I stumbled across the Beer Bottle Museum today while online.
https://www.tbbm.org/
Anybody familiar with this museum? Their web site says tours are available ranging from $50 to $150 per person depending on how many people are in your group. I am wondering if this museum is simply somebody's personal collection and they are offering to show people around their basement. The pictures look cool but I don't plan on spending that much to see the bottles in person.
Just wondering . . .
Beer Bottle Museum of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
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Re: Beer Bottle Museum of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
I plugged the address into Google Maps and looked at Street View and it's a house. My assumption is that it's somebody's personal collection in a basement.
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Re: Beer Bottle Museum of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Chas (the owner) is a regular poster on the Facebook bottle groups.
Prices seem pretty high for a basement museum....
Prices seem pretty high for a basement museum....
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Re: Beer Bottle Museum of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
That's Charles Ford. he used to live in Michigan & likes Michigan Bottles. I've sold him a few Bottles from Michigan & not from Michigan.
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Re: Beer Bottle Museum of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
I'm on Chas's group page on FB. He does have some impressive bottles, many I've watched go through eBay and then be posted by him a few days later. Some were quite pricey. Maybe he's trying to cover his cost of his bottle purchases. Still seams high to see a personal collection, could be more to the story though.