Pacific Pinball Museum
@pacificpinball.bsky.social
We're a nonprofit 501c3 interactive pinball museum with a display of rare bagatelles & early pinballs with over 100 playable games from the 1940’s to present day. We are located in Alameda, CA. PacificPinball.org
Our gift shop has lots of great PPM merch, ready for your gift-giving needs.
We have six t-shirt designs, stickers, enamel pins, buttons, patches, keychains, glasses, bottle openers, hats, and retired pinballs.
Drop by the museum and get yours now.
We have six t-shirt designs, stickers, enamel pins, buttons, patches, keychains, glasses, bottle openers, hats, and retired pinballs.
Drop by the museum and get yours now.
December 11, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Our gift shop has lots of great PPM merch, ready for your gift-giving needs.
We have six t-shirt designs, stickers, enamel pins, buttons, patches, keychains, glasses, bottle openers, hats, and retired pinballs.
Drop by the museum and get yours now.
We have six t-shirt designs, stickers, enamel pins, buttons, patches, keychains, glasses, bottle openers, hats, and retired pinballs.
Drop by the museum and get yours now.
We always tell people that we don’t want to use collector grade 45s for our jukeboxes. The reason is that the needles will eventually destroy the records, or there’s a misfeed/malfunction and the record is destroyed, like this one.
December 7, 2025 at 1:45 AM
We always tell people that we don’t want to use collector grade 45s for our jukeboxes. The reason is that the needles will eventually destroy the records, or there’s a misfeed/malfunction and the record is destroyed, like this one.
Our next Little Flippers class is THIS Saturday, Dec 6th from 11:30am -12:30pm! Open to kids ages 5-12
Our Women's Tournament, is Sunday, Dec 6th! IFPA sanctioned & open to all female-identifying & nonbinary folks of any age. Entrance fee is $10, IFPA fee of $2. Join the ugly sweater contest! ⚪️
Our Women's Tournament, is Sunday, Dec 6th! IFPA sanctioned & open to all female-identifying & nonbinary folks of any age. Entrance fee is $10, IFPA fee of $2. Join the ugly sweater contest! ⚪️
December 5, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Our next Little Flippers class is THIS Saturday, Dec 6th from 11:30am -12:30pm! Open to kids ages 5-12
Our Women's Tournament, is Sunday, Dec 6th! IFPA sanctioned & open to all female-identifying & nonbinary folks of any age. Entrance fee is $10, IFPA fee of $2. Join the ugly sweater contest! ⚪️
Our Women's Tournament, is Sunday, Dec 6th! IFPA sanctioned & open to all female-identifying & nonbinary folks of any age. Entrance fee is $10, IFPA fee of $2. Join the ugly sweater contest! ⚪️
It's Giving Tuesday PPM Fans! 🤩 Our nonprofit has guaranteed matches to double your impact 🙌🏻
Your fully tax deductible donations go toward our effort to secure a permanent home for our additional 1,200 pins (the largest collection in the world!)
Donate via PayPal: www.paypal.com/donate/?host...
Your fully tax deductible donations go toward our effort to secure a permanent home for our additional 1,200 pins (the largest collection in the world!)
Donate via PayPal: www.paypal.com/donate/?host...
December 2, 2025 at 7:45 AM
It's Giving Tuesday PPM Fans! 🤩 Our nonprofit has guaranteed matches to double your impact 🙌🏻
Your fully tax deductible donations go toward our effort to secure a permanent home for our additional 1,200 pins (the largest collection in the world!)
Donate via PayPal: www.paypal.com/donate/?host...
Your fully tax deductible donations go toward our effort to secure a permanent home for our additional 1,200 pins (the largest collection in the world!)
Donate via PayPal: www.paypal.com/donate/?host...
Happy Thanksgiving PPM followers! 🙌🏻🦃 We are always thankful for our Patrons, Members, Donors, Board Members, Volunteers and Employees - without whom our special nonprofit museum could not function.
Please consider making a tax deductible donation via this link: www.paypal.com/donate/?host...
Please consider making a tax deductible donation via this link: www.paypal.com/donate/?host...
November 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Happy Thanksgiving PPM followers! 🙌🏻🦃 We are always thankful for our Patrons, Members, Donors, Board Members, Volunteers and Employees - without whom our special nonprofit museum could not function.
Please consider making a tax deductible donation via this link: www.paypal.com/donate/?host...
Please consider making a tax deductible donation via this link: www.paypal.com/donate/?host...
The holiday season is in full swing and the nonprofit Pacific Pinball Museum is here for all of your pinball needs! 🙌🏻🤩⚪️
We're open every day this week and weekend 11am to 9pm (except Thursday Thanksgiving day) 🦃
We hope to see you playing our 100+ pins here in Alameda soon! 🙏🏻
We're open every day this week and weekend 11am to 9pm (except Thursday Thanksgiving day) 🦃
We hope to see you playing our 100+ pins here in Alameda soon! 🙏🏻
November 25, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The holiday season is in full swing and the nonprofit Pacific Pinball Museum is here for all of your pinball needs! 🙌🏻🤩⚪️
We're open every day this week and weekend 11am to 9pm (except Thursday Thanksgiving day) 🦃
We hope to see you playing our 100+ pins here in Alameda soon! 🙏🏻
We're open every day this week and weekend 11am to 9pm (except Thursday Thanksgiving day) 🦃
We hope to see you playing our 100+ pins here in Alameda soon! 🙏🏻
What could be mistaken for a renaissance painting is actually a candid pic of our volunteers putting in hours of work to make sure our games work their best for our members and patrons during the upcoming holidays. 💪🏻🤩 We're so thankful for their support 🙏🏻Visit the 501c3 nonprofit PPM soon! 🙌🏻🤩⚪️
November 19, 2025 at 8:40 PM
What could be mistaken for a renaissance painting is actually a candid pic of our volunteers putting in hours of work to make sure our games work their best for our members and patrons during the upcoming holidays. 💪🏻🤩 We're so thankful for their support 🙏🏻Visit the 501c3 nonprofit PPM soon! 🙌🏻🤩⚪️
Photos of items up for sale tomorrow.
PPM Annex Warehouse Sale
1680 Viking St, Alameda, CA
PPM Annex Warehouse Sale
1680 Viking St, Alameda, CA
November 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Photos of items up for sale tomorrow.
PPM Annex Warehouse Sale
1680 Viking St, Alameda, CA
PPM Annex Warehouse Sale
1680 Viking St, Alameda, CA
Photos of items up for sale tomorrow.
PPM Annex Warehouse Sale
1680 Viking St, Alameda, CA
PPM Annex Warehouse Sale
1680 Viking St, Alameda, CA
November 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Photos of items up for sale tomorrow.
PPM Annex Warehouse Sale
1680 Viking St, Alameda, CA
PPM Annex Warehouse Sale
1680 Viking St, Alameda, CA
No video yet, but here are some photos of items up for sale tomorrow.
PPM Annex Warehouse Sale
1680 Viking St, Alameda, CA
PPM Annex Warehouse Sale
1680 Viking St, Alameda, CA
November 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
No video yet, but here are some photos of items up for sale tomorrow.
PPM Annex Warehouse Sale
1680 Viking St, Alameda, CA
PPM Annex Warehouse Sale
1680 Viking St, Alameda, CA
Join us for our LAST surplus sale of 2025.
You can help support is by buying a rare piece of pinball history.
We'll have working and project games, backglasses, bagatelles, playfields and more.
PPM Annex Warehouse
1680 Viking Street, Alameda, CA
Saturday 11/15 from 11am to 3pm.
You can help support is by buying a rare piece of pinball history.
We'll have working and project games, backglasses, bagatelles, playfields and more.
PPM Annex Warehouse
1680 Viking Street, Alameda, CA
Saturday 11/15 from 11am to 3pm.
November 13, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Join us for our LAST surplus sale of 2025.
You can help support is by buying a rare piece of pinball history.
We'll have working and project games, backglasses, bagatelles, playfields and more.
PPM Annex Warehouse
1680 Viking Street, Alameda, CA
Saturday 11/15 from 11am to 3pm.
You can help support is by buying a rare piece of pinball history.
We'll have working and project games, backglasses, bagatelles, playfields and more.
PPM Annex Warehouse
1680 Viking Street, Alameda, CA
Saturday 11/15 from 11am to 3pm.
The Pacific Pinball Museum will be open for business this Tuesday Veterans Day! It's the perfect time to visit if you've never had the chance, it's also our usual (2) for $22 discounted day!
Stop by to play over 100+ pins and enjoy our exhibits with unlimited exit/re-entry from 11am to 9pm 🙌🏻🤩⚪️
Stop by to play over 100+ pins and enjoy our exhibits with unlimited exit/re-entry from 11am to 9pm 🙌🏻🤩⚪️
November 9, 2025 at 8:03 PM
The Pacific Pinball Museum will be open for business this Tuesday Veterans Day! It's the perfect time to visit if you've never had the chance, it's also our usual (2) for $22 discounted day!
Stop by to play over 100+ pins and enjoy our exhibits with unlimited exit/re-entry from 11am to 9pm 🙌🏻🤩⚪️
Stop by to play over 100+ pins and enjoy our exhibits with unlimited exit/re-entry from 11am to 9pm 🙌🏻🤩⚪️
Fun to see an ad for the Victory Special bingo machine. A photo of one that had been impounded by Oakland Police is on display in the PPM as part of our “Gambling, Amusement, or Both” exhibit.
November 9, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Fun to see an ad for the Victory Special bingo machine. A photo of one that had been impounded by Oakland Police is on display in the PPM as part of our “Gambling, Amusement, or Both” exhibit.
Our first ever "Bingo Pinball Challenge" event is coming up THIS Sunday Nov 9th from 3-4:30pm! 🤩⚪️
We'll have 3 levels of bingo cards with different pinball challenges on them and players will work toward linking dots for prizes!
Special $10 admission, and you can stay all day until 9pm! 🙌🏻
We'll have 3 levels of bingo cards with different pinball challenges on them and players will work toward linking dots for prizes!
Special $10 admission, and you can stay all day until 9pm! 🙌🏻
November 6, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Our first ever "Bingo Pinball Challenge" event is coming up THIS Sunday Nov 9th from 3-4:30pm! 🤩⚪️
We'll have 3 levels of bingo cards with different pinball challenges on them and players will work toward linking dots for prizes!
Special $10 admission, and you can stay all day until 9pm! 🙌🏻
We'll have 3 levels of bingo cards with different pinball challenges on them and players will work toward linking dots for prizes!
Special $10 admission, and you can stay all day until 9pm! 🙌🏻
Our next Little Flippers class is THIS Saturday November 1st from 11:30am -12:30pm! (Work off that Halloween candy energy!) 🎃 No previous experience necessary - Open to all kids ages 5-12 years. FREE with regular $12 admission for your child! 🥰⚪️
Join us for our NEW youth bingo event on 11/9! 🙌🏻🤩
Join us for our NEW youth bingo event on 11/9! 🙌🏻🤩
October 30, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Our next Little Flippers class is THIS Saturday November 1st from 11:30am -12:30pm! (Work off that Halloween candy energy!) 🎃 No previous experience necessary - Open to all kids ages 5-12 years. FREE with regular $12 admission for your child! 🥰⚪️
Join us for our NEW youth bingo event on 11/9! 🙌🏻🤩
Join us for our NEW youth bingo event on 11/9! 🙌🏻🤩
It's getting spooky at the PPM! 🎃🙌🏻🤩 Enjoy some ghostly pinball artwork callouts made by our Docent Emily Lewis adorning the area over the front entrance - can you find the games they're inspired by in the PPM?
Come by this Halloween, Friday afternoon from 4-7pm! We're a trick or treating spot 🙌🏻👻
Come by this Halloween, Friday afternoon from 4-7pm! We're a trick or treating spot 🙌🏻👻
October 29, 2025 at 3:47 AM
It's getting spooky at the PPM! 🎃🙌🏻🤩 Enjoy some ghostly pinball artwork callouts made by our Docent Emily Lewis adorning the area over the front entrance - can you find the games they're inspired by in the PPM?
Come by this Halloween, Friday afternoon from 4-7pm! We're a trick or treating spot 🙌🏻👻
Come by this Halloween, Friday afternoon from 4-7pm! We're a trick or treating spot 🙌🏻👻
We're proud to have won Silver in the "Best Small / Quirky Museum" category for the East Bay Express Magazine Best of 2025 poll! 🤩🙌🏻
Stop by our nonprofit and enjoy our curated exhibits, jukeboxes, artwork and (100+)! pinballs from the 1940's to the 2020's here in Alameda - we'll see you soon! 🙏🏻🥰⚪️
Stop by our nonprofit and enjoy our curated exhibits, jukeboxes, artwork and (100+)! pinballs from the 1940's to the 2020's here in Alameda - we'll see you soon! 🙏🏻🥰⚪️
October 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
We're proud to have won Silver in the "Best Small / Quirky Museum" category for the East Bay Express Magazine Best of 2025 poll! 🤩🙌🏻
Stop by our nonprofit and enjoy our curated exhibits, jukeboxes, artwork and (100+)! pinballs from the 1940's to the 2020's here in Alameda - we'll see you soon! 🙏🏻🥰⚪️
Stop by our nonprofit and enjoy our curated exhibits, jukeboxes, artwork and (100+)! pinballs from the 1940's to the 2020's here in Alameda - we'll see you soon! 🙏🏻🥰⚪️
NEW GAME ALERT! 🤩 We've just installed an amazing 1981 Gottlieb "Black Hole", a new 2020 Jersey Jack "Guns N'Roses" and the nicest 1980 Stern "Seawitch" that's playable on the West Coast! 🙌🏻
Stop by to enjoy these and (100+)! more pinballs from all eras here at the nonprofit PPM - see you soon! 🥰⚪️
Stop by to enjoy these and (100+)! more pinballs from all eras here at the nonprofit PPM - see you soon! 🥰⚪️
October 21, 2025 at 11:48 PM
NEW GAME ALERT! 🤩 We've just installed an amazing 1981 Gottlieb "Black Hole", a new 2020 Jersey Jack "Guns N'Roses" and the nicest 1980 Stern "Seawitch" that's playable on the West Coast! 🙌🏻
Stop by to enjoy these and (100+)! more pinballs from all eras here at the nonprofit PPM - see you soon! 🥰⚪️
Stop by to enjoy these and (100+)! more pinballs from all eras here at the nonprofit PPM - see you soon! 🥰⚪️
Pinball Expo 2025 is this weekend! 🤩🙌🏻
We're proud to sponsor the amazing seminars happening at the show, take a look at the schedule here: pinballexpo.com/events-sched...
If you cant make it out to Illinois, you can always enjoy the (100+)! pinballs from all eras here at the PPM year round! 🙏🏻☺️⚪️
We're proud to sponsor the amazing seminars happening at the show, take a look at the schedule here: pinballexpo.com/events-sched...
If you cant make it out to Illinois, you can always enjoy the (100+)! pinballs from all eras here at the PPM year round! 🙏🏻☺️⚪️
October 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Pinball Expo 2025 is this weekend! 🤩🙌🏻
We're proud to sponsor the amazing seminars happening at the show, take a look at the schedule here: pinballexpo.com/events-sched...
If you cant make it out to Illinois, you can always enjoy the (100+)! pinballs from all eras here at the PPM year round! 🙏🏻☺️⚪️
We're proud to sponsor the amazing seminars happening at the show, take a look at the schedule here: pinballexpo.com/events-sched...
If you cant make it out to Illinois, you can always enjoy the (100+)! pinballs from all eras here at the PPM year round! 🙏🏻☺️⚪️
See our Popup at this weekends Pin-A-Go-Go show in Dixon, CA! 🙌🏻🤩
We brought (9) classic EM games to this intimate show - learn more here: www.pin-a-go-go.org
If the pinball appetite is still yearning, you can visit our main museum in Alameda, CA year round to play our 100+ pins from all eras ☺️❤️⚪️
We brought (9) classic EM games to this intimate show - learn more here: www.pin-a-go-go.org
If the pinball appetite is still yearning, you can visit our main museum in Alameda, CA year round to play our 100+ pins from all eras ☺️❤️⚪️
October 11, 2025 at 2:47 AM
See our Popup at this weekends Pin-A-Go-Go show in Dixon, CA! 🙌🏻🤩
We brought (9) classic EM games to this intimate show - learn more here: www.pin-a-go-go.org
If the pinball appetite is still yearning, you can visit our main museum in Alameda, CA year round to play our 100+ pins from all eras ☺️❤️⚪️
We brought (9) classic EM games to this intimate show - learn more here: www.pin-a-go-go.org
If the pinball appetite is still yearning, you can visit our main museum in Alameda, CA year round to play our 100+ pins from all eras ☺️❤️⚪️
Our "Varkon" fundraiser was successful!!! 🙌🏻🤩 The nonprofit PPM wants to extend its deep thanks to all of those who donated, including a large anonymous donor, Free Gold Watch in SF and our own Board President Larry Zartarian. 🙏🏻☺️
We'll see you playing Varkon and our 100+ other pins soon! ☺️❤️⚪️
We'll see you playing Varkon and our 100+ other pins soon! ☺️❤️⚪️
October 7, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Our "Varkon" fundraiser was successful!!! 🙌🏻🤩 The nonprofit PPM wants to extend its deep thanks to all of those who donated, including a large anonymous donor, Free Gold Watch in SF and our own Board President Larry Zartarian. 🙏🏻☺️
We'll see you playing Varkon and our 100+ other pins soon! ☺️❤️⚪️
We'll see you playing Varkon and our 100+ other pins soon! ☺️❤️⚪️
Our next Little Flippers class is THIS Saturday October 4th from 11:30am -12:30pm! Learn Pinball skills for improved play here at the nonprofit PPM! No previous experience necessary - Open to all kids ages 5-12 years.
FREE with regular $12 admission for your child, and you can play all day! 🥰⚪️
FREE with regular $12 admission for your child, and you can play all day! 🥰⚪️
October 2, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Our next Little Flippers class is THIS Saturday October 4th from 11:30am -12:30pm! Learn Pinball skills for improved play here at the nonprofit PPM! No previous experience necessary - Open to all kids ages 5-12 years.
FREE with regular $12 admission for your child, and you can play all day! 🥰⚪️
FREE with regular $12 admission for your child, and you can play all day! 🥰⚪️
The PPM abides! 😎🎳 We're proud to bring our 2016 Dutch Pinball "Big Lebowski" to the museum's coin area! 🤩 Stop by to play this beautiful game ☺️
Spooky Pinball's amazing 2017 "Total Nuclear Annihilation" has moved into our freeplay Modern room for the first time! 🙌🏻☢️
Spooky Pinball's amazing 2017 "Total Nuclear Annihilation" has moved into our freeplay Modern room for the first time! 🙌🏻☢️
September 30, 2025 at 5:52 AM
The PPM abides! 😎🎳 We're proud to bring our 2016 Dutch Pinball "Big Lebowski" to the museum's coin area! 🤩 Stop by to play this beautiful game ☺️
Spooky Pinball's amazing 2017 "Total Nuclear Annihilation" has moved into our freeplay Modern room for the first time! 🙌🏻☢️
Spooky Pinball's amazing 2017 "Total Nuclear Annihilation" has moved into our freeplay Modern room for the first time! 🙌🏻☢️
PPM fans can tune in for a special radio interview @8am PST tomorrow Sunday morning! 🤩📻 Listen to Scott Piehler of the NEW Alameda Connection radio show interview our Executive Director Evan Phillippe on KCSM's digital side channel streaming here: spinitron.com/KCSM-HD/dj/1...
September 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM
PPM fans can tune in for a special radio interview @8am PST tomorrow Sunday morning! 🤩📻 Listen to Scott Piehler of the NEW Alameda Connection radio show interview our Executive Director Evan Phillippe on KCSM's digital side channel streaming here: spinitron.com/KCSM-HD/dj/1...
We're proud to have been voted "Best of 2025" across several categories in Bay Area Parent Magazine - thank you for voting! 🙏🏻🤩
Best Date Night Location/Venue - East Bay - Gold
Best Kids Party Venue - East Bay - Silver
Best Local Family Entertainment - East Bay - Bronze
We'll see you soon! ☺️⚪️
Best Date Night Location/Venue - East Bay - Gold
Best Kids Party Venue - East Bay - Silver
Best Local Family Entertainment - East Bay - Bronze
We'll see you soon! ☺️⚪️
September 25, 2025 at 1:39 AM
We're proud to have been voted "Best of 2025" across several categories in Bay Area Parent Magazine - thank you for voting! 🙏🏻🤩
Best Date Night Location/Venue - East Bay - Gold
Best Kids Party Venue - East Bay - Silver
Best Local Family Entertainment - East Bay - Bronze
We'll see you soon! ☺️⚪️
Best Date Night Location/Venue - East Bay - Gold
Best Kids Party Venue - East Bay - Silver
Best Local Family Entertainment - East Bay - Bronze
We'll see you soon! ☺️⚪️