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The Machines of
THE MUSEE MECANIQUE
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
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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