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Marsh's Free Museum
Attractions include an Alligator man, authentic shrunken head, and two-headed calf
Category Unique Collections, Mummies, Purveyors of Curiosities
Marsh's Free Museum is a roadside stop that lures you in with more than tacky seashell gifts (though they have plenty of those too). The walls and ceiling are lined with various knick knacks from snake skins to weapons to bee hives to soviet military metals.
The main attraction at Marsh's, however, is "Jake the Alligator Man," a mummified half-man half-alligator. Visitors can easily spend the better part of an hour browsing Marsh's taxidermy collection, which includes a two-headed calf, a cycloptic lamb, a two-headed pig, and a shark. A real (or so it is claimed) shrunken head is also on display.
From "mechanized antique gaming machines and peepshows, there is no end to the marvels one uncovers in every nook and cranny," according to Marsh's official website.
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- Hours Winter: 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.; Summer: 9:00 a.m.-Close. Call to verify.
- Website Marsh's Free Museum
- Address 409 S. Pacific Ave., Long Beach, Washington, United States
- Cost Free.
- Roadside America: Marsh's Free Museum: http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2973
- Yelp: Marsh's Free Museum: http://www.yelp.com/biz/marshs-free-museum-long-beach
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what a great memory. every time we went to long beach as kids we tried to get our parents to go to Marsh's .. it didn't work every time ... but we went plenty! Love it.
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Anonymous
January 10, 2010
i love that place i went there once and spent hours in there. its like the curiosity shop -
Anonymous
June 21, 2009
This is in Washington State.
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Anonymous
June 19, 2009
Wrong Long Beach!
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Anonymous
June 19, 2009
This place is actually in Long Beach, WASHINGTON.
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