San Francisco, California -
Musee Mecanique

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Collection of old timey and strange coin operated mechanical amusements.

Address:: Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA
Directions:: Pier 45, Shed A - near Fisherman's Wharf and west of the Boudin Bread tour.
Admission:: Free.
Phone:: 415-346-2000

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Musee Mecanique

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Musee Mechanique

The Musee Mechanique is on the North end of Highway 1, behind the Cliff House near the camera obscura. It houses the arcade goodies from amusement park that used to exist on the dunes east of Ocean Beach before Golden Gate Park ploughed all the way out there. There are some fine shimmy-dancing girl flip-film thingies, love-o-meters, fortune telling gypsies, and arm wrestling tests of strength complete with warnings about the unrelenting strength of aged machinery. You'll also find dioramas of entire towns that set to work on the drop of your coin. My favorite, though, is Laughing Sal, a huge six-foot tall woman whose hellish chuckling will be sure to cause nightmares in small children and susceptible adults for days. Be sure to bring quarters, since the days of the penny arcade are over even here. [Karen Jensen, 09/03/1998]

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February 9, 2012