Onset, Massachusetts - World's Largest Thermometer Collection
- Address:
- 49 Zarahemla Rd, Onset, MA
- Directions:
- Porter Thermometer Museum. Hwy 25 exit 1. South onto Hwy 28/US 6, then turn south onto Depot St. Bear left onto Onset Ave. Drive 3/4 mile, then left onto Zarahemla Rd.
- Admission:
- Free.
- Hours:
- Call first. (Call to verify)
- Phone:
- 508-295-5504
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Onset, Massachusetts - World's Largest Thermometer Collection I went to the Porter Thermometer Museum yesterday and saw some of his 4,100
thermometers! It was fascinating. He has earring thermometers, several foreign ones, some of them antique and some of them used by astronauts. One from Alaska reads to minus 100. Just about every animal that I can think of was in there with a thermometer attached to it. The world famous Thermometer Man (Richard Porter) is featured in Ripley�s and several other books. Onset is becoming known as the "Thermometer Capitol of the World!" His motto is, "Always open and always FREE, with over 3,000 to see!" (Maybe he should change
it to over 4,000?) [Ken Balcom, 11/15/2002]
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