MAY 18, 2017 // 7
History & Hops salutes Beach Bill
FILE PHOTO
Oregon Gov. Tom McCall stands in front of Cannon Beach’s Surfsand Motel, ca. 1967.
SEASIDE — In honor of
the Oregon Beach Bill’s
50th anniversary, the next
installment of the Seaside
Museum’s History & Hops
series is “For the Love of
our Beaches,” to be held 6
p.m. Thursday, May 25, at
Seaside Brewing Company
(851 Broadway St.).
Presented by Elaine Mur-
dy-Trucke, a Seaside native
and executive director of
the Cannon Beach Histo-
ry Center & Museum, the
discussion will cover the
circumstances and history
that led to Oregon Governor
Tom McCall’s infl uential
trip to Cannon Beach and
the ensuing legislation that
has kept the Oregon Coast
public.
“When fi rst introduced,
the bill faced steep opposi-
tion,” the Seaside Museum
wrote in a release. “Ulti-
mately Oregonians fought
for their beloved beaches.
And so it is that today, 50
years later, this beach is
yours and mine and ev-
eryone’s, to treasure and
protect, forever.”
History & Hops events
are held on the last Thursday
of each month, September
through May.
The Seaside Museum &
Historical Society (570 Ne-
canicum Dr.) is a nonprofi t
whose mission is to “col-
lect, preserve and interpret
materials illustrative of the
history of Seaside and the
surrounding area.”
For more information,
visit seasidemuseum.org.
Seaside Aquarium celebrates 80th birthday
SEASIDE — The Seaside
Aquarium, the oldest pri-
vately owned aquarium on
the West Coast, is marking
its 80th anniversary.
From 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Thursday, May 25, aquar-
ium admissions will be
rolled back to the original
1937 prices: Adults pay 15
cents, children 10 cents,
and seal food will cost $2
per tray. The currency will
also be a 1930s throwback:
The aquarium is taking
cash only for the day.
All proceeds from that
day’s admissions and seal
food will be donated to
the Friends of Haystack
Rock and the Wildlife
Center of the North Coast.
Both organizations will
have representatives and
displays set up inside the
aquarium.
“To celebrate our anni-
versary, Seaside Aquarium
would like to give back to
those who have support-
ed us thought the years,”
aquarium staff wrote in an
email.
The aquarium’s daily
operations rely complete-
ly on admissions and gift
shop sales.
When it was founded,
the organization’s primary
goal was entertainment.
“The dark interior was
meant to create the feeling
SUBMITTED PHOTO
The Seaside Aqurium in 1937
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The Seaside Aquarium
of swimming through
an ocean cave at a time
when respiration-aided
diving was virtually
unknown,” aquarium staff
wrote.
In the last several
years, the aquarium’s fo-
cus has shifted to include
education and community
involvement.
For more information,
contact Tiffany Boothe at
seasideaquarium@gmail.
com or 503-738-6211.
Seal
Seaside Museum celebrates
International Museum Day
SEASIDE — The Seaside Mu-
seum will observe Internation-
al Museum Day by offering
free admission Saturday, May
20. In addition, the museum
will hold an open house that
day from 1 to 3 p.m.
This year’s theme for
International Museum Day
is “Museums and contest-
ed histories: Saying the
unspeakable in museums,”
the International Council of
Museums announced.
The theme focuses on
how museums benefi t
society by becoming hubs
for “promoting peaceful
relationships,” according to
press materials.
“It also highlights how
the acceptance of a contest-
ed history is the fi rst step in
envisioning a shared future
under the banner of reconcil-
iation,” the museum noted in
a release.
The goal of this year’s
International Museum
Day is to explore ways of
understanding “the incom-
prehensible aspects of the
contested histories inherent
to the human race. It also
encourages museums to play
an active role in peacefully
addressing traumatic histo-
ries through mediation and
multiple points of view.”
The Seaside Museum
(570 Necanicum Dr.) is open
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday
through Saturday, and noon
to 3 p.m. Sunday. More
information can be found at
www.seasidemuseum.org.