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Pacific Pinball Museum @pacificpinball.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

We were excited to be recently interviewed by "Call 'Em Like Museum's" Eric Johnson! 🙌🏻🤩 Check out the discussion covering pinball and more with the PPM's Executive Director Evan Phillippe in the episode "In this pinball museum, the art is meant to be touched" : www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbGE... ☺️⚪️

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In this pinball museum, the art is meant to be touched (with Evan Phillippe)

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Pacific Pinball Museum @pacificpinball.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Our next Little Flippers class is THIS coming Saturday October 3rd from 11:30am -12:30pm! 🙌🏻🤩 Learn Pinball history, skills and strategy for improved play here at the nonprofit PPM! No experience necessary - Open to all kids ages 5-12 years. Class FREE with regular $12 admission for your child ☺️⚪️

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Pacific Pinball Museum @pacificpinball.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Stop by the nonprofit PPM to play a temporarily loaned 1977 Sega "Space Shuttle"! This rare Japanese solid state game (With formica sides!) has been rebuilt with Mission Pinball Software and now sports an exciting soundtrack and unique sounds during play. Playable in our "Oddball" Exhibit.

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Pacific Pinball Museum @pacificpinball.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

We’re getting ready for Spooky Season with our new Glow in the Dark “Pinbat” sticker, only available in the PPM gift shop.

Same description as the previous photo, now the ink is glowing in the dark with a green hue.

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Pacific Pinball Museum @pacificpinball.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Another successful season of Pacific Pinball League has wrapped! 🙌🏻🤩 Thanks so much to Jonny O. and his volunteers for running a smooth program, along with all of the folks who play 🙏🏻 Congrats to our winners! Stay tuned to our socials for when the next season starts, we hope to see you there ☺️❤️⚪️

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Pacific Pinball Museum @pacificpinball.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Our Pacific Pinball Popup is all setup at this weekend's Godzillafest in San Francisco! 🦖🤩 Stop by the show to freeplay our rare 2021 Spooky Pinball "Ultraman: Kaiju Rumble" & ever popular 2021 Stern "Godzilla Premium" pinball games. More info about Godzillafest here: www.godzillafest.com/%EF%BF%BC

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Pacific Pinball Museum @pacificpinball.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

We just had an exciting NEW Game swap into the Pacific Pinball Museum! 🙌🏻🤩 Thanks so much to Chris Kuntz of Pinball Pirate fame for loaning us a 2024 Jersey Jack "Avatar" LE, now installed in our front coin area 🌊🐋 Stop by and immerse yourself in the color, artwork and toys of this amazing game. ☺️⚪️

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Pacific Pinball Museum @pacificpinball.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Boldly go to the Pacific Pinball Museum! 🖖🏻🤩 After years of requests, we're proud to bring a near mint 1993 Williams "Star Trek: The Next Generation" to our Modern room! This game has amazing shots and plays fast for a widebody - check out the dual rotating cannons! See you soon! 🙏🏻☺️⚪️

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Pacific Pinball Museum @pacificpinball.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I’m getting real Fletcher Hanks inspiration vibes off these plastics by Roy Parker for Rocket Ship (Gottlieb, 1958).

Illustrations of two “space women”. The one on the left is wearing a space suit that is yellow with red accents. Her helmet has a clear bubble around her face. The woman on the right has a clear “fish bowl” type helmet with yellow neck seals. Her suit is just a red corset that covers her breasts. There are yellow lightning bolts on each breast.

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Call 'Em Like Museum @museumpodcast.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

This museum likes it rough. Evan Phillippe, executive director of @pacificpinball.bsky.social, wants you to come touch the exhibits in his museum. "Because they actually really are happier when they get played a lot. They seize up and they freeze when they don't." #museums #pinball #games

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Call 'Em Like Museum @museumpodcast.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

An arcade that’s more than fun and games? Evan Phillippe, executive director of @pacificpinball.bsky.social is creating a space that’s more than just a good time. " [People] accidentally learn something in the process, and that means a lot to us," he says. #arcade #pinball #museum

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Pacific Pinball Museum @pacificpinball.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Our next Little Flippers class is THIS coming Saturday Sept 5th 11:30am -12:30pm! 🙌🏻🤩 Learn skills for improved play! No previous experience necessary - Open to all kids ages 5-12 years, guardians must stay onsite for the duration of the class. Class FREE with regular $12 admission for your child ☺️

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Pacific Pinball Museum @pacificpinball.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

PPM history: In 2010 Joe Satriani released his video for “I Just Wanna Rock”. The arcade scenes were filmed at the Pacific Pinball Museum when we were still just a few small rooms in the back of our current location.

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Joe Satriani - I Just Wanna Rock (Official HD Video)

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Pacific Pinball Museum @pacificpinball.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The nonprofit Pacific Pinball Museum welcomes folks to this weekend's World Pokemon Championships in San Francisco! 🙌🏻🤩🌉 You can always catch'm all just across the bay here in Alameda at every Tues to Sun from 11am to 9pm on our new 2026 Stern "Pokemon Premium" - good luck & we'll see you soon! 💪🏼❤️⚪️

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Pacific Pinball Museum @pacificpinball.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

We join our patrons in expressing sadness for today's loss of legendary country musician and longtime supporter of nonprofit organizations, Dolly Parton. 🙏🏻🥲 Our 1979 Bally "Dolly Parton" pin holds a special place in our "Behind the Backglass - Women Who Shaped Pinball" exhibit everyday ❤️⚪️

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Pacific Pinball Museum @pacificpinball.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Please join us, the East Bay arts community, friends & family this Friday, Aug 21st to honor the life & lasting legacy of beloved artist Dan Fontes. 🙏🏻 The public memorial will take place here @ the PPM in Alameda 6PM to 10PM, during which entry will be free. The formal ceremony begins at 8:00 PM.

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Pacific Pinball Museum @pacificpinball.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Joint us at the San Francisco Historical Society this Friday August 14th from 5pm to 7pm for the grand opening of our special exhibit "The Silver Ball and the Golden Gate: Pinball Celebrates San Francisco"! 🙌🏻🤩 Light refreshments provided☺️❤️⚪️ More Exhibit Info here: www.sfhistory.org/pinballceleb...

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Pacific Pinball Museum @pacificpinball.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

The PPM has landed at CalExtreme 2026! 🙌🏻🤩 We're proud to bring some of our woodrail pinballs - the oldest games at this weekends show! 💪🏻😤 Also, take a close look at that Williams arcade game lineup...one is NOT like the others and a special gem from our collection...🧐 More info here: caextreme.org

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Pacific Pinball Museum @pacificpinball.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Do you have any “worthless” late 1980’s baseball cards taking up space? Would you like them to make kids happy? Why not donate your cards to the PPM? Our “Slugfest” pitch-&-bat game gives out free baseball cards for achievements during play. It’s very popular, so we’re always in need of cards.

A photo of someone’s pile of random 80’s baseball cards.

Our “Slugfest” (Williams,1991) pitch-and-bat baseball game. Some of the harder achievements will earn the player 5 baseball cards (dispensed from the bottom).

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Pacific Pinball Museum @pacificpinball.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Love at the Pacific Pinball Museum! 🙌🏻😍 💍 Congrats to the happy couple @ashabadash & @garettwilton and thank you to @garnetteransonephotography for sharing the great pics! We hope to see you making special memories and playing our 100+ games from the 1940's to the 2020's soon! 🙏🏻☺️❤️⚪️

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Pacific Pinball Museum @pacificpinball.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

This Sunday! Here’s a partial game sale list. Bally: Beat the Clock, Monte Carlo, Sky Diver, Kiss. Chicago Coin: Olympics. Gottlieb: Baseball, King of Diamonds, Spin a Card, Skyjump, Far Out, Super Soccer. Stern: Stingray. Williams: Clubhouse, Jumpin Jacks, Firepower, Toledo.

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Pacific Pinball Museum @pacificpinball.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Our summer surplus sale is this Sunday at the legendary Pacific Pinball Annex on Alameda Point! 🙌🏻🤩 We'll have working and project pinballs, dozens of amazing frame-able vintage backglasses, pachinko games, EM Arcade games, beautiful playfields and more. ❤️⚪️

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Pacific Pinball Museum @pacificpinball.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

We're celebrating National Pinball Day (Saturday Aug 1st) by extending our special (2) for $22 discount to all patrons, bring a friend for free! NPD coincides with pinball hero Roger Sharpe's birthday - learn more about his amazing contribution to pinball here: www.daysoftheyear.com/days/nationa...

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Pacific Pinball Museum @pacificpinball.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Join Little Flippers instructor and certified Teacher Scott Weigum at the nonprofit PPM for a fun filled event this Sunday 3-5pm for kids ages 5-15yrs old! 🙌🏻🤩 A mixture of pinball and summer literacy, come tell a unique story with pinball and fun ☺️. Prizes will be awarded for all participants! 🏆

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Pacific Pinball Museum @pacificpinball.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Our SF Pinball exhibit is now live in the city! 🙌🏻🤩🌉 Visit our friends at the SF Historical Society to see our special exhibit w/rare San Francisco themed games - an open house "City Lab for kids" is this coming Saturday the 18th from 11am - 3pm! More event info here: givebutter.com/CityLabforKi...

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Pacific Pinball Museum @pacificpinball.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

TIP: If the primary reason for your visit is to play a specific game, please give us a call before you come. We can let you know if it’s out of order, especially if you’re traveling. Please note that there’s *always* a chance the game breaks after you’ve called. We do our best to keep things going

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Pacific Pinball Museum @pacificpinball.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

The Pacific Pinball Museum is proud to have been named one of the Bay Area's top museums in a review run poll by the SF Chronicle! 🙌🏻🤩 In fact, THREE(!) Alameda museums made the top ten cut with our good friends at the USS Hornet and CA Historical Radio Society placing as well. 🏝️💪🏻 See you soon! ☺️❤️⚪️

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Pacific Pinball Museum @pacificpinball.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Come enjoy the great American pastime of pinball before, during and after the longest 4th of July Parade in the country here in Alameda, CA! 💪🏻🤩🇺🇸 The nonprofit Pacific Pinball Museum will be open Saturday with special hours! Make sure to wave at our PPM Truck Float as we come by, see you soon! 🎇🇺🇸☺️⚪️

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Pacific Pinball Museum @pacificpinball.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

The original "Lucky JuJu" sign is back! 🤩🙌🏻 (And being protected by the Terminator 🤖🦾😤) The "Lucky JuJu" would evolve into the nonprofit PPM, and has grown from 12 pins to a record setting 1,300+(!) pins with the help of our patrons and donors. Our 100+ pins from all eras await - see you soon!

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Pacific Pinball Museum @pacificpinball.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Did you know you can make your own pinball machine art here at the PPM? 🙌🏻🤩 We have blank templates and colored pencils available, the only limit is your imagination! ☺️⚪️ Some of our recent staff favorites posted here, and more are viewable in our rear hallway gallery. See you soon!

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Pacific Pinball Museum @pacificpinball.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Let the power of pinball help you in your pursuit of love. The PPM is there for you all the way from your first date to your marriage proposal!

The chalkboard sign that we have as a prop for photos. The sign reads “Visiting From” with a chalkboard area that the visitor can fill in. Today the chalkboard area reads “She Said Yes!” from a proposal that happened earlier today.

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Pacific Pinball Museum @pacificpinball.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Matt Walsh and Jeri Ellsworth are helping restore our 2 Micropin games that were donated to the PPM by Margaret Stewart, the inventor's (Bruce Stewart) wife. So lucky to have run into Matt at the Golden State Pinball Festival where we discovered our mutual admiration for this game. -Michael Schiess

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Pacific Pinball Museum @pacificpinball.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Happy Father's Day Weekend PPM Fans! Our fathers & father figures are as cool as the Fonz himself! (Seen here on our 1977 Bally "Eight Ball") Treat dad to a day of fun with freeplay on 100+ pins from all eras & music from 3 jukeboxes. Admission allows UNLIMITED In's/Out's for local food 🙂

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Pacific Pinball Museum @pacificpinball.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

The World Cup tournaments are underway and there's no better way to celebrate than some play time on our "World Cup Soccer" (1994, Bally) pinball game! Affectionally called "Dog Soccer" by many pinfans to differentiate the game from the other soccer pins produced.

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Brian Bennett @historyhoarder.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Some days you come into work and there’s just a rare working Micropin (1980, Micropin Corp.) at the front desk. This unit belong to the person who is going to help us get one of our two units up and running. Sorry, the game *is not* on display at the PPM.

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Pacific Pinball Museum @pacificpinball.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Summer's here Pacific Pinball Fans! 🙌🏻🤩 Let the heat from Bally's classic 1972 "Fireball" melt you this June! 🔥 "Fireball" and over 100 other playable pins from the 1940's to the 2020's, jukeboxes and curated exhibits await here at the PPM every Tuesday to Sunday from 11am to 9pm, see you soon!

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Pacific Pinball Museum @pacificpinball.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Psst, we can help with your loneliness and save you $978 per day. Come on in and play some unlimited pinball. No experience necessary (that even applies to our Wednesday league night). financialpost.com/news/lonelin...

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Pacific Pinball Museum @pacificpinball.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

NEW GAMES! The summer refresh is here Pacific Pinball fans, with (6)! new pins rotated into the museum. 🙌🏻🤩 Play our 1951 Gottlieb "Niagara" 1957 Gottlieb "World Champ" 1958 Gottlieb "Rocket Ship" 1960 Williams "Golden Gloves" rare 1981 Stern "Split Second" and 2020 Jersey Jack "Guns N'Roses"! ☺️❤️⚪️

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Pacific Pinball Museum @pacificpinball.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

One of the 100+ games available to play at the PPM.

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Pacific Pinball Museum @pacificpinball.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Happy Memorial Day weekend Pacific Pinball fans! 🙌🏻🇺🇸 Hit the road in style and visit the PPM like the folks on our beautiful 1952 Gottlieb "Crossroads" woodrail pin, one of many rare woodrails playable in our History Room! Our 100+ pins from the 1940's to the 2020's are waiting, see you soon ☺️❤️⚪️

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Pacific Pinball Museum @pacificpinball.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

We had an amazing weekend at Golden State Pinball Festival! It's always wonderful to see so many of our members, league players and regular patrons at the show 🙌🏻🤩 The PPM stands ready with over 100 pinballs from the 1940's to the 2020's every Tuesday to Sunday 11am to 9pm! We'll see you soon! 🙏🏻❤️⚪️

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Pacific Pinball Museum @pacificpinball.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

We have an AMAZING weekend coming up in a few days at the @goldenstatepinfest.bsky.social in Lodi! 🙌🏻🤩❤️⚪️ If you can't make it out to Lodi this weekend, our main museum in Alameda's 100+ pins from all eras stands ready for your pinball needs every Tuesday to Sunday 11am to 9pm. See you soon! 🙏🏻☺️⚪️

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Pacific Pinball Museum @pacificpinball.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

We are sad to report that longtime PPM supporter & pinball aficionado Gordon Hasse has passed away at the age of 81. Gordon had donated over 200 pins to our nonprofit, most from the "Golden Age of Pinball” stretching from the late 1940's to the early 1960's. Our sympathies go out to his wife, Pat 🙏🏻

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Pacific Pinball Museum @pacificpinball.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

One of the rarest games playable in the PPM right now is Solar War (Atari - 1979). It’s a virtual pinball prototype and only 5 cabinets were made. It works by having a CRT screen on the bottom for the game play, and a reflection of a physical playfield mounted to the top. 1 of 2

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Pacific Pinball Museum @pacificpinball.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

PPM League Guru David Lee will be doing a Pinball Boot Camp tonight Wednesday, May 6 from 7-9pm! 🙌🏻🤩 Open to any skill level, with an emphasis on learning techniques to help improve play with instruction and hands-on practice and challenges to test new skills! Open to the public & league members! ☺️⚪️

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Pacific Pinball Museum @pacificpinball.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

May the 4th be with our Pacific Pinball fans! 🙌🏻 We hosted a visit from the 501st Saturday, and fun photo-ops were had by all ☺️ Stop by for unlimited free play on our two Star Wars pins & over 100(!) other pins from the 1940's to the 2020's, with unlimited in/out privileges for the entire day! 😍❤️⚪️

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