Paul Stanley Museum

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The Paul Stanley Museum is dedicated to preserving and celebrating the rare animated advertising displays created by the Paul Stanley Company, a pioneering San Francisco-based design firm that operated from the late 1940s to the late 1960s.

Opening in Los Angeles in 2026, the museum will serve as the world's first and only institution focused entirely on these iconic mid-century motion signs - vibrant, mechanical works of art that once promoted beloved brands like Pepsi, Coca-Cola, Hamm's Beer, Burgie Beer, and Mother's Cookies.

These were not typical advertising signs. They were in-store point-of-sale displays - animated, illuminated, and motorized to capture the attention of shoppers in grocery and liquor stores across postwar America.

- They blinked. They waved. They sparkled. They sold.

The Paul Stanley Museum will curate the largest known archive of these advertising treasures, showcasing a rotating collection of restored originals, behind-the-scenes engineering, historical documentation, and brand collaborations from a golden era of American consumer design.

From bubbling beer mugs to winking mascots, the museum preserves the whimsical craftsmanship and creative energy that helped shape modern marketing.



This spectacular Hamm's display, the first of its kind and featuring the bear on a motor scooter, was installed in the Jay Vee Liquor store in Berkeley, Calif., one of the largest retail stores of its type in the state.
Shown with the display are Paul Stanley (left), designer and creator of the unit and Ed Jensen, sales promotion manager for both West Coast divisions. The unit was erected just prior to Father's Day with the help of James Price, Jay Vee store manager and Harold Lawson, supervisor of the Harry Rathjen Co.. Hamm's distributor in Oakland.

- Archive. Restore. Inspire.
- Opening 2026 in Los Angeles
- paulstanleymuseum.com

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