Gladbrook, Iowa: Matchstick Marvels Museum
Pat Acton builds impressively-detailed, giant models of buildings, spaceships, whatever, out of hundreds of thousands of wooden matchsticks.
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Pat Acton doesn't look like he's the world's greatest anything -- but in the field of building things out of matchsticks, he has no peer. A series of scale model planes, trains, ships, and famous buildings (made from matchsticks!) are squeezed into this spiffy new museum in the Gladbrook City Centre. I'm partial to the US Capital (478,000 matchsticks!). And, yes, there are larger matchstick models out there, but you'd have to go to Orlando for that.
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Matchstick Marvels Museum
- Address:
- 319 2nd St., Gladbrook, IA
- Directions:
- From Hwy 96/W. 8th St. in town, turn north onto Gould St. Drive north six blocks. You'll see the museum on the left, on the northwest corner of Gould and 2nd Sts.
- Hours:
- April-Nov. daily 1-5, off-season by appt. (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 641-473-2410
- Admission:
- Adults $5.00
- RA Rates:
- Major Fun
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