Marin Museum of Bicycling explained

The Marin Museum of Bicycling and Mountain Bike Hall of Fame
Location:	1966 Sir Francis Drake Blvd Fairfax, CA 94930 Phone:[phone]^[1]
President:	Marc Vendetti^[2]
Curator:	Joe Breeze^[3]
Website:	https://mmbhof.org/

The Marin Museum of Bicycling is a bicycle history museum in Fairfax, Marin County, California. It displays bicycles and related items from the 19th century to the present day. The museum's grand opening celebration was on June 6, 2015.^{[4] [5] [6]}

The Mountain Bike Hall of Fame, founded in 1988 in Crested Butte, Colorado, relocated to Fairfax, California in 2014 and became part of the Marin Museum of Bicycling.^{[7] [8]}

Collections

Exhibits include the Igler Collection of 19th-century cycles, arranged to show the evolution of the bicycle from the 1860s velocipede to the 1890s safety bicycle with pneumatic tires.^[9] The museum has expanded the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame Collection to include many key bikes in the evolution of the mountain bike and to convey early mountain bike racing and the development of the mountain bike industry.^[10] The museum also includes a selection of 20th-century road, track, touring, and transportation bikes, as well as a library and archive of cycling books and periodicals, and other related materials and artifacts.^[11]

Organization

The museum was founded in 2013 by Joe Breeze, Otis Guy, and Marc Vendetti, all of whom are Mountain Bike Hall of Fame inductees, and Julia Violich, Keith Hastings, and Lena Estrella. The museum is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and is entirely run by volunteers. The location functions as a cycling cultural center as well as a museum.^[4] The museum is open Thursday through Sunday, 11 am - 5 pm.

Biketoberfest Marin is at the Marin Museum of Bicycling.^{[12] [13]}

External links

• • Phillips, Matt. Marin Museum of Bicycling Brings Cycling History to the Masses. June 2, 2015. Bicycling (Rodale Inc.)
• Marin Museum of Bicycling readies for June opening By Megan Hansen, Marin Independent Journal 04/19/2015
• California Bicycle Coalition » Marin Museum of Bicycling Opens
• New mountain-biking museum opens in Marin, birthplace of the sport by Sam McManis September 4, 2015 The Sacramento Bee

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Notes and References

1. News: 9 eccentric (and totally fascinating) Bay Area museums . 5 April 2023 . . 19 July 2022.
2. Web site: MARIN MUSEUM OF BICYCLING . GuideStar . 5 April 2023.
3. Web site: This Museum Features 200 Years of Biking History . . 5 April 2023 . en.
4. News: Marin Museum of Bicycling boosts cycling culture with grand opening. 2017-05-23. en.
5. • Web site: Marin Museum Bicycling Fairfax . Getty Images . 5 April 2023.
   • Web site: Sullivan . Justin . People gather outside of The Marin Museum of Bicycling and Mountain Bike Hall of Fame during a grand opening celebration on June 6, 2015 in Fairfax, California. Hundreds of visitors attended the grand opening of the Marin Museum of Bicycling and Mountain Bike Hall of Fame to see displays of bicycles that represent nearly 200 years of cycling history. . Getty Images . 5 April 2023 . en-us.
6. Web site: Marin Museum of Bicycling Opens . CalBike . 5 April 2023 . 8 June 2015.
7. News: Lib at Large: Mountain biking’s scribe chronicles the birth of the sport in Marin . 5 April 2023 . . 13 October 2014.
8. News: Mountain Bike Hall of Fame moving to Fairfax, birthplace of the sport . . 2013-08-15 . 2017-05-23. en.
9. News: Marin Museum of Bicycling readies for June opening. 2017-05-23. en.
10. The Roots of Dirt The Design Evolution of the Early Mountain Bike. Staff. WIRED Video. WIRED. 2017-05-23. en-US.
11. Web site: OVERVIEW The Marin Museum of Bicycling and Mountain Bike Hall of Fame. mmbhof.org. 5 December 2013 . en-US. 2017-05-23.
12. Web site: Biketoberfest Marin . Marin County Bicycle Coalition . 5 April 2023.
13. News: Marin Museum of Bicycling in Fairfax holds bike swap . 5 April 2023 . Marin Independent Journal . 3 June 2019.