Dave Silverman asked on Facebook yesterday for volunteers to help put the finishing touches on the National Pinball Museum for its grand opening on December 4, 2010. The museum was bustling with busy people when I arrived Saturday morning. I helped out all weekend by assembling, cleaning, and moving games. The museum still needs more help get ready for opening.

Pinball machine collector David Silverman brought nine of his games to the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC on Halloween Day 2009 to promote his planned National Pinball Museum. Smithsonian visitors could play Silverman's games before and after his 90-minute lecture about pinball history and art.