The New York Mets baseball team has opened its official Hall of Fame and Museum at its Citi Field homeground, which opened in 2009.

The 3,700sq ft attraction features the Mets' two World Series trophies, busts of the Hall of Famers and interactive touchscreens that guide you through various aspects of the franchise's 48-year history, as well as television screens and timelines.

There is also assorted memorabilia, including the ball that Mookie Wilson hit to win Game 6 of the 1986 World Series - voted by fans as the most memorable moment at the historic Shea Stadium - is there, and so is a scouting report on former Met Darryl Strawberry, and a page of handwritten notes from former manager Casey Stengel.

"We opened Citi Field last year, and we thought about how we could enhance the fan's experience," said David Newman, the team's senior vice president of marketing and communications. "Certainly, the notion of recognising our team's heritage - our greatest moments and our greatest players - appealed to us. We thought we would open our Hall of Fame, and we worked hard on it all through the offseason."

"This is our own thing," said Newman. "This is a destination point, and there is certainly no shortage of feedback from our fans. Our fans either called us or wrote to us or we did research on the things they'd like to see at Citi Field, and more Mets history was clearly part of that. And the best way to accommodate that was through a venue like our Hall of Fame. It really provides a connection from past to present to future that our fans said we should focus on.

"This building just opened last year, and it's going to be here for many, many years to come."