It attracts the nostalgic looking to revisit a childhood pastime, as well as young people looking to discover a bright, pingy, beeping world they never knew. “We’ve made it a fun museum.”īoth locations boast machines that cycle in and out of rotation, from a 1953 game based on the Army/Navy game to a 1979 post-Farrah Fawcett era “Charlie’s Angels” pinball. “Our slogan is ‘Art you can interact with,’” says food/beverage and events manager Dayna DiDomenico of the museum, located in a building that has housed several businesses, including the former City Limits club. The lovingly assembled collection of playable art, some more than 60 years old, is an off-shoot of the original museum located in Asbury Park, N.J. But that’s part of the experience,” says Marcel Gonzalez, technician and caretaker for the rotating stock of about 80 classic pinball, video and Skee-Ball games that ping, beep, clank and register high scores at the Silverball Museum. “You see people afraid to bump the machines. Sometimes they even slap it around a little.
In front of them are awed spectators, who take appreciative note of each detail, lean towards the piece in front of them - and grab it. Like many museums, the walls of this cavernous structure just off Delray Beach’s busy Atlantic Avenue, are lined with precious artifacts, in this case genuine pieces of American history.Ībove each is an explanation of its date of creation and unique story.
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