Fw: [meteorite-list] Directions to American Meteorite Museum

[Jose Campos]

Hi Gregory,

Tks for sharing your pics.
The one of the Museum in its heydey is certainly a most interesting document of historical info!

José Campos
 Portugal

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Sharkkb8 at aol.com 
To: daistiho at hotmail.com ; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com 
Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 6:28 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Directions to American Meteorite Museum


 daistiho at hotmail.com writes:
  Does anyone have good instructions on how to locate the old museum?  Do we need to contact anyone about prowling 
  the property?
The ruins of the museum are impossible to miss, once you've turned gotten to the Meteor Crater exit from the highway.  As you head off the highway and begin to go toward the crater, there will be a gas station on your right, and a road that leads toward the fully-visible Museum ruins on your left.  That old road toward the Museum is (barely) paved, and it may or may not be actual Route 66 pavement.  Nininger's Museum was always advertised as being right on Route 66 but I'm still unsure if the road from the gas station to the Museum is actually a remnant of "The Mother Road" or not.

As to permission/accessibility, I've heard various reports -- it seems to depend on whom you talk to.  When I went there for the first time, I had been told in advance that the Museum ruins were on private property and trespassers would be prosecuted if caught.  However, in chatting with employees of that nearby gas station, they said, "Sure, no problem, go on up and take a look."     So I did.   ;-)

The Museum in its heyday:

http://members.aol.com/sharkkb8/AMM.jpg

And the way it looks now (with the rim of the crater in the distance)

http://members.aol.com/sharkkb8/AMM2.jpg
http://members.aol.com/sharkkb8/AMM3.jpg

Have fun!

   Gregory

J. Gregory Wilson
2118 Wilshire Blvd. #918 
Santa Monica, CA 90403
USA
(310) 913-2598


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