Entry No. 48 — the Boise file — filed under: arcade-play

Idaho Pinball Museum

A nonprofit run by collectors who set their machines to free play once you pay the single $10 flat admission, so you bounce from vintage electromechanicals to modern Stern tables without fishing for quarters (a handful of brand-new games by the door are the only exceptions). The collection spans roughly eight decades and is billed as Idaho's largest, machines crammed into a low-key Garden City storefront. It's only open a few nights and Saturday afternoons, which keeps it feeling like a clubhouse for the local pinball tribe rather than a tourist stop.

The move: Pay the one flat admission and turn it into a low-stakes high-score tournament across forty years of pinball, loser buys tacos after.

📍 Before you go Limited hours (Thu/Fri evenings, Sat afternoons); ~$10 flat admission gets you unlimited free play.

• 📍 Garden City
• 💸 $
• ⚡ Big night
• 🌗 Indoors

Where: 4902 W Chinden Blvd, Garden City, ID 83714

Hours: Added 2026-06-24 — confirm current hours before you go.

⚠ Seasonal or scheduled — always check before you go.

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Proof: source 1 · source 2 · source 3 · source 4

last checked: 2026-06-24