
National Disc Golf Museum · Clearwater, Florida
Where Flying Disc history comes alive.
Explore the people, inventions, competitions, art, and communities that shaped disc golf and the wider world of Flying Disc sport.

One object. A larger story.
Design transformed the way the world played.
Connect landmark objects with the inventors, athletes, artists, and communities that carried Flying Disc culture forward.
Open in Clearwater
More history is coming into view.
The museum welcomes visitors across more than 1,000 square feet of displays while an exciting renovation expands historical timelines, refreshes installations, and brings deeper interpretation to the collection.
A remarkable collection
More than 1,200 historical items preserve the origins, growth, and global culture of Flying Disc sports.
1,000+
Square feet of displays
A physical museum filled with objects, stories, records, art, and championship history.
1,200+
Historical items
A growing collection supported by research, documentation, and preservation.
Landmark artifacts
Frisbie pie tins, the Flyin’ Saucer, the Pluto Platter, and Ken Climo’s first disc golf bag.
DISCOVER MORE
Explore the stories behind the collection
Begin with an object, a person, a breakthrough, or a defining moment in Flying Disc history.

COLLECTION SPOTLIGHT
A landmark design takes flight
The Pluto Platter helped transform the modern Flying Disc.

ORIGINS & INVENTION
Fred Morrison and the modern disc
Follow an inventor’s path from flying saucers to a global pastime.

DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY
The engineering behind flight
Patents and profiles reveal how designers changed what a disc could do.

WORLD RECORDS
John Kirkland goes the distance
A signed disc preserves a milestone in athletic achievement.

CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY
Jo Cahow and the 1974 WFC
Objects and reporting reconnect an athlete with a defining event.

PEOPLE & ACHIEVEMENT
The people who changed the game
Meet champions, organizers, innovators, and ambassadors.

POPULAR CULTURE
Before the Frisbee took flight
Imagined flying saucers helped prepare the culture for a new toy.

DIGITAL LIBRARY
Read history in the original
Explore historic publications in the museum’s Mirador reader.