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| Welcome to the Musee Mecanique, one of
the world’s largest privately owned collections of mechanically
operated musical instruments and antique arcade machines. We
will take you on a journey from turn of the century hand cranked
music boxes to modern video arcade games. This is a trip down memory
lane. It is a chance to show your children or grandchildren what you
did for fun when you were their age. Before video games at home, perhaps
before television, perhaps what you remember sitting in your grandparent’s parlor.
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| For those of you who grew up in the San Francisco
Bay Area, it is a chance to remember Playland at the Beach, Sutro
Baths and the Cliff House. There is our own “Laffing Sal”, “Susie
the Can-Can Dancer” and the fascinating “Carnival.” Other things have
been brought in from around the world for your amusement. For years
the collection was housed in the lower level of the Cliff House. Due
to renovation in 2002 the collection moved to its new location
at Pier 45 at Fisherman’s Wharf.
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