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

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

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



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


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


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

Pinball: From Bagatelle to Twilight Zone Pacific Pinball Museum San Francisco Airport Museum Brochure, 2009-2010 San Francisco International Airport, SF, CA
To teach science, art and history through pinball, and to preserve and promote this important part of American culture.
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.