Stark's Vacuum Museum

Stark's Vacuum Museum, also known as Stark's Vacuum Cleaner Museum, is a vacuum cleaner museum in Portland, Oregon. It showcases more than 100 vacuums from the late-1800s to the 1960s within a 10 feet (3.0 m) x 40-foot (12 m) section of the Stark's Vacuums store. Admission is free.[1] Pieces include a 1930s cardboard model, a Duntley Pneumatic that attaches to the ceiling, an Electrolux on runners, and hand-pumped vacs.[2]

Stark's Vacuum Museum
Exterior of the store that houses the museum, 2016
Location in Portland, Oregon
Location107 Northeast Grand Avenue
Portland, Oregon, United States
Coordinates45.52392°N 122.66099°W / 45.52392; -122.66099
Websitestarks.com/vacuum-museum

Reception

The museum has been called "quirky" and included in lists highlighting the more peculiar aspects of Portland ("Keep Portland Weird").[1][2] In 2014, CNN reported that the museum averaged around a dozen visitors per month.[2] USA Today called the guides "highly knowledgeable".[3]

gollark: Er, sorry, I mean you should use a SQLite database to store your things.
gollark: Advanced "text file" technology.
gollark: > You agree to the following Unicode characters: א U+05D0 HEBREW LETTER ALEF and ⬡ U+2B21 WHITE HEXAGON.
gollark: Please note that this is considered immediately and retroactively binding.
gollark: An update has been made to the PotatOS privacy policy.

See also

References
  1. "Stark's Vacuum Cleaner Museum". Metro Parent. Metro Parent Publishing, Inc. May 8, 2012. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
  2. Grout, Pam (January 14, 2014). "Only in Portland: 5 quirky things". CNN. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
  3. Logan, Gabi. "What to Do in Portland, Oregon?". USA Today. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.