Pacific Pinball Museum

The museum expanded in 2009 to display forty woodrail and wedge head machines from the collection of Larry Zartarian.

[6] The museum's exhibitions include approximately ninety playable pinball machines and additional static display pins ranging in age from 1879 until modern day.

[3] Upon paying the admission fee, visitors can play any of the machines on display for the day with unlimited in and out privilege's to take breaks and get food nearby.

A few notable places the collection has traveled are: The Pacific Pinball Mural Program was born when local Bay Area artist Dan Fontes reproduced the “Majorettes” backglass in large-scale form for the Pacific Pinball Exposition at the Marin County Civic Center in 2007.

Since then, professional artists Ed Cassel, d’Arci Bruno and Eric J. Kos joined the mural team, and together they have produced over 30 large-scale interpretations of some of the finest works in pinball history.

In August 2012, the Pacific Pinball Museums muralists received a matching grant from the East Bay Community Foundation, a permanent endowment of charitable funds dedicated to improving the human condition in Alameda and Contra Costa counties.

[20] During the 15-month Pandemic shutdown, the Pacific Pinball Museum embarked on a historical cataloging and preservation project to bring the museum's collection to patrons virtually; a massive undertaking of photographing each machine in the collection (over 1000 games), and capturing the artwork of many rare machines in studio quality high resolution.

Museum leadership said, "The goal is to provide these images as a resource for both pinball fans and academic scholars alike," and said it "believes that pinball artwork can educate patrons about American history and culture, and feels that it's so important to preserve and share our collection with the public - especially when hands-on play is hard to come by."

A sample of the progress is available on the museum's website searchable by keywords, game title, manufacturer or production year.

The visible pinball machine, co-created by museum owner Michael Schiess based on the pinball machine Surf Champ by Gottlieb from 1976
Exhibition Room #2 detail w/Jukebox
Left flank of the Modern Room at the Pacific Pinball Museum
Science Room
Panorama of the Pacific Pinball Museums Science Room
Oddball Exhibit
Panorama of the Pacific Pinball Museums Oddball - Experiments in Pinball Exhibit
Lucky JuJu
Lucky JuJu Room at the Pacific Pinball Museum
Panorama of Pacific Pinball Museums History Room
Pointy People PPM Exhibit
Pointy People One of the current exhibits at the Pacific Pinball Museum examining the artwork of Jerry Kelley and Christian Marche
Ausgeflippt! 2015 Exhibition
Ausgeflippt ! Pacific Pinball Museums Mural and Machine Exhibition in Wolfsburg, Germany 2015
El Dorado by muralist Eric J. Kos (Original game artwork by Gordon Morison)
PPM League
The Pacific Pinball League Playing a challenge in the History Room