antique washing machine museum

Want to know all there is to know about washing machines? Then you have come to the right place. It has been years since we visited here....but I have never forgotten...how interesting, informative and complete this collection is. A first class exhibit!

It's small, but really interesting! Another fun place to take visitors to enjoy a little known or thought about piece of history

I had heard of this man’s collection of some old and more recent washing machines, and expected to see 50 or so in a small storage building. I was astounded when I walked into a large building housing Lee Maxwell’s collection of 1400 washing machines of every age and description. What began 30 years ago as a hobby after retiring from his faculty position at Colorado State University has grown into what could be the world’s largest washing machine collection. He has strange looking hand-operated wooden devices, early motor-driven rotating designs and modern electronically controlled machines. Maxwell gives a very interesting narrated chronological walking tour through his treasures. His extensive historical research of these machanical and their manufacturers is impressive. Equally impressive is his shop where he does mechanical and electrical repairs that bring well worn work horses back to life. Maxwell has acquired washing machines from all over the US and some from other countries. This museum shows how technology has changed the way we wash our clothes.

I love it. Enjoyed it. Nice senior field trip. Eighteen Seniors $4 a person for a tour. Thank you Rita Bennett from Westminster.

This is actually in Eaton, not Galeton. It is at the wonderful Eaton Grove nursery. Have Lee show you his museum - one of a kind!