The Polson museum has always presented to its visitors the values that everyone in Hoquiam cherished and adored and that is a deep sense of pride in its past and heritage. Since 1976, when the widowed Mrs. Polson donated her mansion to the city, the old home of the Polson family has been the caretaker of the town's rich history and traditions.
The owner or the beautiful mansion was the late Arnold Polson, who got all of the six thousand five hundred square foot property as a very generous wedding gift from his bachelor uncle Robert Polson. The opulent home was erected in 1924 and was only eclipsed in magnificence by Arnold's childhood home that once in the past stood right beside his own house.
When the Polson mansion was donated to the city it took all of thirty three years of hard work and fundraising to complete the refurbishment and reconstruction needed to bring back the wonderful house to its original opulence. To give visitors a sense of how magnificent it was when it was a private home, pictures of circa 1941 scenes depicting each of the mansions rooms with all its stately decor and furnishings are displayed in each of the very same rooms are displayed.
Nowhere else can you find such a broad compilation of Grays Harbor heritage. The museum is on constant look out for objet d'art from the past and present, with a single minded purpose, to conserve local heritage for future generations. Polson museum is a proud owner of two thousand photographs from all slices of Harbor and the history with beautiful scenes of Harbor geography and social life depicted for visitors to appreciate.
Polson museum uses seventeen rooms to display its exhibits out of the twenty six rooms that the museum occupies. These rooms are used to display countless artifacts, documents, and photographs of the rich and colorful history of the Polson family and the community they belonged to. Among the displays are the Little Railroad in the logging room, historical exhibits inside the sports room, children's room, a period costume room, and the stairway gallery. A favorite among children is the Polson's daughters' childhood doll house.
There is also a vast Native American exhibit in the museums dining room as well as the Polson family's exhibit. A beautiful and dazzling China display can also be seen and a rebuilt 1920's kitchen that is tempting to use can bring visitors to the different eras of the Grays Harbor area and how it grew to be what it is today.
One of the main attractions of the Polson Museum in the near future is the $750,000 dollar Railroad Camp building that measures 80 by 40 feet and is hoped to give visitors a genuine feel of how logging back in the good ole days must have been. The building is intended to house the extensive and very interesting heavy- machinery collection of the museum.
The Railroad Camp building will also have on display a machine that is direct from Hoquiam's logging and railroad past, a 65 ton Tacoma Steam Donkey that will sit atop a railroad flatcar with a speed track. There will also be pictures of early logging and railroad life giving tourist an emotional as well as genuine experience. - 39815
The owner or the beautiful mansion was the late Arnold Polson, who got all of the six thousand five hundred square foot property as a very generous wedding gift from his bachelor uncle Robert Polson. The opulent home was erected in 1924 and was only eclipsed in magnificence by Arnold's childhood home that once in the past stood right beside his own house.
When the Polson mansion was donated to the city it took all of thirty three years of hard work and fundraising to complete the refurbishment and reconstruction needed to bring back the wonderful house to its original opulence. To give visitors a sense of how magnificent it was when it was a private home, pictures of circa 1941 scenes depicting each of the mansions rooms with all its stately decor and furnishings are displayed in each of the very same rooms are displayed.
Nowhere else can you find such a broad compilation of Grays Harbor heritage. The museum is on constant look out for objet d'art from the past and present, with a single minded purpose, to conserve local heritage for future generations. Polson museum is a proud owner of two thousand photographs from all slices of Harbor and the history with beautiful scenes of Harbor geography and social life depicted for visitors to appreciate.
Polson museum uses seventeen rooms to display its exhibits out of the twenty six rooms that the museum occupies. These rooms are used to display countless artifacts, documents, and photographs of the rich and colorful history of the Polson family and the community they belonged to. Among the displays are the Little Railroad in the logging room, historical exhibits inside the sports room, children's room, a period costume room, and the stairway gallery. A favorite among children is the Polson's daughters' childhood doll house.
There is also a vast Native American exhibit in the museums dining room as well as the Polson family's exhibit. A beautiful and dazzling China display can also be seen and a rebuilt 1920's kitchen that is tempting to use can bring visitors to the different eras of the Grays Harbor area and how it grew to be what it is today.
One of the main attractions of the Polson Museum in the near future is the $750,000 dollar Railroad Camp building that measures 80 by 40 feet and is hoped to give visitors a genuine feel of how logging back in the good ole days must have been. The building is intended to house the extensive and very interesting heavy- machinery collection of the museum.
The Railroad Camp building will also have on display a machine that is direct from Hoquiam's logging and railroad past, a 65 ton Tacoma Steam Donkey that will sit atop a railroad flatcar with a speed track. There will also be pictures of early logging and railroad life giving tourist an emotional as well as genuine experience. - 39815
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