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Mid America Science Museum

ARUnited StatesHot Springs, AR

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The Mid-America Science Museum is It has 100 hands-on traveling and permanent exhibits. Many permanent exhibits were built in the early 1980s.
Several of Rowland Emett's "things" (kinetic sculptures) are at the museum, including The Featherstone-Kite Openwork Basketweave Mark Two Gentleman’s Flying Machine, and several that appear in the film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang as inventions of the character Caractacus Potts.
One of the museum's permanent exhibits is the powerful conical Tesla coil, which can produce 1.5 million volts of electricity.[1] The museum's building was originally completed in 1982 and designed by architects E. Verner Johnson & Associates of Boston and Stuck Frier Lane Scott Beisner of Jonesboro.
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Machine 3: Designs were:
1) Museum logo,
2) T-Rex head under name,
3) 'Hot Springs National Park=', logo.

Retired Machines/ Designs:

Retired 1: 1) 'Mid America Museum Hot Springs', logo.
Retired 2: 1) Hot Springs National Park logo, 2) Mid America Science Museum spiral logo, 3) Mid America Science Museum T-Rex head.

Retired from Retired 2: 1) 'Mid America Museum Hot Springs National Park Arkansas', Old retired logo.
6/17: logo design changed.

2/21/26: Still working fine and still located in the gift shop which is just to the left of the entrance - JAM
10/14/26: Rolling great on clean copper. KJU TEC# 5201

Machines and designs

3 machines
MachineDesignsCoin type
Machine 33Penny
Retired 1?Penny
Retired 2?Penny

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