Retired aeronautic engineer and author of 10 books on puzzles, Jerry Slocum, has donated his collection of more than 30,000 items.
Visitors will not only be able to see some rare items, but try to solve some of the mind-benders by playing with replicas.
Slocum, also a former vice president at Hughes Aircraft, said that he was passionate about puzzles since he was a child.
"My father was an engineer. When he would come back from a trip, he would bring me back puzzles instead of toy guns," Slocum said.
"At the age of 10 years, I bought with my allowance my first Chinese rings. I solved it in two weeks. I was so delighted. It was such a thrill and was such a great satisfaction that it's been a life changing experience."
Over the years Slocum collected myriad puzzles - wood polyhedrons, Japanese secret compartment boxes, puzzles vessels that use water, and interlocking puzzles.
The famous Rubik's Cube, invented by Hungarian mathematician Erno Rubik and still one of the best selling puzzles ever, is on display in its original box from 1980 and signed by Rubik.
Mechanical French, German and Dutch puzzles from the 17th century are also on display.
Slocum describes his puzzles as "an example of human ingenuity."
To succeed in resolving these brain teasers he says, one "needs patience and flexibility of thinking. I enjoy mathematics but it's not a requirement," he said. "You have to look at different ways."