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Polson Museum, Hoquiam, WA

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Polson Museum

A Grays Harbor history museum in Hoquiam, housed in a restored 1924 mansion and a campus of related buildings.

1611 Riverside Ave., Hoquiam, WA 98550 · Hoquiam, WA

About Polson Museum

The Polson Museum in Hoquiam, Washington, presents the history of Grays Harbor County. It was founded in 1976 and is a National Historic Site on roughly two acres of parkland given to the City of Hoquiam by the Polson family. A nonprofit historical society runs the museum, while the city maintains the main mansion and grounds. The campus now includes five buildings along Riverside Avenue, including a large locomotive shop that displays logging and sawmilling artifacts, plus an 80-acre forest preserve at Camp Klahanee. Visitors can tour the restored mansion, walk a hillside trail, and see the Burton Ross Memorial Rose Garden and outdoor machinery displays.

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