Museu Sanahuja

Private museum in Sabadell with a large collection of pinball machines, arcade games, jukeboxes and slot machines, visited on request.

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Limited operations. Private collection: visits only on request by email.

About the museum

The Museu Sanahuja grew out of the Sanahuja family’s passion for the world of gaming and entertainment. Over some twenty years the family acquired unique and collectors’ pieces from all over the world until it had built a private collection which, according to its website, is today one of the largest private museums in Europe devoted to the history of the gaming sector. Behind the project is Jaume Sanahuja, president of the MGA group.

The collection is housed in an industrial shed in Sabadell of more than 3,000 square metres and, according to the specialist press, comprises around 600 machines, which are kept in working order through periodic technical checks. It is organised into four sections: arcades, pinballs, jukeboxes (gramolas) and slot machines (máquinas tragaperras).

The museum does not operate as a regular open centre: the website invites enquiries to receive information about the collection and how to visit it, and the press notes that visits are arranged in advance. In 2022 it hosted the first international pinball tournament in Catalonia.

Highlights

Pinball machines from the first bagatelle games of 1910 to current models
Classic arcade games such as Pong and Space Invaders, and driving simulators
More than 75 jukeboxes from 1905 to the present day, including a 1917 Nickelodeon piano
Handcrafted slot machines, including a 1900 Chicago
Machines kept in working order

Permanent exhibition

Colección de máquinas recreativas – Four sections — arcades, pinballs, jukeboxes and slot machines — with pieces from the early 20th century to the present day.