museum of the north beach

Nice quaint museum with a lot of area history, you use to be able to take the train there from Seattle it only took 2 days. There is a glass blowing shop there also and plenty of quality souvenirs.

This small museum has a rich history of the North Beaches of Washington State. Nestled just north of Pacific Beach heading into Moclips, you will find a variety of items from long ago until the recent Japanese Tsunami. Worth the stop.

Really great small museum, you will definitely learn some facts about this wonderful area. the volunteers are knowledgeable.

This is a great little museum, full of flotsam and jetsam gleaned from the beautiful area beaches as well as some local logging and railroad treasures. Admission is free (donations appreciated) and the volunteers are a wealth of knowledge about all things local. A great way to spend a rainy afternoon!

This is a nice place to spend some time looking at the history of the area. Enjoyed talking to man that was there. Did not get his name.

Small museum jam-packed with local treasures. Very interesting. So much to look at that we couldn't do it justice. We got a good sense of the history of the area, though.

Try to find a time when either Kelly or Lee are there. They are real historians of the North Beach. Something new is on display with every visit.

The museums were all closed! While we searched for various local sights to explore, even the Indian Cultural Center in Quinault was closed since the gal that runs it was "busy".

This wonderful non-profit museum operated by volunteers and a small staff, is extremely active and continually growing and improving. The "North Beach" of the Washington coast includes several resort areas starting with Ocean Shores, including Oyhut, Ocean City, Pacific City, Copalis, Moclips and the Quinalt Indian Reservation's village of Tahola. Its history and collections at the museum start from the era when the Northern tribes used to hold Potlatches, trading goods as well as mixing families along the coast, from Oregon to Alaska. The North Beach had an enormous impact by the Great Depression, where families would set up camps and harvest the vast amount of seafood in order to feed their families. The wealthy also "found" the North Beach and over the years established enormous resorts and hotels - some of which ended in ruin due to ecomonic and weather conditions.Many stories were generated from the rich diversity of people who lived and visited there. One famous book - a best seller in the 1950's, LADY ON THE BEACH, was written by Nora Berg who lived in Ocean City. John Wayne starred as a detective in McQ, which was filmed in Seattle and at the Moclips Beach. During World War II, the Navy was active with aerial practice along with for-real monitoring of the coast - with hundreds of service people located at Moclips and Pacific Beach. All these are portrayed at the Museum.Famous people visited, and some lived in, the area. John Wayne, Pat Boone, Ginny Sims, and many more frequented the area.The museum has hundreds of displays of the area and, after a walk to the Moclips beach, one can see for themselves the power and grandeur of the Washington Coast.Stop by and be sure to put some money in the donation jar so the museum can remain for generations to come.

This museum is great. Small in space but big in history. I am a Washington native and love to learn about my state and this is a little hidden gem on the Washington coast. Worth the stop!

If you love the ocean and beach like I do, this little hole in the wall is a must see. Not only do the have decent exhibits about the history of the area and local native tribes, but they have a great collection of stuff that has washed up on the shores over the years.

We have been to Moclips many times and this was our first visit to the museum. Off season the hours vary and even in the summer they were open more than days posted.There are many, many artifacts! Plan to spend plenty of time looking at the all and listening to the volunteers.My favorite item was an old Chinese metal pot that washed up many years ago.

There is a lot to see in this small museum. There is history of the area and artifacts that you won't see anywhere else. Go see it!

Very interesting little museum that tells the story of the the historic North Beach. I liked the photos of the old train station and the turn of the century trains that came up the coast.

A very small place, run by volunteers. The staff are very engaging. Lots of photos of a bygone, much more prosperous era.