Danger Will Robinson! Santa Monica to Welcome New Sci-Fi World Museum
Dressing up as an alien or superhero when visiting your local science museum will warrant you a lot of strange looks, but costumes will actually be encouraged at the new Sci-Fi World Museum opening in Santa Monica, California in May. Located inside the historic (and former) Sears building at 302 Colorado Avenue, Sci-Fi World will feature over 12 million dollars’ worth of props, sets, costumes and replicas from many movies and TV shows. It has been a labor of love which has taken about dozen years for it to finally become a reality and it has the distinction of becoming the world’s first non-profit science fiction museum “created by fans, for fans.” Read More >>>
Love Lucy? Love Comedy? Here’s Two Museums for You
Lucille Ball grew up in Jamestown, New York and to this day, they couldn’t be any prouder of that feisty redhead. It is here that you can view numerous murals painted in her honor, visit Lucy’s childhood home, take snaps of two bronze sculptures at the Lucille Ball Memorial Park, take in a show at the Lucille Ball Little Theatre and even visit her gravesite at Lake View Cemetery. But the place you can’t miss when in town is the Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz Museum. Read More >>>
Everything is Big at The Strong National Museum of Play
The Strong National Museum of Play is one of the largest museums of history in the U.S., but it is the only one devoted to the exploration of play. It is also the only one to feature giant-sized Monopoly set pieces and the world’s largest operating Donkey Kong video game thanks to the museum’s 90,000-square-foot-expansion. The museum now includes a larger-than-life board game themed outdoor park among other things. Read More >>>
Other Museum Story Highlights
- Seattle’s Colorful and New WNDR Museum Proves ‘We Are All Artists’
- Smithsonian’s ‘Entertainment Nation’ is a Fan’s Dream
- Check Out the Museum of Optical Illusions
Pop Culture Museums Across the Country
CALIFORNIA
Burlingame Museum of PEZ Memorabilia
Burlingame
Cartoon Art Museum
San Francisco
Charles M. Schulz Museum
Santa Rosa
Comic-Con Museum
San Diego
Grammy Museum L.A. Live
Los Angeles
Rancho Obi-Wan
Petaluma
Sci-Fi World
Santa Monica
The Hollywood Museum
Hollywood
The Walt Disney Family Museum
San Francisco
WNDR Museum
San Diego
ILNNOIS
Classic Characters Toy Museum
Chicago
Museum of Broadcast Communications
Chicago
WNDR Museum
Chicago
IOWA
National Farm Toy Museum
Dyersville
KANSAS
Oz Museum
Wamego
MASSACHUSETTS
WNDR Museum
Boston
MINNESOTA
SPAM Museum
Austin
MISSISSIPPI
B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center
Indianola
Grammy Museum Mississippi
Cleveland
MISSOURI
National Museum of Toys and Minatures Kansas City
United Federation of Doll Clubs, Inc.
Kansas City
Walt Disney Hometown Museum
Marceline
World’s Largest Toy Museum Complex
Branson
NEVADA
The Neon Museum
Las Vegas
NEW YORK
Lucy Desi Museum
Jamestown
Museum of the Moving Image
Queens
National Toy Hall of Fame
Rochester
The Strong National Museum of Play
Rochester
OKLAHOMA
OHIO
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Cleveland
Toy and Plastic Brick Museum
Bellaire
PENNSYLVANIA
The Hershey Story
Hershey
SOUTH CAROLINA
Signal Music Museum
Greenville
TENNESSEE
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Nashville
Patsy Cline Museum
Nashville
Songbirds Foundation
Chattanooga
Stax Museum of American Soul Music Nashville
TEXAS
Dr. Pepper Museum
Waco, TX
WASHINGTON
Nutcracker Museum
Leavenworth
MoPop (Museum of Pop Culture)
Seattle
Original Selfie Museum
Seattle
WNDR Museum
Seattle
WASHINGTON DC
National Museum of American History
MULTIPLE STATES
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