Is there a Sports Card & Memorabilia Museum ?

[insidethewrapper]

What is the closest thing to a Sports Card & memorabilia Museum ? Do any exist ? Any suggestions of a place to visit.

[Mrc32]

Baseball Hall of Fame

[Kawika]

Originally Posted by Mrc32

Baseball Hall of Fame

Here is the extent of the vintage cards on display at the BBHoF when I visited four years ago. To the left of this case is another case, somewhat larger with modern cards. Of course, the place is loaded with memorabilia.

[Qcards]

What is the closest thing to a Sports Card & memorabilia Museum ?

The Buy It Now section of eBay....

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Originally Posted by Qcards

What is the closest thing to a Sports Card & memorabilia Museum ?

The Buy It Now section of eBay....

That's funny because it's true.

[Teamsets4u]

Here is a link to an online one.
http://www.sports-memorabilia-museum.com/

Seems like I remember hear a couple years ago that a guy opened Sport Museum in NY but I think it closed within a year.

[npa589]

The one I remember the most is a place called Sports Immortals in Boca Raton, FL. I remember being quite impressed, though that was when I was a lot younger.

Here is a link I found to their site.

http://www.sportsimmortals.com/background.html

Video is kind of interesting if you have the time. The beginning of the video is all aspirational conquests of the owner, Joel Platt. The second half is their collection.

http://www.sportsimmortals.com/video.html

Terrible ending though - gotta love the song choice.

[barrysloate]

I've been to the one in Boca and it has mostly reprints. The owner did not want to have valuable originals on display. So it's kind of disappointing.

[novakjr]

My wife grew up in Lecanto, FL., and would always talk about the Ted Williams museum. Unfortunately, by the time we took a family trip to visit her dad, the museum had been closed and was being moved into Tropicana field. That was about 5 or 6 years ago, and I haven't been back down their since, so I've never been to the old or new one.

Anyways, from what she's described, it seems like there was alot of cards/memorabilia and the such on display, even non-Ted stuff. Probably mostly from around his playing days though. She really doesn't know much about the hobby though, and I don't know what changes have been made since it moved to the Trop. Does anyone have any experiences with the old or new Ted museum?

Someone earlier mentioned the Baseball Hall of Fame. I imagine that place is packed with cards and memorabilia, but I've never been there either. I really need to get there one of these years.

Originally Posted by Qcards

What is the closest thing to a Sports Card & memorabilia Museum ?

The Buy It Now section of eBay....

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