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Museum of Pinball
700 S Hathaway St, Banning, CA 92220, United States
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Ky
Review №1

An absolutely epic experience ! Hundreds of pinball machines spanning every decade. We come out here twice a year for the annual pinball expos and have a great time. They usually feature about three or four new machines each time as well. There is a great, super friendly staff of volunteers keeping the machines well kept. Honestly I was never too into pinball machines but visiting this place a couple of times completely changed my perspective. Great for kids and adults.

Da
Review №2

The Mecca of pinball and arcade classics and beyond. You must add this place to your bucket list. Played 8+ hours nonstop. Including pictures. 1100 working titles plus at least 400-500 arcade classics. Too many to count.

Be
Review №3

Woah, pretty cool location and awesome collection.

gk
Review №4

It is the museum you always dreamed of going to as a kid. Touch and play everything. The pinball machines you played growing up nex to the ones your father played. A whole side dedicated to arcade games from the 70s to recent games. Great way to spend a weekend when they are open. Events are well planned and executed. Food vendors are available thru the event when you need a quick break for water and snacks or need a burger and fries.

IS
Review №5

I purchased tickets on groupon for the haunted maze. I did not know what to expect but I pleasantly surprised that we all had a good time. The maze was very creative and was much larger than what I thought. It was a great experience.

je
Review №6

Over 500 classic and new pinball machines if youre into pinball its a great place to go when they have an event unfortunately theyre only open during events at this time so you have to find out when theyre having an event so that you can go there for a tournament or a festival. its pinball heaven if youre up pinhead you can spend hours there and never get bored going from one machine to the next playing your favorite to your least favorite just because you can

Bi
Review №7

Absolutely incredible collection of pinball games from every decade. You cant go wrong.

AB
Review №8

The Museum of Pinball is awesome! Tons of pinball machines and old school arcade video games. We enjoy going every time. If you havent been there, check it out! ️

Ma
Review №9

Amazing place run by awesome people who love what they do! If you have ever enjoyed an arcade game or a pinball machine, this place will blow your mind!

Da
Review №10

Went for pinball madness event. Place is amazing. Hundreds of pinball and video games. Some new, lots of old (really really old). Not a fancy place but its fun. If you love pinball or old video games you need to go here (check hours and availability first)

Ca
Review №11

Amazing place to have fun playing with pinball machines and arcades!!

Ja
Review №12

Open to the public only a few times a year, this is the largest collection of pinball and video arcade games that I have ever personally seen in one place. Dwarfing even the largest arcades I visited in my youth by a factor of four, this is a dream come true for a pinball or video arcade fan. The only competition I can think of in the United States would be the American Classic Arcade Museum or Pinball Wizard, both on New Hampshire. While both smaller in scope than this massive facility, those locations have the advantage of being open year round.

Ar
Review №13

Wonderful place with 500+ pins for the pinheads to enjoy! They have a lot of rare and prototype games, like Capcoms Big Bang Bar and many others. A sizeable team maintains them and keeps everything running. Everythings on free play, just pay the admission fee. Highly recommended!

Ch
Review №14

Awesome place if you like pinball or love old school retro arcade games like I do!

Jo
Review №15

Amazing place. A must for pinball lovers!

Fr
Review №16

Fantastic place with an amazing collection of pinball machines and video games. Better than any arcade you have ever been to.

M
Review №17

Takes me back to my childhood. I love it.

St
Review №18

Worlds biggest collection of pinball machines with an awesome staff and really good food

Se
Review №19

So much fun! Only open to the public a few times a year during special events, this family friendly blast from the past features favorite, hard to find arcade (Asteroids, Dragons Lair, Galaga, Skateboarder, Donkey Kong, Red Baron, football, etc.) and pinball games (Indiana Jones, Star Trek, Kiss, Universal Studios Monsters, dual player Joust, double decker games, etc.) from yesteryear and brand new ones (Deadpool, Aliens, etc.)! From $30 to $50 depending on the event, you get all day free play on every machine! And yes, even some of the food they sell is video game themed, like their Tetris Tots.

Da
Review №20

Such a wonderful dreamland if you like pinball and arcade games as much as I do!

Ja
Review №21

Great for anyone who loves to play pinball.The amount of pinball machines at This location is unimaginable... Too many to count, and in one visit impossible to play them all.Old pinballs, new pinballs, impressive variety.The owner has done an amazing and extremely impressive job, collecting, storing, maintaining and coming up with a location to display and play them.Something for everyone.A lot of people are very grateful for this amazing fun place.There are quite a few people who volunteer their time and expertise in order to help the owner keep everything running smoothly. A special thanks go to all those people too, because they help everyone to have a fun time.If you go for a visit, when its open, you can easily spend most of the day here.It is not open very often. You can find out when they are open & how much they charge on their website.Entry fees help to support the museum.Help it stay open.The Museum of Pinball is in Banning. California.

Je
Review №22

Great place to have fun pinball games video games and the owner what a great guy..

Ro
Review №23

Awesome place to play Pinball and Video Games!...

Pa
Review №24

Unbelievable experience!! This place is so awesome and worth the money.

Se
Review №25

If you like pinball... Heaven

Te
Review №26

Totally Awesome.

Ni
Review №27

Awesome place to play at. Lots of games. There are 2 sections 1 with pinball and 1 with video games. Also for Halloween they are now doing a haunted maze.

Mi
Review №28

Went for my first Arcade Expo... FELL IN LOVE! I will be a lifelong yearly visitor!

Ri
Review №29

Museum of Pinball - Arcade Expo 5.0 - This was the funnest thing I think Ive ever gone to. Ive never seen this many pinball machines in one place. If you like pinball or arcade games, you need to put one of their events on your list of things you must do in your life!

Sv
Review №30

If you want pinball Heaven on earth. This is it. Though he is missing quite a few great games it is on its way to becoming one of the greatest collections of all time. Need to downsize the ancient games No one plays very much and buy some more of the greats. But for now its a fair price and kid friendly. Great crowd great staff

no
Review №31

Quick fook and great price..

Pa
Review №32

The best pinball museum EVER!!

Mi
Review №33

Its a shame it took competitive pinball for me to realize this place existed because Ive been missing out on the Pinball Mecca of the world!Museum of Pinball is only open 3 times a year for INDISC, Pinball Madness, and Arcade Expo (January, October, March)The museum houses over 1,100 pinball machines from multiple eras: Early electromechanical (EM) later EM, early solid state (SS), later SS, dot matrix display (DMD) and current machines.Youll see and be able to play on rare Capcom, European and American pinball machines that normally are not available for play to the public.During the 3 times a year MoP is open, there is typically a pinball tournament (or tournaments) attached and is 100% recommended that you play regardless of your skill or how long youve been playing-- they are so darn fun!INDISC (It Never Drains in Southern California) is when the museum opens is January and is also the 2nd most valuable tournament in the world.Dont miss a chance to visit MoP-- prepare for your visit right now.

St
Review №34

Really cool and it was a blast playing the old games. Kind of hard to find, unless you know it is there.

Ma
Review №35

If you love pinball you must go to an event here. If you dont, go and you will. Great old console video games. My wife and I are nuts about this place!

Na
Review №36

This place is unbelievably amazing!

Pa
Review №37

This is a cool place. Too bad it is not open more often. Only open to the public a few times a year during which you can play a huge varisty of Pinball machines. Old and new

Ri
Review №38

This place is great! So many games!! From old school to new school pinball and all kinds of retro arcade games. They dont open their doors to often, but its a great time when I get a chance to come.They also had other events going on like a costume party on the stage out back. Plus you can get burgers and hot dogs.A place you should definitely check out!

Da
Review №39

This place is Crazy Huge and Beyond Amazing.

Mr
Review №40

Went here for the INSEC tournament in January for the first time and was amazed that this has been around the corner for years and Id never known. Great selection of vintage and modern pinball and arcade games in good condition open for free play! Definitely going back for ArcadeExpo5.0 in March!

Gr
Review №41

Amazing collection of games. Many rare pins and video games. Always a treat to visit this place.

Br
Review №42

This place is awesome. I would go every day of I could. Very fun. Please visit if you can!! Its worth it!!

mi
Review №43

This was a great experience loved it

Je
Review №44

It seems that nobody knows about this place including us! We found it buy one of those green signs on the corner of the road that you normally ignore. This place had everything. I mean everything. Pinball related and gaming of course. When I say it has every video game from the beginning of time to today I am not exaggerating. They are not open regular business hours but instead by event or you can rent the place out. It could easily fit a couple thousand people. They have a snack area and serve beer at events. Sometimes they have pinball and arcade and gaming auctions

wi
Review №45

Place is tooo cool. Glad that alot of the older video games and pinball machines are being cared for. The place should recieve public money based on the quality of care and restoration work.

Ji
Review №46

Pinball, pinball, pinball and more pinball! An amazing collection of hundreds and hundreds of machines all under 1 roof. Most machines maintained very nicely. Lots of volunteers around to help you out if a machine gets stuck. They also have a decent collection of coin-operated electromechanical devices as well as coin-operated video games. One admission price gets you into play EVERYTHING on free play. Well worth the admission price.

Da
Review №47

Best pinball ever!

Ta
Review №48

It was worth the 2 hr drive to get there. We went for the Pinball Madness event. There were lots of pinball & arcade games to play all day.

Do
Review №49

Loved it! Amazing collection of pinball machines and classic arcade games.

St
Review №50

Possibly the greatest collection of Pinball and Arcade games on the planet. 2 stars off though for having an extremely expensive entrance fee. As much as I love Pinball and Arcade, it felt like I was being taken advantage of at $60 per person. 2 people could play all day on quarters for less than $60 at Pinball Hall of Fame in Vegas. But at MOP, 2 people pay $120 plus the cost of high priced food and drink. The burgers were very good BTW during Pinball expo. Its just way too expensive to go in my opinion. Sadly, I wont be back at that price.

Da
Review №51

I will definitely come back again. This place had every pinball machine! Well worth it!

Li
Review №52

We had a blast playing pinball. I highly recommend going to any of the events they have there.

Mi
Review №53

The arcade expo was absolutely amazing. We all had a great time. We are looking forward to doing it again

Ma
Review №54

Awesome place to reminisce and play to your hearts content

Ac
Review №55

Awesome place to visit your childhood (sort of). 1100+ pinball and video arcade machines.

Da
Review №56

Obscure in Banning, abundant arcade games!

Ur
Review №57

Pinball heaven. Just wish it was open more often

Fr
Review №58

A fun place to enjoy with friends and family, playing pinball and arcades.

ka
Review №59

It only oper few time an year.but is super cool play pinball there

Ar
Review №60

A destination for pinball fans.

Ma
Review №61

Great fun.... But more and more expensive each year.

Ic
Review №62

This place amhas thousands of pins and vids. Totally rocks!

Ly
Review №63

Huge number of both pinball and arcade machines of all different ages. A large number are non-operational, and the tickets I purchased were overpriced ($55 for one day of Arcade Expo in March 2017), but as long as you go in expecting this and are open to trying new games, its a lot of fun. Parking does fill up, so expect to walk a bit.

Sh
Review №64

So many games... My wrists are still sore. We had a great time! They needed to be better about setting some of the machines to max credits.

Ry
Review №65

Check out their website to find out about the 3 events they hold throughout the year. You need to experience this amazing collection of pinball and arcade machines.

Da
Review №66

A vast collection of Pinball machines and Arcade cabinets both new and old. Only open for specific events but everything that is working is available on free play.

To
Review №67

Hundreds upon hundreds of pins, video games & other mechanical arcade games covering 7 decades that all set on free play during the special events such as the It Never Drains tournament, Arcade Expo and Pinball Madness at the Museum of Pinball in Banning just south of the Banning airport & west of Casino Morongo.

Je
Review №68

This is one of the places to be when an event is going on here!

Ge
Review №69

This was so much fun new games and games from my childhood all available to play had a great time with my son and nephew

Br
Review №70

Lots of fun.... booze is spendy

s
Review №71

Went for the 2017 pinball madness and before that to arcade expo 3If you love pinballs like I do, that the place to go. Played till my hands and wrists failed

Do
Review №72

It would have been a little better if it wasnt so crowded and if almost half of the machines werent broken but other than that great place

Se
Review №73

Went for the arcade expo 4 and had tons of fun with pinball machines and video games, old and newPlayed until I couldnt feel my wrists anymore!

Te
Review №74

These peeps are top notch.

Ma
Review №75

Great place to come and play unlimited pinball. All games are set to free play and they have thousands of games.

Fu
Review №76

Amazing location. Only open a few days a year. When it is, make sure you go. Look forward to the Arcade Expo.

Ra
Review №77

Came here for INDISC. We werent interested in particpating in the pinball tournament, but there were still plenty of machines for us to play for the whole day.

Pa
Review №78

If youre all about 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s pinball and video games this is your spot!

Je
Review №79

A surprise, and a fun filled day to b had for all ages.

Fr
Review №80

Pinball and arcade - adult playground. Played machines from every decade and had a full staff fixing machines if they went down.

Je
Review №81

The best place for vintage pinball!

Ro
Review №82

Be sure to check out the events here. They have over 1100 pinball and arcade games inside all set to free play!!! Live music and even a swap meet.

La
Review №83

Something even more fun to do with your hands than masturbation!

Br
Review №84

This place was insanely rad.

Th
Review №85

Many games out of order but still more than enough to play

Da
Review №86

Great place.. I love it!!! Never go away.

Da
Review №87

Love this place! If you like pinball and arcade games its a must attend show!

Me
Review №88

Hope they can open on a more regular basis sometime I love the events they do but wish I could go more often

Do
Review №89

Once a year, you must plan to go. Great time every time.

Mi
Review №90

We go when its open for play for the public, and it is such a fun time. Its totally worth it. We have not been when its simply a museum, but I imagine my fingers would be itching to play.

Vi
Review №91

Insane collection on pinball machines from many decades. Arcade collection has some awesomely vintage machines as well.

Jo
Review №92

Great time incredible lot of arcades and pinball.

Se
Review №93

Wow 1,100+ games on freeplay. Cant wait till October event!

Jo
Review №94

Only open to public a few times per year, but worth going!

Co
Review №95

This is an amazing place. They recently set the world record for the largest number of simultaneous pinball games.

Wh
Review №96

I love this place!! I would like to visit it at least once a month!

St
Review №97

My partner and I went for pinball madness and will return in Jan! What a trip!

Br
Review №98

Arcade expoAmazing collection of pinball and arcade games.

Da
Review №99

Best place for pinball in the USA hands down. Madd props to all the people who make it happen.

Pa
Review №100

Awesome!!!!

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  • Address:700 S Hathaway St, Banning, CA 92220, United States
  • Site:http://www.museumofpinball.org/
  • Phone:+1 877-979-3156
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