We're celebrating National Pinball Day (Saturday Aug 1st) by extending our special (2) for $22 discount to all patrons, bring a friend for free! NPD coincides with pinball hero Roger Sharpe's birthday - learn more about his amazing contribution to pinball here: www.daysoftheyear.com/days/nationa...

Join Little Flippers instructor and certified Teacher Scott Weigum at the nonprofit PPM for a fun filled event this Sunday 3-5pm for kids ages 5-15yrs old! 🙌🏻🤩 A mixture of pinball and summer literacy, come tell a unique story with pinball and fun ☺️. Prizes will be awarded for all participants! 🏆

Our SF Pinball exhibit is now live in the city! 🙌🏻🤩🌉 Visit our friends at the SF Historical Society to see our special exhibit w/rare San Francisco themed games - an open house "City Lab for kids" is this coming Saturday the 18th from 11am - 3pm! More event info here: givebutter.com/CityLabforKi...

The Pacific Pinball Museum is proud to have been named one of the Bay Area's top museums in a review run poll by the SF Chronicle! 🙌🏻🤩 In fact, THREE(!) Alameda museums made the top ten cut with our good friends at the USS Hornet and CA Historical Radio Society placing as well. 🏝️💪🏻 See you soon! ☺️❤️⚪️

Come enjoy the great American pastime of pinball before, during and after the longest 4th of July Parade in the country here in Alameda, CA! 💪🏻🤩🇺🇸 The nonprofit Pacific Pinball Museum will be open Saturday with special hours! Make sure to wave at our PPM Truck Float as we come by, see you soon! 🎇🇺🇸☺️⚪️

The original "Lucky JuJu" sign is back! 🤩🙌🏻 (And being protected by the Terminator 🤖🦾😤) The "Lucky JuJu" would evolve into the nonprofit PPM, and has grown from 12 pins to a record setting 1,300+(!) pins with the help of our patrons and donors. Our 100+ pins from all eras await - see you soon!

Messy Bowler, Dutch Pinball 2019

Let the power of pinball help you in your pursuit of love. The PPM is there for you all the way from your first date to your marriage proposal!

Matt Walsh and Jeri Ellsworth are helping restore our 2 Micropin games that were donated to the PPM by Margaret Stewart, the inventor's (Bruce Stewart) wife. So lucky to have run into Matt at the Golden State Pinball Festival where we discovered our mutual admiration for this game. -Michael Schiess

Summer's here Pacific Pinball Fans! 🙌🏻🤩 Let the heat from Bally's classic 1972 "Fireball" melt you this June! 🔥 "Fireball" and over 100 other playable pins from the 1940's to the 2020's, jukeboxes and curated exhibits await here at the PPM every Tuesday to Sunday from 11am to 9pm, see you soon!

NEW GAMES! The summer refresh is here Pacific Pinball fans, with (6)! new pins rotated into the museum.  🙌🏻🤩 Play our 1951 Gottlieb "Niagara" 1957 Gottlieb "World Champ" 1958 Gottlieb "Rocket Ship" 1960 Williams "Golden Gloves" rare 1981 Stern "Split Second" and 2020 Jersey Jack "Guns N'Roses"!  ☺️❤️⚪️

Happy Memorial Day weekend Pacific Pinball fans! 🙌🏻🇺🇸 Hit the road in style and visit the PPM like the folks on our beautiful 1952 Gottlieb "Crossroads" woodrail pin, one of many rare woodrails playable in our History Room! Our 100+ pins from the 1940's to the 2020's are waiting, see you soon ☺️❤️⚪️

We had an amazing weekend at Golden State Pinball Festival! It's always wonderful to see so many of our members, league players and regular patrons at the show 🙌🏻🤩 The PPM stands ready with over 100 pinballs from the 1940's to the 2020's every Tuesday to Sunday 11am to 9pm! We'll see you soon! 🙏🏻❤️⚪️

We have an AMAZING weekend coming up in a few days at the @goldenstatepinfest.bsky.social in Lodi! 🙌🏻🤩❤️⚪️ If you can't make it out to Lodi this weekend, our main museum in Alameda's 100+ pins from all eras stands ready for your pinball needs every Tuesday to Sunday 11am to 9pm. See you soon! 🙏🏻☺️⚪️

We are sad to report that longtime PPM supporter & pinball aficionado Gordon Hasse has passed away at the age of 81. Gordon had donated over 200 pins to our nonprofit, most from the "Golden Age of Pinball” stretching from the late 1940's to the early 1960's. Our sympathies go out to his wife, Pat 🙏🏻

Here are more photos of the game.

One of the rarest games playable in the PPM right now is Solar War (Atari - 1979). It’s a virtual pinball prototype and only 5 cabinets were made. It works by having a CRT screen on the bottom for the game play, and a reflection of a physical playfield mounted to the top. 1 of 2

PPM League Guru David Lee will be doing a Pinball Boot Camp tonight Wednesday, May 6 from 7-9pm! 🙌🏻🤩 Open to any skill level, with an emphasis on learning techniques to help improve play with instruction and hands-on practice and challenges to test new skills! Open to the public & league members! ☺️⚪️

May the 4th be with our Pacific Pinball fans! 🙌🏻 We hosted a visit from the 501st Saturday, and fun photo-ops were had by all ☺️ Stop by for unlimited free play on our two Star Wars pins & over 100(!) other pins from the 1940's to the 2020's, with unlimited in/out privileges for the entire day! 😍❤️⚪️

Oh no, the Imperial Guard has arrived.

Our next Little Flippers class is THIS Saturday May 2nd from 11:30am -12:30pm! 🙌🏻🤩 Learn Pinball history, skills and strategy for improved play here at the nonprofit PPM! No previous experience necessary - Open to kids ages 5-12 years. This class is FREE with regular $12 admission for your child!

We are sad to share with the pinball community that longtime PPM Board Member and celebrated mural artist Dan Fontes has passed away. Our deepest condolences go out to Dan's longtime partner Julie 🙏🏻 You can see more of Dan's incredible work here: danfontesmurals.com

We had the great honor of attending fellow nonprofit Art Deco Society of California's "Art Deco Preservation Ball"! 🙌🏻🤩 During the awards ceremony, PPM Founders Michael Schiess, Melissa Harmon and Executive Director Evan Phillippe humbly received the "Art Deco Technology Award" for the museum 🙏🏻😊♥️⚪️

NEW CLEAR PIN INSTALLED! 🤩🙌🏻 Our 1976 Gottlieb "Surf Champ" was just installed in our Lucky JuJu room! 💪🏻 Painstakingly deconstructed and rebuilt under acrylic panels, you can observe the entire electromechanical mechanism that ran pinballs before games shifted to solid state construction. 🧐

We had a great time at todays City of Santa Clara "STEMZone" event! 🙌🏻🤩 Folks enjoyed our special CLEAR 1976 Gottlieb "Surf Champ" pinball along with our "Pinbowl" neon/bumper demonstration exhibit and game of chance unit 💪🏻 Stop by our main museum in Alameda Tues to Sun 11am to 9pm!🙏🏻☺️⚪️

We have two fun popups happening this weekend! 🙌🏻🤩 Join us Saturday on Alameda Point for the City of Alameda's "Spring Shindig" event from 12pm-3pm, and Sunday from 10am to 4pm at the City of Santa Clara "StemZone" event. We will have one of our legendary clear pins at both events! 💪🏻😍⚪️

Pinball repair guru Mark Gibson's "Fun With Pinball" classes will be held May 5th to May 10th! 🤩🙌🏻 These classes are THE BEST available for folks who have their own EM pinball machines, or are looking to maintain an EM era pin in the future - more here: www.funwithpinball.com/events/em-pi...

Spring Break is here, and are ready to serve your family with our amazing pins spanning from the 1940's - 2020's 🙌🏻😍 Our indispensable fixiteers were hard at work tonight getting our 100+ pinballs (the most publicly playable pins in CA outside a show!) ready for the week holiday. See you soon!! 🙏🏻☺️⚪️

Congratulations to the crew of the Artemis II on their successful mission to the moon and splashdown! 🚀🌙 One of our 100+ playable pins is the 1967 Williams "Apollo" (in our History Room) from the last era of moon missions in the late 1960's, sporting a unique extra points bagatelle in the head!