One Family's Private Museum of Retro-Future Artifacts - Atlas Obscura
AO Docs

One Family's Private Museum of Retro-Future Artifacts

The Kleeman family has a massive collection of Space Age toys and memorabilia. Today, the private Space Age Museum is an extensive archive spread out across the Kleeman home and converted haybarn in Connecticut. 

RELATED TO THIS VIDEO
Inside Connecticut's Secret Museum of Retro-Future Oddities
Robots, rockets, and UFOs are all hiding in a quaint New England barn.
Read More
Latest
AO Docs

One Family's Private Museum of Retro-Future Artifacts

4:43

What NASA Is Looking for in Yellowstone National Park | Untold Earth

6:59

In Maine, the Art of Basketry Hangs On By a Thread

0:00

The Story Behind This Giant Rock in the Middle of a Field | Untold Earth

7:34

Why Does This Sea Glow in the Dark? | Untold Earth

8:26
Show More Videos
Most Read Stories
Elsewhere on Atlas Obscura
Scranton, Pennsylvania

Olde Good Things

Grand architectural relics gain a new life in this Pennsylvania warehouse.
Ferndale, California

Champion Cow Graves

Pay your respects to three butterfat queens.
Traditional wooden nutcrackers await the finishing touches at the Füchtner family workshop in Germany, where the iconic style is said to have originated.
toys

The Family Behind the First Traditional Nutcracker Is Still Making Them

Wilhelm Füchtner's iconic 1870s design began a legacy that continues in the same small workshop in Germany's Ore Mountains.
Carole Rosenblat December 5, 2023
Kulasekharapatnam, India

Arulmigu Kulasai Mutharamman Temple

Every year, massive crowds flock to this 300-year-old temple to celebrate a unique, goddess-centric Hindu festival.