National Pinball Museum in DC

JamBurglar

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I went over the weekend. It's in Georgetown in DC. If you're in the area you should go now. Love this place. They've really done a beautiful job keeping machines running. They've showcased a lot of machines and have production art, murals, etc. around the machines. Lots of classics. You can play everything. They're losing their space for some crazy reason so I'll only be there until September 5 (they were supposed to close in July but this was extended). Hopefully they'll find a new space but it seems pretty up in the air as far as I can tell. Help support it!


Homepage
http://www.nationalpinballmuseum.org/homepage.html

Photos
http://pinball.rocket9.net/National_Pinball_Museum.htm

My Funhouse high score
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I checked out the link, dam cool place, it would be a shame to lose access to that for the public...I dig the tables!, those sure would be cool in the arcade. you didnt happen to snap any hi res pics of them did you?

B.
 
I checked out the link, dam cool place, it would be a shame to lose access to that for the public...I dig the tables!, those sure would be cool in the arcade. you didnt happen to snap any hi res pics of them did you?

B.

Sorry, the only picture that we took was the score. I was my buddy's iPhone. If you look close you can see Pat Lawlor's signature on the backglass. A lot of the pins have signatures on them.

For all intents and purposes the museum is an arcade that doubles as a museum.
 
Yeah, that place is pretty cool... I went there at the end of June, and I assumed that it was closed now. My only complaint was that there were quite a few broken pins in the pay to play room.

DogP
 
Yeah, that place is pretty cool... I went there at the end of June, and I assumed that it was closed now. My only complaint was that there were quite a few broken pins in the pay to play room.

DogP

Agreed! I wanted to play pinball 2000 :(

It was also so hot in the play room when I went and people who were there did not wear deodorant. It was not enjoyable.
 
Working titles?

Jam - what titles were there and working when you visited? Im thinking about making the trip and would like to know what they have available to play.
 
Jam - what titles were there and working when you visited? Im thinking about making the trip and would like to know what they have available to play.

Barb wire was down. Guns & Roses was down. Lights Camera Action was down. That's all I can remember off the top of my head.

Twighlight Zone and Adams Family had just been serviced and played great. Funhouse was playing great.

It does get hot in there when there are a lot of people. What tends to happen is that it's either empty or packed. I put $10 on a card and stick around for a while and it will typically go through a few cycles of packed vs. empty while I'm there.

When it gets hot just play Wirlwind! Nice fan action.
 
Barb wire was down. Guns & Roses was down. Lights Camera Action was down. That's all I can remember off the top of my head.

Twighlight Zone and Adams Family had just been serviced and played great. Funhouse was playing great.

It does get hot in there when there are a lot of people. What tends to happen is that it's either empty or packed. I put $10 on a card and stick around for a while and it will typically go through a few cycles of packed vs. empty while I'm there.

When it gets hot just play Wirlwind! Nice fan action.

When I went, I swiped to play whirlwind, and it kicked the ball out, nothing happened. I tilted the machine trying to get it to give me my ball. Then it never started up again :/ oops.
 
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