08 Lunch Box Museum – Columbus
A sense of nostalgia smites those of a certain age when entering this amazing collection of over 3,500 metal lunchboxes with matching thermoses. In 1920, plain metal lunchboxes were appealing the youth of America, but they were plain and uninspired. Disney was the first to offer manufacturers iconic characters by way of applied decals. Between 1951 and 1985 only 450 metal lunchboxes had decals. These are collectibles and rare pails can go for over $2,500. In the 1970s, angry moms lobbied that metal lunchboxes were being used as weapons and were too dangerous. The last metal box was produced in 1985.
