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USA, Côte Pacifique et Nevada: Musées, attractions diverses et collections privées ouvertes au public

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PACIFIC COAST and NEVADA

(California-Nevada-Oregon)

States are listed in alphabetical order, and so are the museums by their name inside each state.

Les Etats sont classés par ordre alphabétique, de même que les musées à l'intérieur de chaque Etat.

A-Z Einordnen der Staaten, und innen jeder Staat, A-Z Einordnen der Museum bei Name.

- CALIFORNIA

Calico Print-shop~Calico Ghost Town,

Box 638,

Yermo, California 92398

Tel. 619-254-2632.

Nine antique coin machines.

"The Nethercutt Collection', (Merle Norman Cosmetics, Classic Beauty),

15180 Bledsoe Str.,

Sylmar, California 91342

Tel. 818-367-1085

Collection très importante/Huge Coll./Sehr grosse Sammlung.

WeIte Cottage orchestrion, Mechanical violin, Automatic Banjo, Wurlitzer Theatre pipe organ, Hupfeld-Dea Vorsetzer, reproducing pianos, cylinder & disc music boxes, Emperor Piano.

Dress code: No jeans, shorts, halter tops, thongs, or sandals; also no flash cameras, movieVideotaping, and or sound recording equipment.

No children under 12.

Tours Tue.-Sat, 10am and 1:30pm by reservation only call: Mon.-Fri. for reservations, 818-367-2251.

www.nethercuttcollection.org

Musée Mecanique,

The historic Cliff House,

San Francisco, California

Collection Zelinsky/Zelinsky Sammlung

(Not in MBSI Listing)

Palo Alto, Stanford University, Hoover Tower Carillon,

(California, south of San Francisco)

48 bells manual or automatic (pinned drum) carillon at the Hoover Tower.

(Belgian make "Michiels" 1938, restored in 2000).

The only one of its kind in the United States.

Visit by very special appointment only.

Bibl. Ref. : V. News Bull MBSI n°ree; 167, July-August 2002

Scotty's Castle (Death Valley National)

P.O. Box 579,

Death Valley, California 92328

Tel. 619-786-2392.

Welte 3 manual 15 rank pipe organ with Welte piano and Welte or Wurlitzer roll-player; Welte Mignon reproducing piano; Deagan Tower Chimes with automatic mechanism and roll player.

Grounds open 7am to 6pm. Tours every hour on the hour from 9am-5pm.

Tours are offered more frequently during the busy season.

- NEVADA

Mark Twain's Museum of Memories

109 S.'C' Street,

Box 449

Virginia City, Nevada 89440

(Near Reno)

Tel. 702-847-0454.

Unique player pianos and nickelodeons, juke box, phonographs, and a miniature carousel.

- OREGON

International Museum of Carousel Art

500 N 2nd Street,

Hood River, Oregon 97031

A Non-profit 501-C-3 Founded 1983 Dedicated to Preserving the World's Antique Carousels

Our band organs include 2 153s and one 146 Wurlitzers. We also have one Gavioli.

Info: Duane Perron, Phone 360-437-0540 or 541-387-2979