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Musee Mecanique
URL: http://www.museemechanique.org

Description:
This museum located at Pier 45 on San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf is "one of the world's largest privately owned collections of mechanically operated musical instruments and antique arcade machines." Click on the faces at the bottom of the pages to learn about machines such as Laffing Sal (an automaton with bright red hair and a loud boisterous laugh), the Naughty Marietta "Cail-o-Scope," and the gypsy fortuneteller.

LII Topics: Games & Toys, Hobbies, Mechanical Instruments, Museums, Museums by Place: United States, Music, Musical Genres, Musical Instruments, Toys & Dolls, World

Extra Keywords
Laughing Sal Playland at the Beach Mechanical Museum

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Coin-operated machines
Mechanical musical instruments
Mechanical toys
Museums -- California -- San Francisco

LII Database Information:
Record 11724 created by Maria Brandt on 08/01/2005
Last modification on 08/03/2005
Published: 08/01/2005  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/11724

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