National Roller Coaster Museum and Archives

01/04/2025

Hey everyone, it's Kris from the museum board. If you're new here or have been a fan for awhile, we're glad to have you with us!

No jokes this year, but later this month you can expect:

✅Our latest episode of "Detailing History" featuring Fire in the Hole
✅Registration details for our enthusiast event, "Back to the Museum"
✅Plus, potentially SEVERAL major vehicle donation announcements, with ways you can be part of their final displays!

Thanks again for your support of the museum and its mission - we can't wait to share all the exciting news with you soon!

30/03/2025

On this day 26 years ago: Fabio and a goose unwittingly became a part of roller coaster lore for all of time.

28/03/2025

The original stratacoaster…now just a memory:

The Lex Luther: Drop of Doom attached to the coaster tower will remain in operation.

23/03/2025

If you can support your local, family-owned amusement park...DO IT:

This 70-year-old California theme park opened just before Disneyland. Now it's in trouble.

28/02/2025

Long live the King 👑

27/02/2025

COMING SOON to our YouTube channel: the next episode of Detailing History! We hear it's 🔥🔥🔥.

25/02/2025

Where the fun WAS :(

We still miss you, Joyland Park!

21/02/2025

Roller coasters are just exciting life advice, y'all.

19/02/2025

Definitely a greater than 0% chance these Sellner Tilt-A-Whirl model dolls will haunt you. You've been warned.

17/02/2025

🎼"Reunited and it feels so good!"

Cedar Point Cedar Point Nation Intamin

13/02/2025

DID YOU KNOW?

You can help support the museum AND show your SoCal love with our limited-edition, collector's pins!

Featuring a certain flywheel launch "down on the farm," only 250 of them were made - and they're going fast! Get yours today: https://rollercoastermuseum.org/store

11/02/2025

Full moon tonight? AWHOOOOOOO! 🐺

07/02/2025

Join us this Sunday at noon EST (admit it: you're not gonna watch the game) for our first ever digital event with American Coaster Enthusiasts!

Get a live look inside the museum, see our progress and be prepared for surprises!

REGISTRATION LINK: https://www.aceonline.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1900359

05/02/2025

The OG Giant still lives on.

03/02/2025

Hello everyone and welcome! I'm Kris, the man behind the museum's social channels - it's great to have you on here!

This month may be short, but we've got a lot of great content coming:

➡ An old friend will howl at the full moon...
➡ We'll highlight our retro Schwarzkopf train badges...
➡ Plus our first-ever Digital Event with American Coaster Enthusiasts on Sunday, February 9!

Enjoy the ride!

01/02/2025

If you love dark rides or powered coasters, be sure to tip your hat to Granville T. Woods - because without him, they wouldn’t be possible!

We begin honoring Black History Month with a look at inventor Granville T. Woods.

Over the course of his career, he held more than fifty patents including one for the amusement industry. In 1892 he patented a transit improvement known today as the third rail, the device that allows electricity to power trains without the use of batteries or exposed wires. He originally designed it for trains but later modified it to power an amusement ride known as the Figure Eight Roller Coaster, an invention he first demonstrated at Coney Island.

31/01/2025

How many rides are represented in this shot from our "Buzz Bar?" Closest guess without going over wins!