Making an Exhibition

Pinball News Website·article·analyzed·May 7, 2012

Analysis

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TL;DR

Pacific Pinball Museum launches traveling pinball exhibitions to educate broader audiences.

Summary

The Pacific Pinball Museum is offering bespoke traveling exhibitions featuring rare and historic pinball machines to educate the public about pinball's history, art, and cultural significance. The Pinball Oddities exhibition, currently at Rhythmix Cultural Works in Alameda, showcases six rare games from the 1930s-1950s including the flipperless Genco Cargo (1937), alongside museum murals and artwork. The museum is actively marketing these exhibitions to other museums and institutions.

Key Claims

Genco Cargo from 1937 could be the only surviving example in the world
medium confidence · Museum curatorial assessment; no independent verification provided in article
Pacific Pinball Museum now offers bespoke exhibitions to museums and institutions
high confidence · Directly stated in article; contact information provided for Melissa Harmon
Four painted murals in the exhibition recreate backglass artwork by d'Arci Bruno, Ed Cassel, Eric J. Kos, and Dan Fontes
high confidence · Explicitly named artists with photo evidence included in article
Pinball Oddities exhibition runs until July 20th, 2012 at Rhythmix Cultural Works
high confidence · Specific date and venue provided at article conclusion

Notable Quotes

“Getting non-pinball people to appreciate the game's unique appeal is often not the easiest of tasks. But spreading the word about everything pinball has to offer - be it the history, the art, the technology or the pop culture elements - is something close to the hearts of the Pacific Pinball Museum.”
Article author (Pacific Pinball Museum perspective) @ Opening paragraph — Establishes the museum's educational mission and motivation for developing traveling exhibitions
“Exhibitions such as this are now being offered by the Pacific Pinball Museums to other museums and institutions interested in hosting them.”
Article author @ Mid-article — Key announcement of the new service offering and business development strategy

Entities

Pacific Pinball MuseumorganizationRhythmix Cultural WorksorganizationMelissa HarmonpersonGenco CargogameSky RocketgameParatroopergameChicago Coin ThinggameRip Snortergame Teacher's Pet

Signals

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community_signal: Pacific Pinball Museum actively developing traveling exhibition programs to broaden public education and appreciation of pinball history, art, and technology
high · Explicit announcement: 'Exhibitions such as this are now being offered by the Pacific Pinball Museums to other museums and institutions interested in hosting them. While Pinball Oddities is one such theme, several others are available, such as Machines from the 1930s, Art Movements in Pinball, and Science Fiction and Fantasy.'

Topics

Museum exhibitions and public educationprimaryPinball history and preservation (1930s-1950s era)primaryBackglass artwork and artist historyprimaryTraveling exhibition programssecondaryRare and historic machine documentationsecondary

Sentiment

positive(0.85)— Article is promotional and celebratory in tone, highlighting the museum's educational mission and the cultural value of pinball preservation. Enthusiastic about rare machines and artistic contributions. No critical elements or controversies.

Transcript

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Date: 7th May, 2012 Getting non-pinball people to appreciate the game's unique appeal is often not the easiest of tasks. But spreading the word about everything pinball has to offer - be it the history, the art, the technology or the pop culture elements - is something close to the hearts of the Pacific Pinball Museum. Now they're making it easier to educate the populace with an offer to create bespoke exhibitions featuring games from their extensive collection of rare and historic machines. One such exhibition is Pinball Oddities which is currently appearing at the Rhythmix Cultural Works in nearby Alameda, California. Pinball Oddities opened on June 8th and features six rare or notable games from pinball's early years, along with four of the Museum's famed backglass murals and other assorted artwork and informational panels. Part of the Pinball Oddities exhibit One of the rarest games is the flipperless Genco Cargo from 1937, which could be the only surviving example in the world. Genco's Cargo Next to that is Sky Rocket by Exhibit Supply Co. which celebrated the 1939 World's Fair held in San Francisco, a Paratrooper by Williams which was released during the Korean War, a Chicago Coin Thing with it's unusually narrative cartoon backglass, a Genco Rip Snorter and a Williams' Teacher's Pet. These last two are part of a small group of machines which depict children as major backglass elements. Hanging on the walls around the exhibit are four painted murals recreating classic backglass artworks. These come from the Pacific Pinball Museum's collection of murals from artists such as d'Arci Bruno, Ed Cassel, Eric J. Kos and Dan Fontes. d'Arci Bruno with her Sea Ray mural . Dan Fontes' Mermaid mural Exhibitions such as this are now being offered by the Pacific Pinball Museums to other museums and institutions interested in hosting them. While Pinball Oddities is one such theme, several others are available, such as Machines from the 1930s, Art Movements in Pinball, and Science Fiction and Fantasy. All of these exhibitions can be tailored to fit the required size, and whether or not the machines would be playable by visitors. Any museums or institutions interested in hosting one of the Pacific Pinball Museum's pinball exhibitions should contact Melissa Harmon at the PPM for more details. Pinball Oddities runs at the Rhythmix Cultural Works until July 20th, 2012. Back to the News page Like this page? Share it with your Facebook friends: Back to the front page