page_title: Museum of American Heritage
section_title: Collection
hierarchical_section_title: Museum of American Heritage / Collection
caption_attribution_description: Jim's adding machine. Part of the Bay Area LEGO Users Group display at the [:en:Museum of American Heritage] in Palo Alto, CA. The display was on public view until January 6, 2008. Photos by Bill Ward.
context_page_description: The Museum of American Heritage is a museum in Palo Alto, California. It is dedicated to the preservation and display of electrical and mechanical technology and inventions from the 1750s through the 1950s. The museum has a large collection of artifacts that are generally not accessible to the public. Selections from the collection are displayed in a historic house at 351 Homer Ave, Palo Alto, California. MOAH is a 501 non profit organization and a member of the American Alliance of Museums.
context_section_description: The museum has a mission to collect and preserve artifacts, electrical and mechanical in nature, that were invented or built from the 1750s through to the end of the 1950s. The museum accepts donated artifacts that meet these criteria for inclusion in the collection.
  The MOAH collection is housed in a remote warehouse and is seldom open to the public. Categories typical to the collection include: sewing machines, mechanical typewriters, cameras, radios and televisions, clocks, toys, adding machines and mechanical calculators, and kitchen appliances. There are over 5,000 accessioned artifacts in the collection and many more that are display items, extras, or permanent loan items. It is reported to be one of the largest collections of its kind in the United States.
  Items from the collection are used for MOAH permanent and rotating exhibits. Other museums and institutions are able to borrow items from the MOAH collection for their exhibits or other displays. Organizations that have borrowed exhibit materials from MOAH include the San Francisco International Airport museum, the Los Altos History Museum, San Jose State University theater department, and the Stanford Federal Credit union.
  The museum collection database is currently only accessible during public hours at the main museum location in Palo Alto.
caption: Adding machine constructed from Lego pneumatics by a member of the Bay Area LEGO Users Group
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