I grew up going to this place. It was always just so magical. And then to bring my daughter there, it was always a treat and a half.Whenever we would tell the kids that we were going there, they were just squeal with excitement.The people who run it are friendly and welcoming.It takes a lot of work to keep those old things and the games functioning but it is so fascinating to see these things fully operational.Totally magic and worth going to. You’ll be surprised on how awesome it is.

I would like to especially acknowledge the staff for having such positive attitudes on a busy day. I know big crowds and impatient customers can be overwhelming, so I greatly appreciated their professionalism. Joshua, David, Gino and Jamir (I think there was one or two more staff members? Im sorry I didnt catch their names). Either way they all were super friendly and helpful, even with all the long lines and pushing people.

This has always been one of my favorite attractions in San Francisco, and you can have a great time here for just one dollar! And while I preferred it in the old location at the Cliff House this location is much more accessible to the zillions of tourists who visit SF every year. Added some photos of my favorite machines here. Special tip: make sure to flatten a penny in one of the several machines that can emboss a design on it.

I LOVE to find hidden gems like this one! It is an awesome place to go spend some time on a rainy or sunny day! They have a ton of really old games, and your favorites like pacman! Truly one of the best parts of my trip

So much fun here. Back to old fashioned or Arcade Game. All of the machines are using coin, but dont worry there are many exchange machine inside the museum.

Love this place. Spent a couple hours and about $10. Really cool experience.

It’s a hidden spot in San Francisco. If you go to Firsherman’s Warf, you should visit this museum. It has free admission and it’s a great travel in time. It’s also possible get to see a was submarine outside of the museum

Bring back the child in you!The entrance is for free, and you will find a huge hangar with lots of old and nostalgic games you can play for small money.I had lots of fun walking through this place, hearing the sound of the games.Would definitely come back in my next San Francisco visit.

A must go!A must go!Without doubt the most craziest assortment of old Victorian style games. Drop that quarter and test your muscles. Drop that dime and see a wide variety of shows. Been around the state and I have not seen a large collection such as this.Go!

Took my youngest for the 1st time, he enjoyed it and wants to go again. Almost everything from my childhood was there(from the Cliff House). My dad took me there when I was his age and I took his oldest brother and sister while it was still at the Cliff House. I took his older brother and sister to the current location when it opened. Tuesday his sister and I took him. My parents went while everything was still at Playland and after it moved up the hill to the Cliff House. Nice to see someone is taking care of everything and it still works.

Pop culture paradise. Fun, free museum with tokens for game play. Both nostalgic and educational. Great place to take pics. The whole family enjoyed it. Got to see the inner workings of player pianos and automatons and get the imagination going. Took lots of video to share with our FIRST robotics team.

This is a great place for the whole family to visit. It’s located in Fisherman’s Wharf. Free to enter and check out some 100 year old arcade/video games. Games are 25 cents each. Plan to spend about an hour there if you do plan to try some of those games. They do have a machine to convert money into quarters. If your in the area definitely make sure to stop there.

I loved it! It was so cool to see all these old arcade games. I got my fortune read who knows how many times. It looks like a great place eff to go on a date to. We saw the wrestler from Princess Diaries(the movie).

An interesting collection of old arcade games. I didnt see much thing interesting but what can I say I am a Nintendo guy now lol

It was an amazing experience to look back and get to play some arcade games from the past, especially those interesting games I never knew that existed.Will surely be back with a couple of friends who used to love arcade games! Nice to go here with younger family members for them to have a great learning experience of what people used to play before Facebook era

Found this place by accident and it didn’t disappoint. There is something here for everyone, and the chance to relive your misspent youth.The items are here are all museum pieces, but a museum that you can touch and play. 25cent is the most common price for a go but items such as the photo booth are $3As it’s so reasonable, it’s a great place to take the kids (or big kids) give them $10 each and let them run wild for a couple of hours.My personal favourite is the monkey band.

The last popular place to enjoy childhood memories; games and antique historic items. Relaxing place to hang out with friends.

One of the best places I have visited. 300 plus games that cost a penny or 25/50 cents. Hand crafted games from way back and nostalgia for days. Michelle was a great guide and helped me navigate the place. There are about 10 more arcades in the area, but this is THE ONE. Only downside....crowded w tourists at certain times.

Great place to see the old coin operated arcade games, like the fortune tellers, whackamole, and laughing Sal. I really like how they have made some new games to look like the old ones, including a Sorting hat that can put you in your Hogwarts house.They have change machines for you to load up on coins, and a really nice view over the water (on a good day)

Like looking through a time machine. Alot of the machines are fascinating to look at and try. Its fun just to walk through if you forget your cash or quarters. Some machines do occasionally go out of order or eat quarters.

One of your best attractions to visit on the pier in San Francisco. And I cant imagine what this would feel like to someone in their 80s, seeing these types of things again.You can walk through for free, or spend a lot of quarters seeing the old arcade do its thing, get your fortune told or get a little souvenir.Note the gift shop is, fittingly, a vending machine. I got a cool little pin for $5, and there are far worse places down here to spend your money.

This place is so much fun! Im patiently waiting for them to reopen!

Such a cool place. Amazing what people paid to see. Some cool retro video games in the back.

Really like this place with all the old school games! And some are really old school. History lesson with lots of fun!

Fascinating history of entertainment and games over the decade. A real history of arcades, how they came about and advanced in technology of those times. I enjoyed setting back in time. So awesome many of them still worked.

Such a weird little attraction in SF, but really full of character, and you can easily spend a whole afternoon here. Theres really not a lot thats like the place, and its a really neat nostalgia trip!

I had so much fun exploring the vintage coin-operated machines. I spent mere 5$ and tried many of them. Some were very interesting, some were fantastic, some were plain weird, but I loved them all. Would love to visit Musée Mécanique again.

A fun and interesting look at the history of coin operated entertainment. Is a great place to get out of the elements without spending a lot of cash. If you like arcade games youll want to stop in. Pocket full of quarters not needed. They have change machines which give you quarters not tokens.

Great blast from the past place, many arcade machines from old times, including several from 1800s. And... They work!!! Almost all of them, but they are cool, really nice stuff in 21st century. I definitely recommend to visit this place with family or friends. Some machines can steal your quarters, but... they are really cheap, and I can excuse a hundred years old machine :) I really liked an electric challenge machine, something Crazy Adams Family it was nice and funny!

Free admission to an interesting museum that I did not ever think existed.If you were into games when you were younger this is a must visit museum. Very entertaining. All THEM days machines. My kids were very fascinated. You can even play on them but will be needing quarters.

This place was amazing. An incredible collection of 20th-century penny arcade games. I just walked around with a smile the entire time. So cool.We dropped so many quarters into these machines. I couldnt believe they all were functioning as well. This place takes you back in time. A must see.

Awesome place to see really old amusements (and actually play them!) and some history on SF. Had a great time here, totally recommend it. Make sure you bring plenty of quarters as everything is either 25c or 50c (there is a bill breakers here though).

Very cool museum of old and very old video games. You can play almost all of them for a quarter (unless its broken) and cool way to show kids what entertainment looked like 100 + years ago. The olden days had a very macabre sense of humor. Multiple gallows and my favorite is song of the prairie (hint: cowboys are a lot of beans )

This place is amazing. Old time arcades are mechanical devices that most people forgot existed. This place was a blast to hang out in. Most machines only cost 25 cents too.I strongly recommend.

The Musee Mecanique is a wonder to behold, truly. So many interesting ideas within arcade gaming and entertainment that have existed over the years can all be found here. Admission is totally free and the machines are cheap and well maintained, it was pretty much the biggest highlight of my trip to San Francisco. The curator and owner deserve massive praise. Thank you for creating this place.

Free to enter. Low cost, old fashioned mechanical arcade games. Kids love this place, it has a lot of machines that were very novel and interesting for their times.

My first time at this event and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I suspect it had something to do with the novelty of it being new to me, but it was fun nonetheless. Ive seen pictures of previous events and comparatively, this crowd was really light. But its getting cold so maybe thats why. In any case, Ill be bringing everyone I know in the coming months. You should too.

I loved how many old machines were here! Its free to go in so you dont have to pay if you dont want to. Looking around is enough, there are so many varieties and everything is well kept. Its also open late if you need something to do!

This place is so fun! We loved trying out all the old games and activities. You can also make a number of different smashed pennies.

Fun spot for any coin operated enthusiast. A lot of old time games and music machines that will bring you back to the early 20th century. Its fun for families or date nights.

Coolest place on Earth. Wish they had a gift shop because I would raid it. Fun to visit and play vintage games!!

This place is awesome, I cant believe I almost missed it. Its unique and definitely worth spending at least 30 minutes or 1h checking it out. Lots of antique arcade machines that you can watch come to life with a quarter or two. Easily the highlight of my day at Fishermans Wharf.

An old arcade with games from the 1980s. Its fun to go in a group and try the different games. Beware some of them just eat your quarters and dont work.

So cool to see vintage games and carnival machines. My kids thought it was fun! And theres a lot to see. And all the machines only cost 25 or 50 cents. So take an hour to check it out!

This place was so much fun!!!! Ventige and ancient arcades that are fun really cool. Not going to lie we spent probably 2 hours in this place. They have ventige photo booths that actually work, its so cool.

You can try lot of amazing old fairground mechanic attractions which are very well maintained. Free access, you only pay for what you play.

Lots of really cool old arcade machines and games. Definitely more of a museum than an arcade, but most if not all of the machines still function and you can still try them out for a quarter. You can see most of it in about half an hour but definitely worth a stop.

A free admission- full of arcade games museum for all ages with a great view of the Alcatraz. Definitely Worth visiting

An entertaining stop in Fishermans Wharf. Chock full of old penny arcade attractions, pinball machines, classic arcade games, and other oddities. Free to enter and walk around. Crowded, but not uncomfortable. Bring a few dollars worth of quarters and youll be entertained for a good hour or two.

My son and I had a great time here yesterday. He was skeptical at first but he enjoyed some of the more antique machines and loved the 80s/90s arcade games. We even played skeeball. My only thing is that their website claims that the machines range from 1c to $1 but there was only one singular machine that was 1c and it was how sexy are you lol. They really should list that almost everything is 25c or 50c.

Interesting place with many attractions, which work with 25 cents coin. You can play flippers here, find put how sexy you are, listen to music, have fun in car race. Good to go there with friends or family to have fun as a group. Most of attractions there are very old. Restroom in not available at this spot, public toiletes nearby.

No admission to go in but need quarters to play classic video games and antique amusement games. There is a quarter exchange machine by the main door. Inside you will find classic arcade games like Donkey Kong, Tetris, and Pac Man to antique games from my grandfather era. I tried several antique games and it was probably popular back in the days...just need to be gentle with the old games. This is a must go to for gamers and people who love classic and antiques. Even if you dont like to play games you can browse around.

After my tour of Alcatraz was cancelled, I needed to kill a few hours before I took the love tour. This is definitely the place to do just that. Antique strength testers, pinball machines of all ages and head to head tetris meant a mass exodus of quarters from my pocket. I asked the creepy gypsy fortune teller to make me big, but she must only do that for Tom Hanks or something........ I had a blast in here there is some really cool antiques here. Worth checking out.

Neat place.Fun time.Just keep your kids away from some of the adult themed games.

A hidden gem in Fishermans Wharf. Make sure you bring at least $20. This is a much better deal than many modern arcades. Most things here are only $0.25 which is an amazing deal. I spent at least an hour here. A great place to bring families and game lovers. Its too bad its location is not ideal for foot traffic.

Free and very interesting place to visit. Make sure to check out the battleship and submarine nearby it too.

This place is a TREASURE. A genuine blast from the past. Even if youre a gamer GAMER, I think its the coolest thing to see how games + entertainment has evolved throughout the decades! Its free to enter, and most the machines take 25 cents or 50 cents. There are machines to change your bills to change. Most of the games in there are older than most of us, and theyre still working. Its bizarre, its entertaining, its a MUST if you are in the area. People should know how simple it was back-in-day, and what simple joys people got from these ingenious mechanical creations.

Good place to visit and go down memory lane! Tons of arcade machines and opportunities to have a good time with family! Good part, its FREE, you only pay to play with the machines that range from 25 cents to ouple of dollars

Really cool place. A bunch of old arcade machines and other old entertainment units. Everything from make a penny, air hockey, basketball hoops and a lot of things I don’t even know the name of. Good thing to now is that the make a penny for Alcatraz is now located here together with golden gate and some others.

I remember this place from my childhood, yep, when it was at the Cliff House.The cost of the machines have gone up a bit, but worth the time. I promise it is the only museum where you get to touch and interact with the actual art pieces.So, go visit and take quarters. If you dont have quarters no worries, they have an ATM inside and change machines which dispense only quarters.WARNING: NO FOOD OR DRINKS ALLOWED.

Dont let the old antiques fool you its actually an arcade with really fun games. I thought j was going into a haunted house museum but it was so fun. My girlfriend and I had a blast trust me youll have fun here awesome place to take a date.

Such a fun place! Perfect for those who are kids at heart. Oh, and for kids too! The games are paid with quarters but dont worry if you dont have any. Just take cash and change it there. Its pretty simple. You just put a bill in it and itll give you quarters. Have fun!

This is an Awesome collection of old mechanical games and exhibits. Everything worked and operated on quarters, and there were quarter changers there. . Many things were over 100 years old. There were stereoscopes you look through, player pianos, dancing figurines, arm wresting machines, ring the bell, pinball, original video arcade games, and much more.Well worth vising and a lot of memories and fun.

Such a cool place to stop and see. This arcade is filled with historic games as well as newer ones. Some games only cost 25¢.

Very interesting museum, free entrance and all of the machines work, just make sure you bring some quarters if you want to see them working. A great look at arcade kinds of machines from the 1800s all through to today

A true blast from the past! I rediscovered old arcade games that I used to play when I was a kid, all of them in working order and ready to bring a smile to your face. A great place for children and grown-ups alike, where parents and their kids can bond while playing together. The entrance is free, and there are coin machines inside so you can get all the quarters you need to spend some time enjoying all the games!

Very cool place. Tons of very old, unique, and still operational coin operated arcade games and machines. Change machines available.

Visiting this place in the digital age, this vintage arcade shines and excites! Packed with old vintage games that you can actually play and old tyme flip movies, this place is awesome!! Great place to bring a date and then go out to eat down at the Fishermans Wharf.

I loved the musuem. I feel like Im in an 80s movie

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This was such a surprise as to how much fun we had here. A range of games and machines, dating from antique to retro. Worth spending 30 minutes and a few dollars

If you like electronic games and its history this place is a must. You can use old machines for just 25 cents. Amazing!

One of my favorite spots in sf. With 20$ of change you can get through a lot! My favorite machines are the $00.25 pianos and the large orchestra piece at the front that sounds and plays like the one at carousel in Santa Cruz. Such a grand thing to have in a city with so much history good tourist spot or a place to go on a date

Super fun place to check out some really old games, moving picture machines, fairground type displays, photo booths of old, and fortune telling machines. It was delightful to see.There are also so new games and pinball machines, so there is something for everyone. Each game or machine takes US quarters, and dont worry if you dont have coins, there are plenty of machines that with take your paper money and give you a quarters to that value.Its loads of fun for both kids and adults, as long as youre open to fun, the weird and the wonderful. As you can expect of a place with with games, sounds, and music, it can get noisy.Its conveniently located at pier 39, which is also close to ferries and plenty of stores and restaurants.

You must stop at this place. It takes you back to the 1800s and yes they also have the 1990s best arcade games.

So much fun! Bring small bills unless you want $20 in quarters

Accidentally wandered in here - and was amazed! So many beautiful antique mechanics, slot machines, fortune tellers like in the Tom Hanks movie Big, player pianos. And they all worked! You can put in a quarter and watch them just like they were 100+ years ago.

Love this place. Has the earliest video games, all working, anyone can play for a quarter. My kids ages 11 & 13 had 2 hours of fun for under $20. We played pacman, whack a mole, bowling, old school pinball and more.

Surprisingly really fun! It’s free to enter, and most games cost 25 or 50¢ to play. There is an ATM and change machine inside. I definitely recommend checking it out, especially on a rainy day!

Totally out did our expectations. Did not think I would enjoy this but had the best time. So did my toddler.

Absolutely loved this place! Fun for our 7 year old, 10 year old, 14 year old, and parents through our 80 year old relatives that came with us! We spent two hours here, and couldve easily spent more time, but they had to close (and they even closed way later than their posted close time!). We all had so much fun, and many of the machines can be enjoyed by all with one coin. We probably spent $40-50 in quarters (yes, they give change there), between seven of us, so pretty cheap entertainment for a night out in San Francisco. This place was one of a kind for sure! Fabulous that the owners keep these turn of the century antique machines working well and accessible to the public. I would give it more than 5 stars if I could!

Always fun to enter in this museum, take some quarters and play these old mostly mechanic games. Kids and adults have fun!

An absolutely amazing place to stop if you love old coin-ops. They have an incredible selection of gaming and mechanicsl machines from over last century and a half. Also some modern arcade games as well. There are tons of fortune telling machines that are quite a joy. Most things take quarters and they have change machines on site. $10 will last you a good while.

This place is great. We had a great time looking at all the machines and seeing them work. We got a kick out of all the very old machines with their simple displays. It was a great time. Its easy to spend 20 bucks in an hour even as an adult. This is something that I would really recommend to others

This place was like my childhood dream come true. It has so many coin operated games and exhibitions of past era. I spent so much time playing each one of them. It is a great place to see how the games of pre-digital used to be.I love mechanical things and no doubt anyone with a fancy for all things mechanical will love this place as well.And, though not a big deal for many, but this place had that machine where you can press a penny and create a souvenir (that too in four different designs, Mind = Blown!! )I wish I could visit it one more time.

Family-owned private museum for the pre-internet era fans. The museum consists of more than 300 items, ranging from orchestrions, coin operated pianos, antique slot machines, and animations, down to small bird boxes. It is free to enter, but you have to insert to operate the machines.My Review Scale:️:️ (Bad)️️: (So so)️️️: (It is worth trying out)️️️️: (Good)️️️️️: (Wonderful)

Very cool arcade with tons of interesting old games. Was a joy to randomly find this. They actually had my favorite arcade game of all time, a Star Wars X Wing pilot game where you blast tie fighters and do the Death Star canyon run. Hadnt played that since I was a little kid on the boardwalk in the summer so that was awesome to find.

This museum has collection consists of over 200 working coin operated machines from the 1800’s through present day video games. No entrance fee. Play start from only 25 cents. Enjoy!

Love all the old machines from the past, took a lot of photos

An outstanding place to come and see hundreds of antique coin operated entertainments. It’s free to get in, and only cost what you wish to pay in quarters, but even just browsing and spending nothing at all, can be an hour or more entertainment. But you’ll likely want to bring a few of the devices to life with a quarter or four. (Change machines are sprinkled throughout, if you don’t want to drag a bag of quarters over)I’ve been here 4 times already, but I think I still haven’t seen all of the machines.If you are visiting Pier 39, then you should take the time to walk over here, it provides entertainment at what ever level you wish to spend and also has souvenirs in the form of smashed pennies that feature images of the museum itself as well many surrounding tourist attractions, and they also have a vending machine that sells the booklets that you can store, display and carry those coins inside.

Ive been going to this place since they used to be at the Cliff House decades ago. Still have the great old machines and theyre still great to watch, probably even moreso now that I really appreciate the mechanical ingenuity.

Fun place....interesting look into the old days of anusement and entertainment...even have some more recent games...free to enter but bring cash for quarters....i think 1.00 was the most expensive i saw

Amazing machines that you can play with! You can enjoy like a child there and for 25 cents the play! Visit and enjoy

I really loved this place. Very unique. Staff members were on hand (on roller skates) to help out with any lost quarters. Seeing the Victorian click-bait is hilarious. All the machines seemed to be in good working order and in addition they had some digital arcade games. Very unique so worth the trip to see.

This is a fantastic array of mechanical contraptions that you wont find anywhere else. Its one of the best values in town as its free to enter, but well worth however many quarters you want to throw into the many devices you can find. This place is a labor of love and it shows.

This place is so cool! There are so many games to play and mechanics to look at. You could easily spend 3 or 4 hours here. Family friendly for kids over 3 years old. They have atms and quarter machines!

Had a great time here . A must stop at place

Fantastic place. Free admission. A totally unique way to have fun with your family or on a date. Super affordable and lots of fun with a bit of history thrown in. Highly recommended.

Absolutely fantastic place to visit. Its packed full of arcade games and fairground machines such as Donkey Kong (the original!), fortune tellers and mechanical dioramas. Theres so many different machines that Im sure most people would find something they enjoyed.Lots of the machines only cost a quarter so you can try out lots of them on a very small budget!There are places to change notes inside, so dont worry if you dont have change on you.

Really cool museum/arcade with machines and games you cant really find anywhere else. Unlike most arcades, what is special is not the video games, but the mechanical games from the early 1900s.A lot of the mechanical games and old-time amusements are one of a kind and are a lot of fun just for the novelty. I would especially recommend the old time movies.