The ball rolls up to you, you insert your fingers into special holes, spin either by inertia, because the ball is so heavy, or to impress the audience, and finally throw, putting your foot gracefully...It would seem that after such a swing there would be a strike. But the slippery and bright ball rolls into the groove. And all the pins remain in place...don't worry, there is a place in Arlington where you can both learn bowling skills and learn a lot of interesting facts about this sport. This place is called the Bowling Museum, which is part of the International Bowling Center.

How old do you think bowling is? You will never guess. It will make your chin curl. Among other exhibits in the museum, there is a mummy. The real mummy, which is about five thousand years old. This guest from the past has a bowling ball in its hand. Yes, this sport is so old. Bowling is one of the oldest sports in the world.

The museum appeared in Arlington relatively recently. The bowling center used to be in St. Louis. The move was good for the museum: it has grown. So now the International Bowling Museum is 100,000 square meters of balls, skittles, interesting facts, famous athletes, and one mummy.

The museum has a Hall of Fame. There are powerful and famous people: among the stars are famous athletes such as football player Lynn Swann and baseball player Tom Candiotti.

If you want to be like them and also show up in the Hall of Fame, take lessons from professionals. You will be shown and told how to perform the role as well as introduced to the latest scientific research in this area.

First of all, at the Bowling Museum in Arlington, you will be surprised that this sport has its own museum and even such a huge one.