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International Banana Club Museum
Harrison Exhibit Center
16367 Main Street
Hesperia, CA 92345
(760) 244-5488
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International Banana Club Museum
Harrison Exhibit Center
16367 Main Street
Hesperia, CA 92345
(760) 244-5488
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Inside you will find the world's largest collection of banana related items, maintained at the same site in Altadena, CA since 1976, and moved to Hesperia, CA in 2006. The majority of the 17,000 plus contributions have been donated and sent by the members of the club! The Banana Club Museum is now listed in the Guiness Book Of World Records as the the "WORLDS LARGEST COLLECTION devoted to any one fruit! In fact, the Golden Anniversary Book (out in 2004) features the collection and club. This really is a funny place! In the "HARD" section: There are bananas made of brass, glass, lead, wood, plastic, ceramic, cement, soap and gold plated bananas. There are banana pipes, banana trees, pins, charms, belts, magnets, rings, cups, glasses, banana slicers, clocks, musical bananas, banana records, software, knives, and banana lights. You will see the Banana Club golf putter (and the yellow banana balls), the boudoir banana from Italy, the gold sequined " Michael Jackson Banana, a banana "nut" cup and even the world's only infamous "Petrified Banana" (hard as a rock and in the museum since 1975). Banana lamps and lights can be turned on. Lots of banana books are all over the place including four the museum is highlighted in. (Offbeat Museums, etc.) The "FOOD , DRINK and NOTIONS " section displays all kinds of banana candy from the past 25 years, baby foods and juices, banana cereals, all kinds of banana drinks and even banana soda (with and without alcohol), banana tobacco and yes "banana popcorn"! Have you ever seen banana body spray, banana shampoos, banana suntan oils, lipgloss, banana toothbrushes and toothpaste and of course …banana soaps? The "CLOTHING" sections include dozens of banana "T" shirts, shorts, pants, hats, and slippers. There are banana P.J.'s, suits, dress banana ties, scarves, towels, banana ears and the banana nose! The "SOFT" section starts with the eight-foot yellow banana couch! There are hundreds of soft (plush) bananas on display from two inch to six feet in length. There's a banana tent, banana beach mats, and banana warmers (one from Germany)! There are banupets, banenes and banana banks and floats! People don't believe it until they see it. The yellow walls and ceiling feature all types of banana art work, photographs, greeting cards, clocks, news clippings, handmade banana art, banana menus, film strips, and the "lone" banana. Famous people are shown with bananas and scrapbooks from around the world are here too. NOTE: Nothing lude, crude or lucivious to do with bananas is accepted or displayed in this B.M. The Hesperia Recreation and Parks Department is the proud sponsor of the Museum. The Grand Opening in March 2006 was quite an event! All city officials and friends who attended enjoyed a superb banana split! The building is shared with the Hesperia Old Town Museum Collection and can be viewed for FREE on Tuesdays, Thursdays and the first Saturday each month from 9:00am to 1:00pm. A delightful host by the name of Glen Speer, T.B. (Hesperia Top Banana) will greet you with a smile! The "Banana Man Ken" is a Realtor with Century 21 Ludecke of Arcadia and slips in from time to time. T.B. resides in Apple Valley now and is still going bananas! Woddis! We welcome sponsor inquires and donations to support the museum!
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