Advantages: Free admission, accesible for disabled visitors Disadvantages: Only a few machines
Officially known as the Mechanical Memories Museum this is a small museum that enjoys a location right on Brighton's seafront. It is located in an area known as "The Arches" which stretches either side of the pier and the museum lies just to the west of the pier, but very close to it, maybe less than 100 metres away. The Arches is the name given to the area that occupies the space below the promenade at beach level. Since the promenade is raised ... ...to the existence of The Mechanical Memories Museum; otherwise I would have certainly missed it. I was intrigued by the sign that proclaimed that this was “an old fashioned penny arcade” and to grab my attention further it was apparently "as seen on TV". Admission to the museum is completely free but best of all the exhibits inside are actual working machines. Each of these machines has been lovingly restored by a dedicated group of volunteers and ...
micksheff 19.06.2009
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