if you are anywhere near long beach you must visit Marshes - from Jake the Alligator boy to every Penney arcade contraption known to man and lots of stuff between it is truly a museum of oddities and other cool stuff
Full of junk, plastic crap. Some interesting historic items. A few gems scattered in mothball neglected broken down old stuff. Worth 15 minutes of your time if you don't mind wading thru a whole lot of things that should have been dustbinned long ago. Enjoyed the selection of ancient fortune telling machines.
Lots to see and usually requires more than one visit to see it all. Many antiques to buy! Glass floats and old stuff everywhere!
This place is actually a tourist store that is RIFE with curios like old weapons on display to skeletons!Do not miss if you are an old-fashioned vending machine from the early 20th century buff!!If you like Ye Old Curiosiity Shoppe in Seattle, you'll LOVE this place!A trip to Long Beach would not be complete without going here!
Every time my husband and I visit the Long Beach Peninsula we have to go to Marsh's Free Museum. This is a wacky, eclectic "not really a museum" gift shop. Don't miss seeing Jake the alligator man. They have jewelry, games, toys, clothes, candy, antique dishes, wind chimes, shells and many more fun and interesting finds.
This is a fun store to look around and view the artifacts. It's worth seeing when in town. They have some antique items, some cool souvenirs for purchase and a mermaid figure similar to the PT Barnum mermaid. This is a fun place to visit.
Oh, Marsh's. How I delight in you. Every possible souvenir, shot glass, shell, sweatshirt, one could want, with a strange little museum to boot. It's a favorite location when I visit the peninsula.
Whenever we visit Long Beach we have to stop in Marsh's Museum. It is so much fun to look around. There many interesting antiques to check out and the alligator man. Some of the gifts in the shop are unique so you have to stop in a take a peek. Very engaging!
Neat little store in town with a museum which includes oddities,i.e. two-headed calf; jake the alligator man (I thought he was in Ocean Shores?); etc. The shrunken head was kind of cool too. There are antiques for sale, a little on the spendy side. It is always crowded and very hot in the store. We were saddened that a lot of the old machines were out of order. I can remember when they all worked. Not a good place for little children. It's small and cluttered with racks and such.
A good old curiosity shop and museum. You can spend a couple of hours here easily. Even has a "shrunken head".