Lucille Ball Museum: Explore Iconic TV History

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: 24 hours
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…

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
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Eh204
Sep 22, 2025
Well worth your time and money! - We really enjoyed this museum! It was well done and easy to transition through the time lines. To realize how truly driven she was, what they stood for, and how they sought to bring about change in society, on top of their busy lives was just amazing. She was truly amazing!!! As for fun, well that was the reason we went in the first place, but it was so much more. This was well worth the ticket and our time. I advise you not to miss it, if you are in the area.
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Kathryns962
Sep 17, 2025
Who Doesn't Love Lucille Ball?! - Part of a tour with a group I escorted to this area. Loved this Museum which has and east and west gallery covering Lucy and Desi's life as well as Lucy and Ricky Ricardo's adventures. Lots of clips to watch and gift shops for both galleries.
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Jackie_c
Sep 15, 2025
Loved The Lucy Desi Museum. - There is so much information and pictures and Clothing and Awards to see. It’s so amazing going through this museum.
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Jillkm76
Sep 14, 2025
Loved it! - Give yourself plenty of time to tour. There is so much information to take in. Letters, costumes, sets from the show...so much to see!
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Barbaral404
Sep 3, 2025
Definitely worth the time - What a fun place! Brought back a lot of memories, for sure. Interesting information about the background of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. They were really a powerful couple and were able to accomplish a lot more than just comedy.
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Voyager558782
Jul 28, 2025
our girl Lucy trip - So much to see in this museum! Laid out beautifully. A wonderful museum of the lives and careers of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. I would go again! Amazing experience!
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Missloralane
Jul 27, 2025
Fantastic Museum - The Lucy and Desi museum the right in the middle of Jamestown, city center. It’s right down the block from The National Comedy Center. If you visit on the weekend, parking is free on the street. You can also park free at The National Comedy Center’s parking lot, which is a couple blocks away. If you visit during the week, there are parking meters. The museum itself is split between two buildings, but they’re right next to each other on the same block. The first building is about Lucy’s TV show and her claim to fame, and the second building houses information about her life. Both buildings have gift shops. The museum also has a recreation of her TV show set, with the living room, kitchen, and the California set as well for those episodes. There’s a lot of memorabilia, props, costumes that she wore, and also her Mercedes. You could easily spend two hours or more at this museum. Unfortunately, we didn’t have enough time or allotted enough time because a staff member at The National Comedy Center told us that it would only take us an hour to go through. But that was so far from the truth! We actually spent two hours, but actually needed more time than that. We would totally go back to this museum since we felt like we missed some things. And it is so fascinating to learn that Lucy had some ground breaking ideas that came to fruition on her TV show. She was the first one to incorporate her own pregnancy into a TV show, and that was something during the 1950s. There was also other technology groundbreaking ideas that she and her staff implemented that is now used today in television.
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Ed_s
Jul 19, 2025
Comedy at its finest. - It was a fun time though I wish I knew about the combo tickets with the Lucy/Desi museum and the National Comedy Center.
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Andream2011
Jul 7, 2025
B&W Television Memories Brought to Life in Color - If you enjoyed watching the shows, this is a lovely way to learn more about its stars and the production. Seeing various costumes and sets live and in color was so much fun! Realizing the impact Lucy & Desi had on Hollywood (3-camera filming and the concept of residuals for running of shows years later) was unexpected. The lists of shows that were filmed on their lot or that they had a hand in producing was impressive. Leaving the museum, you have the opportunity to walk a few blocks and see murals of Lucy & Desi.
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Louisey747
Sep 7, 2025
Fun visit - If you are a fan of "I Love Lucy", this a fun museum. It is interesting to see her career/life before TV. I spent about 1 1/2 hours.
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Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).