Musée Mécanique

01 Oct 2014

Awesome Unexpected Things for Locals on Fisherman’s Wharf

Forbes Island is perfectly quirky and completely San Francisco Fisherman’s Wharf. You just cringed a little bit when you saw those words didn’t you? You thought of lollygagging tourists, and obnoxious street performers, and ridiculous multinational chains didn’t you? That’s fair, it’s to be expected actually, because Fisherman’s Wharf has

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05 Mar 2014

Check Out Hauntingly Beautiful Video Homage to The Musée Mécanique

The Musée Mécanique is a true San Francisco treasure. I’d try to describe them but they describe themselves best “as one of the world’s largest (over 200) privately owned collection of coin-operated mechanical musical instruments and antique arcade machines in their original working condition (You can play them!).” As you can imagine,

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26 Aug 2011

Musée Mécanique: Entertainment History On The Cheap

If you have an affinity for history, antique arcade games, and those creepy machines painted and dressed as people, then San Francisco’s Musée Mécanique is a place you should check out. The Wharf is quite the tourist destination, but as a local you need only to do some digging to

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