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The Marin Museum of Bicycling
and
Mountain Bike Hall of Fame
Map
Location1966 Sir Francis Drake Blvd
Fairfax, CA 94930
Phone:(415) 450-8000[1]
PresidentMarc Vendetti[2][3]
CuratorJoe Breeze[2]
Websitehttps://mmbhof.org/

The Marin Museum of Bicycling is a bicycle history museum in Fairfax, Marin County, California. It displays bicycles and related items from the 19th century to the present day. The museum's grand opening celebration was on June 6, 2015.[4][5][6]

The Mountain Bike Hall of Fame, founded in 1988 in Crested Butte, Colorado, relocated to Fairfax, California in 2014 and became part of the Marin Museum of Bicycling.[7][8]

Collections

Exhibits include the Igler Collection of 19th-century cycles, arranged to show the evolution of the bicycle from the 1860s velocipede to the 1890s safety bicycle with pneumatic tires.[9] The museum has expanded the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame Collection to include many key bikes in the evolution of the mountain bike and to convey early mountain bike racing and the development of the mountain bike industry.[10] The museum also includes a selection of 20th-century road, track, touring, and transportation bikes, as well as a library and archive of cycling books and periodicals, and other related materials and artifacts.[11]

Organization

The museum was founded in 2013 by Joe Breeze, Otis Guy, and Marc Vendetti, all of whom are Mountain Bike Hall of Fame inductees, and Julia Violich, Keith Hastings, and Lena Estrella. The museum is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and is entirely run by volunteers. The location functions as a cycling cultural center as well as a museum.[4] The museum is open Thursday through Sunday, 11 am - 5 pm.

Biketoberfest Marin is at the Marin Museum of Bicycling.[12][13]

References

  1. ^ "9 eccentric (and totally fascinating) Bay Area museums". The Mercury News. 19 July 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  2. ^ a b "This Museum Features 200 Years of Biking History". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  3. ^ "MARIN MUSEUM OF BICYCLING". GuideStar. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Marin Museum of Bicycling boosts cycling culture with grand opening". Retrieved 2017-05-23.
  5. ^
  6. ^ "Marin Museum of Bicycling Opens". CalBike. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  7. ^ "Lib at Large: Mountain biking's scribe chronicles the birth of the sport in Marin". Marin Independent Journal. 13 October 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  8. ^ "Mountain Bike Hall of Fame moving to Fairfax, birthplace of the sport". Marin Independent Journal. 2013-08-15. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
  9. ^ "Marin Museum of Bicycling readies for June opening". Retrieved 2017-05-23.
  10. ^ Staff, WIRED Video. "The Roots of Dirt | The Design Evolution of the Early Mountain Bike". WIRED. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
  11. ^ "OVERVIEW | The Marin Museum of Bicycling and Mountain Bike Hall of Fame". mmbhof.org. 5 December 2013. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
  12. ^ "Biketoberfest Marin". Marin County Bicycle Coalition. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  13. ^ "Marin Museum of Bicycling in Fairfax holds bike swap". Marin Independent Journal. 3 June 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2023.

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