Pacific Pinball Museum

The Pacific Pinball Museum is a games museum in California with more than 90 playable machines from different decades arranged chronologically across five exhibition rooms. The machines demonstrate the evolution of pinball design and technology from its origins to modern times.

The museum was founded in 2004 and started with a small collection of machines installed in a parking lot known as Lucky Ju Ju. This modest beginning grew into one of the largest collections documenting the history of the game.

The collection displays hand-painted murals interpreting classic pinball artwork and vintage jukeboxes that reveal how these machines became part of popular culture over time. Visitors notice how games shaped social gathering spaces across different eras.

Visitors pay one admission fee and get unlimited access to play all the machines throughout the museum. Discounts are available for children, seniors, and military personnel to make visits more accessible.

The collection includes a Gottlieb Humpty Dumpty from 1947, recognized as the first pinball machine with flippers. Visitors also find an Art Deco Bumper machine from the 1930s, showing how different early games looked and played.

Location: California

Inception: 2004

Official opening: 2004

Phone: +(510)7691349

Website: http://pacificpinball.org

GPS coordinates: 37.77375,-122.27658

Latest update: December 11, 2025 11:03