Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz Museum: Exploring Lucy's Legendary Life
4.7
124 Ratings
Jamestown
Discover the Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz Museum in Jamestown, NY. Explore the life of the legendary Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, view original props, and step into the 'I Love Lucy' apartment.
Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz Museum - Memorabilia buffs will love checking out props from the TV show like the cello and professor outfit from the pilot and ‘The Audition’ episodes, and the lion tamer costume worn by Pepito, the Spanish Clown from episode 52, ‘Lucy’s Show Biz Swan Song.’ Plus, see Lucy’s Emmy awards, and make your own Vitameatavegamin commercial at an interactive display.
What's Included
  • Admission to the Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz Museum
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks (available for purchase)
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Guide
Additional Information

Are you a fan of Lucy? Visit the Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz Museum situated in Lucille Ball’s birthplace, Jamestown, New York. Explore the museum and enjoy the ongoing exhibitions, featuring original artifacts and information boards about the unparalleled impact on pop culture by Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. You even get to mimic the famous ‘Lucy, I’m home!’ catchphrase while visiting a duplicate of the ‘I Love Lucy’ apartment.

  • Vouchers are only good for the date and time you purchased the ticket for.
Location
Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz Museum
2 W 3rd St,
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
4.7
(124 Ratings)
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Jmk-pittsburgh
Jul 22, 2024
Enjoyable Visit - The museum was bigger than I anticipated as it’s in 2 different buildings. It provides a good overview of Lucile Ball and Desi Arnaz. The information flow is good and the exhibits are varied and interesting. I found the Desilu exhibit particularly informative. The museum doesn’t go in to much detail about their personal lives. E.g. there’s no mention of Desi’s affairs that led to their divorce. The gift shops (one in each building) sell a wide variety of Lucy-related souvenirs. The museum is about 5-10 minutes off of I-86. It’s definitely worth a stop if you’re driving by.
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Danny_l
Jul 6, 2024
Great experience. From Fan to Super Fan! - It was great to know the inside information that you would never know just being a fan. We went from big fans to Super Fans!
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Wyntervill
Jun 30, 2024
I LOVE The Lucy Museum!! - The staff are wonderful. I loved taking the solo tour, and the gift shop has many items to choose from. It's definitely work the admission cost.
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1opinion67
Jun 29, 2024
A Very Great Exhibit! - A BEAUTIFUL experience! We had such a great time, getting to know a little bit more about the behind the scenes things with Lucy and Desi. It was a lovely tribute to the comedy powerhouse!
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Culture60317056188
Jun 26, 2024
Must see for all Lucy fans! - As lifelong Lucy fans, we decided to make a stop on our way home from Niagara Falls to NYC. We are certainly glad we did. The set recreations and artifacts were amazing and a must see for all Lucy fans. Pay the extra few $ to walk on and take photos on the set (both NY and Hollywood apartments). Would recommend the double admission to the National Comedy Center a few blocks down the road.
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Tracey_l
Jun 16, 2024
Loved it - I had a great time . Awesome place. Staff is amazing. If you are a lucy fan this is definitely a must do. Pay 10.00 to get pictures of yourself sitting on the set.❤️❤️❤️❤️
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Mobile783645
Jun 12, 2024
There is a lot of interesting stuff here. - I learned a lot of interesting stuff about Lucy and Desi. They had a few sets from the show. The museum covered her whole life not just I Love Lucy.
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Sue
Jun 8, 2024
Mother Daughter Day Trip - Myself and my adult daughter took a day trip. We had a blast. Love the museum. We'll do it again sometime. It's a 3 hour drive.
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Katrina
Jul 12, 2024
Definitely worth a visit! - Really fun museum for any fan of I Love Lucy and/or Lucy and Desi. Lots of interesting and cool facts and exhibits. We did not pay extra for the audio tour and didn’t feel like we missed anything. I especially liked being able to record my own Vitameatavegemin commercial! Great gift shop as well.
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Bobbyur
Jun 24, 2024
Fun for a Fan! - The museum is a lot of fun if you are a fan. It is small but it has a lot of nice things from the show to see like costumes, props, the living room and kitchen used on the show and some film clips to watch. You can tour it in about an hour.
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