Classic Arcade Pinball Museum — Attraction in Chattanooga

The Classic Arcade Pinball Museum is located on Broad Street in Chattanooga, Tennessee. If you are of a certain age, it is a must stop for the memories of youth.

First, the bad. The Pinball Museum is expensive unless you spend the entire day here or go every day on a Membership pass. The cost for one day was currently $20 in 2023. You can play every machine for free, but unless you spend a long time playing, you will not get any value to your visit. There is no cost to play the arcade and Pinball machines except for the high admission price. Despite this, it was aggravating that the Pinball machines were not level but tilted to one side. In addition, both the Pinball and Arcade machines all displayed wear on the components which diminished the fun factor of playing the machines.

Now the good. There are numerous Pinball and Arcade machines to play for free. There were Pinball machines to play from the 1970s to Pinball machines released this year. There were history sheets on each machine, giving it a more Museum quality. Most of the flippers on every machine had rubber wore down or had a poor response feel. The Arcade machines also exhibited a poor response feel. Still, there was an incredible variety of machines to play. It was cool and unique to play so many variety of machines in one place.

If you love Pinball and Arcade games, the Classic Arcade Pinball Museum is a must visit. It is expensive and I didn't get a Museum experience, but it was nice to play machines of my youth. Looking at you, Kiss Pinball and Centipede/Galaga Arcade. I will visit again and it is...

It was a rainy day on our trip and we were looking for something to do that was inside. My husband absolutely loves pinball machines, so this was an obvious choice for us. The experience was really amazing and nostalgic, but there were a couple of downsides that kept me from giving it a 5. Probably the biggest negative for me was the admission price/setup. There's a flat fee for adults and children, and it was a bit steep for us. I think it would be really cool if they had a different fee structure where people could come in for a certain amount of time for a cheaper rate, though I can see how that might be tedious to keep up with based on the amount of staff that they had that day. There's no way that a family like us (we have a six year old) can really take advantage of the value in an all day pass for almost $20 per person. Aside from price, it was a bit disappointing that they didn't have any merchandise/gift shop options, and they also didn't have any concessions except candy bars and chips. A great deal of the games were out of order because they were scheduled for maintenance, but there's nothing that can be done to avoid that. All-in-all, my husband loved being able to play games, and it was fun to walk around and look at all of the different games and art styles, but it hit the wallet hard for a very...

Great time playing many classic and a few current era pinball machines. Every machine has a placard with the history and era about it. A good variety of games to play of all arcade type (even video games). The staff knows everything about the pinball machines and can have a good conversation about them. The owners maintain the machines themselves and know all the different components. They even have some EM pinball machines which are Electro-Mechanical, the first kind of electric pinball machines. I took the kids and had a great time, the place is very clean and kid friendly but the place is a museum quality establishment so it isn't a place for them to go wild. It is an excellent location for a meetup for multi-families to come together because you can come and go all day. And just for all the "Ready Player One" fans out there, they have Joust so you can practice up before your matchup for...