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    David Silverman started collecting games many years ago with the intention of one day opening a permanent museum. Silverman has a collection of around 900 pinball games, ample knowledge of the history of the game. The museum's main objective is to teach others about the game of pinball and the historical aspects of the time periods each game comes from.

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    David Silverman started collecting games many years ago with the intention of one day opening a permanent museum. Silverman has a collection of around 900 pinball games, ample knowledge of the history of the game. The museum's main objective is to teach others about the game of pinball and the historical aspects of the time periods each game comes from.

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    ! pinball M
    arie Antoinette, the French
    queen often associated with
    the famous phrase “Let them
    eat cake!” may not be the first person
    one might associate with the game of
    pinball. But after a conversation with
    the informative pinball aficionado and
    museum curator, David Silverman,
    one’s ideas about pinball, and its histo-
    ry, change dramatically.
    Silverman is a long-time collector of
    pinball machines and he knows a thing
    or two about them, beyond the fun-
    value of game play. He started collect-
    ing games many years ago with the
    intention of one day opening a perma-
    nent museum, and this fall that dream
    is coming true.
    National Pinball Museum is a 501
    (c) (3) non-profit organization that pro-
    vides family-friendly cultural experi-
    ences, as well as historical and techni-
    knowledge of the history of the game,
    and the ability to restore games, the
    museum’s visitors couldn’t ask for a
    better host.

    A LEARNING EXPERIENCE
    One of Silverman’s main objectives
    in opening a museum is to teach others
    about the game of pinball and the his-
    torical aspects of the time periods each
    game comes from. “Pinball teaches us
    our history,” Silverman said. “These
    games are pop icons.”
    In fact, Silverman has several games
    linked directly to historic events. “I
    have one game called Coronation,
    which was built for the coronation of
    Queen Elizabeth II,” said Silverman.
    He has games ranging from 1870 to
    present time and some are particularly
    rare. He has a number of prototype
    machines collected specifically for use
    cal education about pinball to the com- in a museum.
    munity. Its new permanent home in One prototype, the Bagatelle,
    Washington, D.C., is set to open in the prompts Marie Antoinette’s entry into
    Shops at Georgetown, a popular shop- this story. According to Silverman, in
    ping, dining, and entertainment center 1776, Antoinette made a bet with her
    in the heart of the city. brother-in-law. She bet him that he
    The city of Washington, D.C., would couldn’t turn a hunting lodge into a
    Let them play

    be hard pressed to find a more quali- castle in only 60 days. He mastered


    fied person to open a pinball museum that renovation in a time where many
    than David Silverman. With a back- French citizens were living in poverty.
    ground in Fine Arts, a collection of That house became known as the
    around 900 pinball games, ample “Chateau de Bagatelle” (bagatelle

    SCORING
    SUCCESS

    David Silverman

    PLAY METER 72 NOVEMBER 2010

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