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Pacific Pinball Museum Mission Statement

To teach science, art and history through pinball, and to preserve and promote this important part of American culture.

 

What is the Pacific Pinball Museum?

The Pacific Pinball Museum (PPM) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion and preservation of one of America's great pastimes. We do this by:

Operating the Pacific Pinball Museum a beautiful selection of 90 fully playable, historic pinball machines.
Hosting the world's largest pinball show, the annual Pacific Pinball Expo.
Creating traveling pinball art exhibits.
Creating traveling science exhibits communicating the basics of physics and electricity using pinball as the

 

Pinball Art: Fine Art

Exhibitions and Artworks: Available for Booking

Shown at the Pacific Pinball Museum in 2010



Pin Ball Game Scoreboards
Poster, 1972
Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA

 

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Tilt! Pinball Machines 1931-1958
Poster, 1974
Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Canada

 

Flip! Flash! Pin Ball Art
Catalog, 1982
Chicago Public Library, Chicago, IL


Figure as Subject
Catalog,1986
Whitney Museum of Art, New York, NY

 


The Transparent Pinball Machine
Michael Schiess, 2008
Re-themed artist’s pinball machine

 



Hellacopters: Air Raid Serenades
Dirty Donny, 2009
Re-themed artist’s pinball machine

 


Illuminated Sculpture
Transparent Pin: Michael Schiess
Curator: Christian Schiess
Catalog, 2009
Bedford Gallery, Concord, CA

 

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Metallica
Dirty Donny
Wade Krause
Tanio Klyce
Dan Kramer
Re-themed artist’s pinball machine, 2009

 

 


Punball: Only One Earth
William Wiley
Jim Dietrick
At the Electric Works, San Francisco, CA, 2008

 


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Funland
Exhibition, 2009
Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA

 

 


Luther’s Vendetta
Brian Holderman, 2009
Re-themed artist’s pinball machine

 


Freak Out
Mike Budai, 2009
Re-themed artist’s pinball machine

 


Broads, Boobs and Buckles
The Pinball Art of Dave Christensen
Kristi Engle Gallery, Highland Park, CA, 2009

 

 


Fashion in Pinball
Melissa Harmon, 2010
Book in Progress

 


What’s It All Mean: William T. Wiley in Retrospect
William Wiley
Re-themed artist’s pinball machine
Smithsonian Institution, 2010

 


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Pinball: From Bagatelle to Twilight Zone
Pacific Pinball Museum
San Francisco Airport Museum
Brochure, 2009-2010
San Francisco International Airport, SF, CA

 



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Pacific Pinball Museum Mission Statement :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

To teach science, art and history through pinball, and to preserve and promote this important part of American culture.

 

What is the Pacific Pinball Museum? :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

The Pacific Pinball Museum (PPM) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion and preservation of one of America's great pastimes. We do this by:

Operating the Pacific Pinball Museum a beautiful selection of 90 fully playable, historic pinball machines.
Hosting the world's largest pinball show, the annual Pacific Pinball Expo.
Creating traveling pinball art exhibits.
Creating traveling science exhibits communicating the basics of physics and electricity using pinball as the central theme.

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