Capturing history
Seaside Museum features a
variety of new exhibits
BY PATRICK WEBB
If You Go
Seaside Museum & Historical Society,
Butterfi eld Cottage and Garden
570 Necanicum Blvd., Seaside
The Seaside Museum & Historical Soci-
ety has reopened with volunteers eager to
welcome visitors to its rejuvenated galleries.
“It’s all about the story,” said Tita Mon-
tero, the museum’s vice president and a Sea-
side city councilor. “It is just wonderful for
us to open the doors again and have people
come through. … We are having a lot of fun
sharing the new exhibits and the new look.”
Montero is beyond excited to get back to
“normal” — though she said that the corona-
virus pandemic shutdown gave the group an
excellent opportunity to spruce up galleries
and artifacts without having to work around
visitors.
“We have been able to take advantage of
that,” Montero said. “We want to do a lot of
things but when we are open to the public …
well, you can’t stop the world. COVID gave
us the ability to try new things.”
Changes
A new feature highlights 100 years of
the Seaside Promenade. The singular land-
Open 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Fridays and Satur-
days
Admission by donation
mark is celebrated with a photo exhibit
at the Seaside Library. A commemora-
tive event is planned Aug. 7. Full details,
including a planned time capsule, will be
announced later.
Through August, the museum is hosting
the Oregon Historical Society’s traveling
version of its permanent exhibition, “Ore-
gon Voices.” It highlights key players in
modern Oregon since the end of World War
II, including Native Americans, Oregonians
who fought for and against social change,
and the role of the land itself.
Another new museum exhibit features
“Lulu,” a large art piece of a woman div-
ing that was fi rst featured on the walls of
the Seaside Natatorium (now the World-
Mark site) to advertise swimming. Another
A sign heralds the way to the museum.
highlights a 1910 Meier & Frank swimsuit
made of light wool serge, complete with a
modest skirt.
Montero hopes visitors will be intrigued
Levi Daniel Coff man artwork titled “Crown
of Thorns,” a rectangular frame of inter-
locking pieces of wood with an unusual
secret.
“I think people are surprised and can’t
believe that something with so many pieces
to it doesn’t have one nail in it,” Montero
said.
Sets of color-coded maps from the San-
born Map Co. reveal how the community
has changed. One shows Seaside in 1921
with the 1940s on the reverse.
“It is really quite fascinating,” Montero
said.
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