National Lighter Museum

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"The National Lighter Museum (NLM) has thousands of lighters on display for viewing. Some hundreds of years old - table models, pocket models, advertising, WWI, WWII, Zippos, Ronsons and more. The only museum of its kind in the World, dedicated to collecting and preserving the history of the evolution of lighters. You will enjoy the warm and friendly atmosphere of the historic town of Guthrie, Oklahoma. Representing over 100,000 years of lighters & Fire starters, with 30,000 pieces on display when completed. Man's first reverence was to fire and the man with the knowledge of fire. If Man's first discovery was fire,Then it stands to reason, his first invention was a way to make it. Through the centuries, man's ingenious ideas and discoveries of new technologies has been used in the form of lighters mystifying and captivating generation after generation. From man's and woman's earliest existence they saw the importance of fire and the ability to be able to create it. Through the ages as man's knowledge grew so did the sophistication of the the lighter."