Pinball Hall of Fame, Gaming museum on Las Vegas Boulevard, United States

The Pinball Hall of Fame is a gaming museum in Las Vegas housing hundreds of pinball and arcade machines from different eras in one large space. The collection displays how these machines developed over time in their design and mechanics, and visitors can actually play the games themselves.

Tim Arnold began raising funds for the project in 1990, selling pinball repair videos and hosting pinball nights at his home. He moved his collection from Michigan to Las Vegas in the early 1990s, and by 2003 the fund had reached $167,000. The museum opened in 2006 at 3300 E Tropicana Ave with about 200 machines, moved to 1610 E Tropicana Ave in late 2009, and opened at 4925 S Las Vegas Blvd on April 15, 2021.

These machines shaped how people spent their leisure time across generations, appearing in bars, arcades, and homes as part of everyday entertainment culture. Walking through the space, you see how these games became social gathering points where friends and strangers competed together.

The museum is at 4925 S Las Vegas Blvd, well south of the Strip near the Welcome sign, reachable by car or local bus. Games run on quarters, so bring coins or use the change machines on site. It is a hands-on collection where you play the machines rather than view them behind glass.

The museum is run entirely by volunteers, and its excess revenues go to the Salvation Army, not to a broad set of local charities. Tim Arnold began raising money for the project in 1990, partly by selling videos about pinball repair, and had gathered $167,000 by 2003.