Is there a Sports Card & Memorabilia Museum ?

[Bill Stone]

Not cards -but bats -I always recommend a trip to the Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory. Follow that with a Louisville Bats game at Slugger Field and you can have a nice day of baseball.

[insidethewrapper]

So there is a place for bats and the Hall of Fame for Memorabilia but not a place for just cards. It would be great to see a collection showing the artwork etc of cards from the 19th to the 21st Century.

Too bad all the great collections seem to be getting broken up in major auctions. I'm sure their are some great collections out there that a museum could be built around. Seems like a few have tried before but always failed.

[Jaybird]

What about the Jefferson Burdick collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC?

[Kawika]

Originally Posted by Jaybird

What about the Jefferson Burdick collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC?

Considering what Burdick contributed to the Met, what is on display is decidedly on the meager side and situated in a remote corridor with as much dignity as an afterthought. There were about a dozen framed groups like these ranging from 19th century A&G's to 'fifties Topps.

[SMPEP]

Hi,

There is a great private museum here in LA (although my father-in-law and I each found a mistake in the museum!) and it contains all kinds of memorabilia including 2 rooms dedicated to baseball cards (with a T206 Honus Wagner on display, as close as I'll ever get to one!), and there is a section of FB cards and a section on basketball cards.

Honestly it is an amazing place, and everyone should go.

here is the link:

http://www.sportsmuseumla.com/

Cheers,
Patrick