Porter Thermometer Museum
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"Fun with the Family"
Dick Porter’s motto for his museum (the world’s only) is “Always open and always free with over 5,100 thermometers to see.” This retired Lexington school teacher will amaze you with tidbits about his unusual collection, the largest in the world (he is in both the Guinness Book of World Records and Ripley’s Believe It or Not).
Porter has been featured on countless television shows and articles, and he is in great demand on the lecture circuit (he has given more than 700 lectures). Given his popularity, he is very interested in imparting his knowledge to every visitor and converting you into a “thermometermaniac.”
Among the thermometers that he is most proud of are the pill-size thermometers swallowed by John Glenn on his NASA shuttle mission. This is a fun and educational experience. The Plymouth County Convention and Visitor’s Bureau awarded the Thermometer Man its Hospitality Award for Tourism in 1998 as well as the Science Educator of Cape Cod for 1998. Governor Mitt Romney commended Dick for promoting the world of thermometry and for taking mercury thermometers out of circulation to help the environment.
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"Fascinating and bizzare"
I went to the Porter Thermometer Museum a year ago while on a road-trip visiting family in Cape Cod with the kids. This collection of 4,100 thermometers belongs to just one man! It was fascinating. There were thermometers made into just about anything you can imagine - earring thermometers, pill size thermometer... just about every animal that I can think of was in there with a thermometer attached to it. Several were foreign, others antique and some of used by astronauts. One from Alaska reads to minus 100. The world famous Thermometer Man (Richard Porter) is himself quite a character and has earned his way into the Guinness Book of World Records. This museum is "Always open and always FREE." A great roadside stop that the kids found it amusing.
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