregon 2017 establishments in Oregon Culture of Hillsboro, Oregon Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pacific Pinball Museum
The Pacific Pinball Museum is a Board Managed and certified 501 C(3) nonprofit interactive museum/arcade offering a chronological and historical selection of rare bagatelles and early pinball games in addition to over 100 playable pinball machines ranging in era from the 1940s to present day located on Webster Street in Alameda, California. Throughout the 7,000 sq/ft museum are hand-painted murals, vintage Jukeboxes, educational handouts and rotating focused exhibits. There are also provisions for field-trips, self guided tours, educated docents and STEAM educational programs as part of the museum's "Play & Learn" philosophy. History The museum was founded in 2004 by Michael Schiess, a former museum exhibition designer. Schiess started collecting pinball machines in 2001. He decided to open his own museum after being unimpressed with the coverage of pinball history at other museums. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West View, Pennsylvania
West View is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, just north of downtown Pittsburgh. The population was 6,685 at the 2020 census. It is a suburb of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. Geography West View is located at (40.518368, −80.033645). According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of , all land. Climate History West View was first incorporated on March 20, 1905. In the early 1900s, the Allegheny-Bellevue Land Company began acquiring land in Ross Township in order to build houses. Land developer Frederick Christian Martsolf was particularly enamored by the area, so working with the Allegheny-Bellevue Land Company, he was able to incorporate 640 acres of land right in the middle of Ross Township into West View Borough. West View held its first election on May 16, 1905, with Martsolf being elected the first president of the Borough Council on May 24, 1905. It is said that the name "West View" came from pioneers who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Museums In Virginia
This list of museums in Virginia, United States, contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included. This is a sortable list. Click on the small boxes next to any heading title to reorder the list (in alphabetical order or reverse alphabetical order) by that category. Museums Defunct museums * Anderson Gallery, Richmond, part of VCU School of the Arts, closed in 2015, collection moved to VCU Libraries * Artisans Center of Virginia Galleries, Waynesboro, closed the galleries in 2009 * Beebe Ranch, Chincoteaque, closed in 2010 * Claude Moore Colonial Farm * Civil War Life Museum, Massaponax * Collingwood Library and Museum, Alexandria * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silverball Museum (Delray Beach)
The Silverball Museum refers to two museum of pinball machines, located in Asbury Park, New Jersey and Delray Beach, Florida Delray Beach is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. The population of Delray Beach as of April 1, 2020, was 66,846 according to the 2020 United States census, 2020 United States Census. Located in the Miami metropolitan area, De ..., both owned by Robert Ilvento. The first location opened in 2009 on the Asbury Park Bordwalk with the Florida location opening in 2017. As of 2020, the Ashbury Park location houses approximately 150 pinball machines, ranging from the 1940s to 2019. In 2017, the Delray Beach location had 88 pinball machines and 24 arcade games, ranging from the 1950s to 2000s. The space expanded in 2018 and by 2020 had over 150 video games, which range from the 1930s to the 2010s. Admission to the museum gives free play on the machines, and guests can pay by the hour or the day. In addition to housing games, the 9,000 square ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Museums In New Jersey
This list of museums in New Jersey is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included. Lists of New Jersey institutions which are not museums are noted in the "See also" section, below. List Defunct museums * Army Communications, Radar, and Electronics Museum, Fort Monmouth, closed in 2010, collections moved to the United States Army Ordnance Museum at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland * Asbury Park Rock 'N Roll Museum, Asbury Park, closed in 2004 * Charles and Anna Hankins Museum, Lavallette, building sold in 2008 and displays moved to Toms River Seaport Society Maritime Museum * Community Children's Museum, Dover, closed in 2012 * Flem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Museums In Seattle
Seattle, Washington is home to four major art museums and galleries: the Frye Art Museum, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle Art Museum, and the Seattle Asian Art Museum. Museums Defunct museums * Consolidated Works, closed in 2006 *Milepost 31, closed 2017website history of Pioneer Square and the construction of the Alaskan Way Viaduct replacement tunnel, featured model of Bertha (tunnel boring machine) * Museum of Mysteries, closed in 2014, collections now online as the Northwest Museum of Legends and Lore * Odyssey Maritime Discovery Center, closed in 2008 * Western Bridge, closed in 2012 * Wright Exhibition Space, closed in 2014, collections now at Seattle Art Museum * Museum of Museums, closed in 2023 * Living Computer Museum closed in 2020 due to Covid-19 and final announcement of permanent closure occurred in 2024 See also * List of museums in Washington (state) * Seattle Aquarium References {{Museums in Puget Sound Seattle Museums Museums in Seattle Museums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nhill
Nhill is a town in the Wimmera, in western Victoria, Australia. Nhill is located on the Western Highway, halfway between Adelaide and Melbourne. At the , Nhill had a population of 1,749. "Nhill" is believed to be a Wergaia word meaning "early morning mist rising over water" or "white mist rising from the water".''The Horsham Times'', "The discovery of Nhill", 2 June 1944, p. 4. Nhill is the administrative headquarters for Shire of Hindmarsh and residents are mainly employed in either farming or food processing, most notably in grain and fowl. The town is home to a community of Karen people, the first of whom came to Australia as refugees, and who settled in Nhill in the early 2010s to work at the Luv-a-Duck food processing facility. In 2012, there were over 100 Karen residents in Nhill. History The formally recognised traditional owners for the area in which Nhill sits are the Wotjobaluk, Jaadwa, Jadawadjali, Wergaia and Jupagik Nations. These Nations are represented by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch Pinball Museum
The Dutch Pinball Museum is a museum in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The museum is home to more than 130 different pinball machines ranging from 1930 to today and also includes a rare toupie hollandaise table from the year 1853. History The museum originated out of a private collection of founder Gerard van de Sanden. The museum opened on 29 August 2015 but was officially opened by former Dutch Finance Minister Gerrit Zalm on 26 November 2015. The museum opened on the Paul Nijghkade in Katendrecht, but later moved to the Dubbele Palmboom in Delfshaven Delfshaven () is a borough of Rotterdam, Netherlands, on the right bank of river Nieuwe Maas. It was a separate municipality until 1886. The town of Delfshaven grew around the port of the city of Delft. Delft itself was not located on a major ri .... Collection The collection consists of 31 electromechanical pinball machines, 43 Solid State pinball machines, and 60 Dot-Matrix pinball machines, as well as an original toupie hollan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
