print email comment close MetaGrrrl's Eclectic Encyclopedia Archives: Musée Mécanique URL: http://www.metagrrrl.com/metagrrrl/eclectic_encyclopedia/ Description: The Musée Mécanique is a San Francisco treasure, "a wonderful museum of mechanical games, toys and musical instruments dating back to the 19th century." The site provides a history of the successful efforts to preserve the collection and has links to photographs and articles. From librarian Dinah Sanders. (Note that the museum is now housed at Pier 45 in San Francisco.) Author: Sanders, Dinah Extra Keywords musee mecanique Library of Congress Subject Headings: Amusement parks -- History Mechanical musical instruments Mechanical toys Museums -- California -- San Francisco Playland (San Francisco, Calif.) LII Database Information: Record 2122 created by Wendy Hyman on 03/08/2002 Last modification on 10/06/2003 Published: 03/08/2002   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/2122