The Flash Museum
The Flash Museum was originally located in Central City and contained memorabelia in honor of those who have held the name Flash. The museum featured various exhibits on the Flash, including his battles and his rogue's gallery of foes. In addition to the exhibits, the Flash Museum housed a vast storage of various artifacts and weaponry that the Flash had encountered. Some of these weapons were actually part of public exhibits, and were occasionally used during a fight. Originally, the museum was founded to honor the achievements of Barry Allen, the first Flash of the modern era and stalwart member of the Justice League of America. As years passed, the museum began showcasing materials as they related to the original Flash, Jay Garrick, as well as Barry's successor, Wally West.
The museum's curator since its founding was Dexter Myles, a former Shakespearean actor given the job by the Flash after his assistance in foiling a robbery.
Arguably, the most famous item on display at the Flash Museum was the Cosmic Treadmill, which had been utilized on numerous adventures to send the Flash backwards and forwards through time, and even to parallel universes.
The museum was destroyed and subsequently rebuilt several times during the careers of both Barry Allen and Wally West. It was relocated to Keystone City after the original was destroyed by Zoom.
After the death of the fourth Flash, a statue of him was constructed outside the museum and a candlelight vigil in his memory was held shortly thereafter.
The statue of Inertia on display at the museum was, in fact, not a statue at all, but the actual villain himself. He had been put in suspended animation by Wally West and forced to look at the statue of Bart Allen as punishment for his part in the young speedster's murder.
Under the influence of Spin, many citizens of Keystone City had been made to hate the Flash, and in response, an angry mob set the museum ablaze.
In the Void Earth continuity, the Flash museum was rebuilt in Central City after the revival of Barry Allen. When Barry and the other Flashes disappeared, Central grieved for them and still do. The Museum acts as a memorial for the missing speedsters and is not yet accepting memorabilia from either of the two new speedsters that have emerged in recent months.
