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Lunch Box Museum

River Market Antiques and Art Center, Columbus, GA
706-653-6240
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Ranked #11 of 17 attractions in Columbus
Type: Speciality Museums
Owner description: Take a trip down memory lane at this zany museum that has a collection of over 3,000 different metal lunch boxes from the 1951 Hopalong Cassidy model... more » Owner description: Take a trip down memory lane at this zany museum that has a collection of over 3,000 different metal lunch boxes from the 1951 Hopalong Cassidy model to 1970s favorites like Charlie's Angels and the rare 1980s E.T. box. « less
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Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 27 May 2013

This place is about as unique as it gets- a lunch box museum is not something you come across in traveling. They have a very large collection and I can remember a lot of the lunch boxes once I saw them. I even spotted my beloved poodle lunch box that I had forgotten about. The flea market that surrounds the... More

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Columbus, Georgia
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 13 April 2013

Far more extensive than you would ever imagine. Literally, thousands of antique lunchboxes for sale. Although pricey, if you're in the neighborhood it's worth the visit. At the back of a strange "antique mall," initially it's hard to find. But once there, you'll enjoy shopping for other antiques.

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Washington DC, District of Columbia
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 2 April 2013

Vacationing with some friends & kids and picked this as a joke to do something funny. This museum was so great! They have so many lunchboxes, TV trays and such. This place was like stepping back in time to when I was a kid. Our young kids all really enjoyed it too!

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North Carolina
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 20 December 2012

Happy to hand over the $5 bucks to see this huge collection of lunch boxes. Maybe because I loved my lunch boxes, it was about the only thing that I remember liking about school was buying a new lunch box, oddly the only one I remember was Scooby Doo. What really shocked me about the Lunch Museum was that it... More

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Colorado Springs, Colorado
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2 of 5 stars Reviewed 16 November 2012

Went with a friend, and it was kind of disappointing. It's more like a garage sale than a museum. There are a bunch of lunchboxes, but they're not cleaned up and not in great condition. It's located in the back of a thrift store type building where other stuff is sold. The only fun part was a little nostalgia from... More

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Birmingham, Alabama
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2 of 5 stars Reviewed 13 October 2012

The lunch box museum is housed in a small part of the "International Marketplace" and you have to pay $5 just to go in that little corner. As the rest of the place was not that great, didn't feel that might be worth the price considering there was 4 of us. The actual antique market was ok--way overpriced and smelled... More

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Marble Rock, IA
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 9 May 2012

$5.00 to enter..not bad. But you must also tour the free section. This place has it all, from dolls to model trains to collectable fishing poles. All for sale.

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columbus, ga
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1 of 5 stars Reviewed 23 April 2012

This is inside a very large warehouse of very nice antique furniture and assorted items. The warehouse is nice and offers good deals on furniture BUT the lunch box museum is a "room" that is roped off and they charge you $3 to enter to see them. I don't know about you but I'm not paying $3 per head to... More

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Germantown, New York
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 3 February 2012

I had read about this place on the Roadside America website and fully intended to see it before leaving Columbus! I read about it several months ago and thought it was a cool place to check out. There is conflicting information on the internet on whether or not this place is actually open, but I can tell you, that it... More

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Atlanta, Georgia
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 19 January 2012

Located across the street from the Civil War Naval Museum in a large farmers market, this is quite a surprise. Over 2000 lunch boxes. I think mine was either Howdy Doody or Hopalong Cassidy - both of which I found. It's in a hugh antique warehouse just full of interesting objects - including old cars!

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