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Musée Mécanique
Museum and Arcade
Fishermans Wharf, San Francisco
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"Lots of cool vintage arcade games as well as some newer ones"(21 Tips)
"Yup, the place from the Princess Diaries."(7 Tips)
"Laughing Sal is terrifying and the photo booths are great!"(6 Tips)
"There are fortune tellers, skee ball galore, and jack-in-the-boxes."(5 Tips)
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Melissa DavisDecember 17, 2009This is always on my "to-do" list for anyone visiting San Francisco....antique "arcade" games and carnival games...love it!
RemyMarch 26, 2012Lots of old-timey peeping booths and moving puppets! (if you're into that sort of thing....)
AmandaNovember 15, 2010Some of the fortune telling machines also double as Musee Mechanique souvenirs with the name printed on the cards.
Aari LudvigsenAugust 5, 2013It's a history museum your kids will think you're a god for taking them to.
Check out the awesome antique mechanical games at Musee Mechanique. Also, killer vintage arcade games: Spy Hunter, Moon Patrol, Star Wars & Addams Family pinball rule.
Kelly 🍰February 26, 2012Free admission and most games are a quarter. The laughing doll machines laugh too long and are creepy
Rachel NislickSeptember 13, 2010Old school ms pacman is great. Mine is the high score - see if you can beat 61,000
Peter HoddieSeptember 12, 2010Photo Booth promises "Children photograph perfectly regardless of how much they move." Find out if its true.
- S PlisskenMay 23, 2010Go to the area with foosball tables but skip those and try out a few rounds of slot hockey!
- Jon RiceJanuary 24, 2012Yup, the place from the Princess Diaries. And no, I'm not ashamed I know that.
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Welcome to the Musée Mécanique, one of the world's largest (over 200) privately owned collection of coin-operated mechanical musical instruments and antique arcade machines in their original working condition. (You can play them!)
Closed until 10:00 AM tomorrow (Show more)
- Mon–Fri
- 10:00 AM–7:00 PM
- Sat–Sun
- 10:00 AM–8:00 PM
(415) 346-2000
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