Flash Museum

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The Flash Museum is a museum that appears in stories published by DC Comics. Located in fictional Central City, the museum is dedicated to the superheroes sharing the alias of the Flash, with its primary focus on Barry Allen. It first appeared in Flash vol. 1 #154 (August 1965).

The museum features various exhibits on the Flash, including his battles and his rogue's gallery of foes. Also featured at the museum as a centerpiece in recent comics is the cosmic treadmill, a device that allowed Flash to travel to other dimensions and across time.

In addition to the exhibits, the Flash Museum also contains a vast storage of various artifacts and weaponry that the Flash has encountered. Depending on the story, some of these weapons are actually part of public exhibits, and are occasionally used during a fight.

The museum's curator since its founding has been Dexter Miles, a former actor before retraining for his current profession.

The museum has been destroyed and subsequently rebuilt several times during the careers of both Barry Allen and Wally West. The museum was last destroyed in Flash vol. 2 #196 (May 2003), and a rebuilt museum was shown in Flash vol. 2 #208 (May 2004).

In the Teen Titans story arc, "Titans Tomorrow", set ten years in the future, the whole of Keystone City was converted into a huge Flash Museum.

[edit] Other media

The Flash Museum appeared on the Justice League Unlimited episode, Flash and Substance. True to form, it was destroyed in the fight between the Flash, Batman, Orion and several members of the Flash's rogues gallery.

A huge statue of the Flash was built in front of the museum. Among the exhibits are Jay Garrick's helmet, the Kid Flash costume, and a globe with miniature Flash and Superman racing around it and a plaque that reads "The Fastest Man Alive" as a reference to the Superman: The Animated Series episode in which this version of the Flash was introduced.