| NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL
OF FAME
 The
best known repository for the artifacts and memorabilia
of baseball - or any sports for that matter - in the world.
Located in Cooperstown, New York, the location of the
origin of the game as we know it today, the Hall of Fame
and Museum was officially dedicated on June 12, 1939.
Attendance from all over the world has an average of 350,000
visitors going through its doors each year. The Hall of
Fame also features a comprehensive library with thousands
of baseball-related books and documents available for
study by fans, researchers, and journalists.
Opened year round.
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and
Museum
25 Main Street
Cooperstown, NY 13326
1-888-HALL-OF-FAME
http://www.baseballhalloffame.org
LOUISVILLE SLUGGER MUSEUM
 Opened
in 1996, the Louisville Slugger Museum is nearby the factory
where the famous wood baseball bats are made, and have
been since J.A. "Bud" Hillerich made a custom
bat for Pete Browning in 1884. The museum houses thousands
of articacts, including hundreds of bats actually used
by baseball's greats, and the records of their custom
bat orders, photo archives, and lots more. Meeting halls
are available for rent, and tours and special events take
place year 'round.
Opened year round.
Louisville Slugger Museum
800 West Main Street
Louisville, KY 40202
502/588-7228
http://www.slugger.com/museum
BABE RUTH BIRTHPLACE
AND MUSEUM
 First
opened as a shrine to baseball's most famous player of
all time in 1974, and expanded to include the museum of
the Baltimore Orioles and Baltimore Colts. Ruth was born
in this house in 1895, and it was almost torn down in
1985, saved at the last moment when it was decided to
preserve it as a shrine to the Babe as well as for all
fans of the National Pastime. Includes rare artifacts,
photos, etc., of Ruth as well as the local Baltimore baseball
history.
Open April through October 10AM - 5PM, and
until 7PM on Orioles home game days; November through March,
10AM - 4PM. Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years.
Babe Ruth Birthplace & Museum
216 Emory Street
Baltimore, MD
410/727-1539
http://www.baberuthmuseum.com
NCAA HALL OF CHAMPIONS
 Opened
March 2000 as a museum for the artifacts, records, films,
memorabilia, etc., of all the National Collegiate Athletic
Association sporting events (including but not limited
to baseball), from 1921 through the present. State-of-the-art
displays cover two floors and 35,000 square feet in the
NCAA Office Building.
September through May, 10AM - 5 PM Monday
- Saturday, Noon - 5PM Sunday.
June through August 9:30AM - 6 PM Monday - Saturday, Noon - 5PM
Sunday.
NCAA Hall of Champions
One NCAA Plaza
700 West Washington Street
Indianapolis, IN 46204
800/735-NCAA
http://www.ncaa.org
LITTLE LEAGUE MUSEUM
 The
Peter J. McGovern Little League Museum features rare artifacts
from Little League's earliest days from 1939 onwards,
in displays and photos, right up to the present. Adjacent
to Little League Headquarters and overlooking Howard J.
Lamade Little League World Series Stadium.
Open every day except Thanksgiving,
Christmas and New Years. Rt., 15, South Williamsport, PA
http://www.littleleague.org/museum/index.htm
 NEGRO
LEAGUE BASEBALL MUSEUM
The Negro Leagues Baseball
Museum opened in Kansas City, Missouri in
January 1991, located in the Historic Lincoln Building
(18th and Vine Historic District). It is now housed in
the Museums at 18th and Vine Complex. The new Negro Leagues
Baseball Museum features a 10,000 square-foot multi-media
exhibit. It includes two film exhibits, two video exhibits,
and 15 computer interactive stations. The gallery
is arranged on a time line of African American and baseball
history from the 1860s-1950s. The centerpiece is the "Field
of Legends" which features 12 life sized bronze cast
sculptures of the most important players in Negro Leagues
history.
Open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. - Tuesday
through Saturday, Noon to 6 p.m. - Sunday, Closed - Mondays
Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
1616 East 18th Street
Kansas City, MO 64108
(816) 221-1920 Fax Number: (816) 221-8424
http://www.nlbm.com
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