![]() Walk the boardwalk! There are storefront windows you can peek in and wall murals to enjoy. Most of the public parking in Asbury Park is fee-based.ĭefinitely take a walk on the beach! That’s a no brainer. So knock yourself out! We lasted about two hours before we needed to break for fresh air and a cool drink.įor parking information, click here. On the plus side, once you pay your admission fee, all the games are free to play. ![]() Since this is already a cramped space, you’ll enjoy it more if you aren’t constantly bumping into people. Later in the afternoon they host parties and it became quite crowded. ![]() We went on a weekend and found that the museum was least busy right when it opened. ![]() Sure, there isn’t quite as much to do, but the crowds are gone, you don’t have to pay to go on the beach and did I mention the crowds are gone? Personally, I like the Jersey Shore better when it isn’t summer. The museum is open year-round, so go whenever you can. That’s right, you can go to the Silverball Museum Arcade and hit the Jersey Shore at the same time. If you don’t have a map handy, then let me tell you that Asbury Park is a beach town. Silverball Museum Arcade is located along the boardwalk in Asbury Park, New Jersey. Handy Husband and I had fun showing our kids what games we played at the pizza parlor growing up. Sure, many people, like us, were playing these arcade games for the first time, but if I had a nickel for every time I heard someone say, “I played this one as a kid!” I’d be rich! No one! This was the most interesting part of the experience for me.Įvery age group from zero to eighty was represented on the day we visited and everyone looked like they were having fun. A few of the machines available to play at the time I’m writing this post include: I’m guessing there must have been at least a hundred games to play. They have 600 games in rotation, but not all of those are on the floor at any one time. You could tell how even over the course of a year or two a pinball machine felt and operated differently. The information posted about each game was helpful in this regard. Play a pinball machine from the 1960s vs. Really, though, you are there to experience history first-hand. There is information about each arcade game, including the date it was manufactured, posted above the machine. Silverball Museum Arcade is an arcade that has games available for play that date back to the 1950s. If you’ve been to a handful of museums and then visit Silverball Museum Arcade you will know they are using the term ‘museum’ loosely. What and where is this holy grail of museums? It is the Silverball Museum Arcade in Asbury Park, New Jersey. “We are going to a museum that lets you play arcade games!” Only one time have I short-circuited that whining by saying… *Insert other unintelligible whining here.* My Kids: But why? Do we have to? I want to stay home. Me: (in my best Oprah voice) YOU get to go to a MUSEUM! And YOU get to go to a MUSEUM! So that’s why it continually confounds me that our museum experiences starts like this every single time. If these had been terrible, torturous experiences we wouldn’t keep going back for more. I’ve lost count of the number of museums we have visited as a family.
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