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Let's Build a Goddamn Tesla Museum

We're trying to raise money to buy back Nikola Tesla's old laboratory, known as the Wardenclyffe Tower, and eventually turn it into a museum.

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Let's Build a Goddamn Tesla Museum

Let's Build a Goddamn Tesla Museum

Let's Build a Goddamn Tesla Museum

Let's Build a Goddamn Tesla Museum

Let's Build a Goddamn Tesla Museum

We're trying to raise money to buy back Nikola Tesla's old laboratory, known as the Wardenclyffe Tower, and eventually turn it into a museum.

We're trying to raise money to buy back Nikola Tesla's old laboratory, known as the Wardenclyffe Tower, and eventually turn it into a museum.

We're trying to raise money to buy back Nikola Tesla's old laboratory, known as the Wardenclyffe Tower, and eventually turn it into a museum.

We're trying to raise money to buy back Nikola Tesla's old laboratory, known as the Wardenclyffe Tower, and eventually turn it into a museum.

Matthew Inman
Matthew Inman
Matthew Inman
Matthew Inman
2 Campaigns |
Shoreham, United States
$1,370,461 USD 33,253 backers
161% of $850,000 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal
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Nikola Tesla was the father of the electric age. Despite having drop-kicked humanity into a second industrial revolution, up until recently he's been an unsung hero in history books. If you don't know who Tesla is, go read this.

Tesla's final laboratory is located in the sleepy town of Shoreham, New York.  It's known as Wardenclyffe and it's where Tesla attempted to build a tower that would provide free wireless energy to the entire earth. Unfortunately, Tesla lost his funding before the project was completed and in 1917 the Wardenclyffe tower was demolished.  Subsequently, the land was sold to a film and paper manufacturer.


However, the land, laboratory, and foundation beneath the tower are still there and very recently went up for sale. And right now a non-profit is trying to buy the property and turn it into a Nikola Tesla Museum. The property is listed at $1.6 million, and this non-profit has received a matching grant from New York State of up to $850k.  This means that if we can raise $850k, New York State will match us for that same amount -- putting the total raised at $1.7 million.

There is currently another offer on the table from someone who wants to purchase the property potentially tear it down or turn it into a retail establishment. There is no Tesla museum in the United States, despite Tesla's extraordinary accomplishments.  If we can outbid this other person and buy the land it will permanently be protected as a historic site and eventually converted into a Nikola Tesla Science Center. 

The folks behind this project are a 501(c) non-profit organization and they've spent the past 15 years trying to find a way to save this property.  This IndieGoGo account is linked directly to their bank and all the funds will go directly to them.

Even if we raise the full amount and end up with $1.7 million, this isn't enough to build an actual museum / science center. But it will effectively put the property into the right hands so it can eventually be renovated into something fitting for one of the greatest inventors of our time. 

Internet, this is where you come in: HELP ME BUILD A GODDAMN TESLA MUSEUM.


More details about the campaign can be found over here.

The Indiegogo campaign is linked directly to the bank account of Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe, formerly known as Friends of Science East, Inc. It is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization registered with the State of New York.

*Wardenclyffe photo via DamnInteresting.com



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Tesla loves the number 3

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And if you donate $3, Tesla will love you too. If he were alive today he'd totally high-five you and compliment your haircut and/or mustache.
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Glossy Tesla Photo

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An 8X10 portrait of Nikola Tesla, printed with a glossy finish.
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Tesla > Edison bumper sticker

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Wardenclyffe T-Shirts

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Baseball Cap

$100 USD
T-shirt PLUS baseball cap with Wardenclyffe logo.
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Signed Tesla Geek Booklet

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$333 will get you a signed, numbered booklet (like a mini comic book) of "Why Nikola Tesla was the greatest geek who ever lived." http://theoatmeal.com/comics/tesla They'll be signed and numbered by Matthew Inman, AKA The Oatmeal, and we're only doing a limited run of these booklets.
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Autographed Tesla Poster

$1,000 USD
A limited edition autographed Wardenclyffe poster signed by Tesla’s last remaining relative, William Terbo. Also includes t-shirt, baseball cap, and thumb drive with Wardenclyffe logo.
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Autographed poster

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