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Fun Museums for the Family Holidays
2008-12-19
There aren’t many antique shows and collector conventions over the next few weeks, so if you’ve got time off, we’ve compiled some museums and exhibits that might be fun for collectors and the whole family to visit!
Happy Holidays!
Exhibits
Through Jan. 29
Los Angeles, Calif.
L.A. Unfolded: Maps from the Los Angeles Public Library
Historic topographic surveys, tourist guides, real estate maps, pictorials, illustrations and more. Highlights include a 1791 Spanish explorers’ California coast map; a 1975 Goetz Guide to the Murals of East Los Angeles; and Artist-Historian Jo Mora’s masterly illustrated 1942 city map. One of the largest collections owned by a public library in the U.S. At the Central Library Downtown Getty Gallery, free.
Info: www.lapl.org/events/unfolded
Through Feb. 8
Los Angeles, Calif.
From Autocamps to Airstreams: The Early Road to Vacationland
At the Petersen Automotive Museum, vintage travel trailers that follow the history of American road tripping. Tues – Sun 10-6, closed Christmas and New Year’s Day.
Info: www.Petersen.org
Museums
Mountain View, Calif.
Computer History Museum
Experience one of the world's largest collections of computing artifacts - over 600 unique artifacts, from rare slide rules and mechanical calculators to the earliest one-of-kind computers, vintage PCs, historical firsts and exotic supercomputers. Wed-Fri. 12-4, Sat. 11-5, Sun. 12-4.
Info: www.computerhistory.org
Sacramento, Calif.
California State Railroad Museum
Experience the magic of railroading with authentic train rides, unique special events, and regularly changing exhibits that bring the history of railroading to life! Open daily 10-5, closed Christmas and New Year’s Day. Info: www.csrmf.org
Strasbourg, Penn.
Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania
Over 100 locomotives and cars from the mid-19th and 20th centuries, extensive exhibits of railroad artifacts, plus priceless art work, books, photographs and corporate railroad material. Tues.-Sat., 9-5, Sundays, 12-5.
Info: www.rrmuseumpa.org
Glen Dale, West Virginia
The Marx Toy Museum
Thousands of Marx toys from five decades of production. Playsets of the 1950s and 60s, models, Western items, windups, action figures, ride-on toys, cars & trucks.
Tues-Sat. 11-5, Info: www.marxtoymuseum.com
Dyersville, Iowa
National Farm Toy Museum
Thousands of farm toys on display as well as exhibits depicting the history of agriculture. Open daily 8-6 except Christmas and New Year’s Day.
Info: www.nationalfarmtoymuseum.com
Sigourney, Iowa
Dumont Museum
Over 100 beautifully restored tractors (the largest collection of Oliver Tractors), horse drawn equipment, buggies and gas engines toys, dolls, and dishes, our Roy Rogers memorabilia collection. Open Sat and Sun. 10-5 or by appointment.
Info: www.dumontmuseum.com
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
An internationally renowned collection of Western art and artifacts, paintings, sculptures, Native American crafts, as well as educational and cultural events.
Info: www.nationalcowboymuseum.org
Lincoln, Nebraska
Frank H. Woods Telephone Museum
One of America's great telephone collections with candlestick phones, vanity sets, coin op telephones, and exhibits of old phone settings like switchboards and offices. Free admission, open Sundays 1-4. Info: www.woodstelephonepioneers.org
Warner New Hampshire
New Hampshire Telephone Museum
Collection of telephones, equipment and tools. Trace the development of the telephone from hand-cranked magneto boxes on walls to the wireless technologies of today. Open Wednesday and Saturday only, 10-4.
Info: www.nhtelephonemuseum.com
New Bremen, Ohio
Bicycle Museum of America
300 bikes on from all eras on display and total collection of 1,000 in rotation. Mon. – Fri. 11-5, Sat. 11-2.
Info: www.bicyclemuseum.com
Canton, Ohio
Canton Classic Car Museum
Something for everyone – Automobilia, Vintage toys, Steam engines, Movie posters, Historic photography. Open 7 days, 10-5, handicapped accessible. Info: www.cantonclassiccar.org
Sevierville, Tenn.
Muscle Car Museum
One of the largest, and most incredible collection of 1950s, 60s and 70s American Muscle Cars in the nation! Open 7 days (except Christmas) 9-5. Info: www.musclecarmuseum.com
Farmington Hills, Michigan
Marvin’s Marvelous Mechanical Museum
Coin operated games are the main attraction, and range from the oldest gypsy fortune telling machine of the early 1900's, to the lastest video games – all operational. Sideshow wonders, fortune tellers, automatons, and curiosities, magic, neon, antiques, posters, airplanes, robots, animation, and all sorts of odd and unusual coin operated games. Open 365 days a year, M-Th. 10-9, Fri. & Sat. 10-11, Sun. 11-9, call for holiday hours. Free admission. Info: www.marvin3m.com
Hancock, Wisconsin
Hancock Farm Museum
Hay pulleys & forks, farm tractors, barbed wire samples & tools, wood stoves, washing machines, ice harvesting machines, horse wagons, horse sleighs, horse drawn implements, garden tractors from the 40's. Open by appointment only, info: www.carlcotrone.com
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