A small town in Illinois is the unlikely home of the world’s most famous superhero Superman and a towering mountain in Tennessee holds beneath it a cavernous wonderland.
Visit with Morgan and Adam and hear the story of how the Super Museum came to be. Jim Hambrick founded the Super Museum in Metropolis Illinois in 1993. Before that Jim started collecting superman as a young child. Jim was hired by DC Comics / Warner Brothers in the late 70s to do Superman Museum appearances. The Super Museum has now been open for almost 30 years and houses 70,000 unique items. History of the Superman award. History of Metropolis becoming “The Home of Superman” Help the Super Museum reach their goals by sponsoring one of our Super Museum Brick Program bricks.
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