National Amusement Park Historical Association Information

The National Amusement Park Historical Association, (NAPHA) is an international not-for-profit tax-exempt corporation dedicated to the preservation, documentation and enjoyment of the amusement and theme park industry - past, present and future. NAPHA is the worlds’ only educational and enthusiast organization dedicated to all aspects of the amusement or theme park. The organization’s purpose is to preserve, through documentation, the history of the amusement park and theme park industry, past and present; to promote, through knowledge and awareness, the enjoyment of amusement and theme parks; to inform members and the public, through our publications, about historical and current information regarding the amusement and theme park industry; to furnish educational presentations to libraries, civic groups, private clubs or any organization about the amusement and theme park industry; and, to bring together people with a mutual interest in the amusement and theme park industry. The NAPHA Archives includes printed materials, correspondence, blueprints, photos, press releases, and NAD newspaper clippings. Other material in the NAPHA Archives include information on fun houses, roller coasters, water rides, miscellaneous rides, trains and locomotives and amusement parks. NAPHA continues to add materials such as reference books, magazines, brochures and press kits, photos, postcards, slides and videotapes and other artifacts to the Archives and author-donated amusement books.