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 Hoquiam'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.
Visitors to the Polson home turned museum can still get a feel of how it must have been to live in such a stately home as the keepers of the museum, respectfully display photos of the original furnishings and decorations as they were placed by the original owners in each of the rooms that now are used for exhibits. The photos date back to 1941. These displays also give credence to the legacy of the Polson family and their contributions to the society and economy of Hoquiam.
Nowhere else in Hoquiam 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 of Hoquiam, 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 Hoquiam history with beautiful scenes of Harbor geography and social life depicted for visitors to appreciate.
The rooms of the mansion house a massive display of history and culture and seventeen rooms are dedicated to showing the varied collections to locals and tourist alike. The stairway gallery and the different rooms all have special and unique themes that make an effort in presenting Hoquiam's past and the Polson's sense of family and community alive and available to those who wish to partake from its memories. The dollhouse of the Polson's daughter's are a great attraction to children as well as the Little Hoquiam Railroad, which is a favorite for young and old alike.
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 Hoquiam grew to be what it is today.
Another interesting addition to the Polson museum is the Rail Road Camp building that is being constructed and designed to reflect and mirror the beauty, substance and functional qualities of a hundred year old locomotive shed found a few miles north of Hoquiam, Rail Road Camp, to be found in the northeast corner of the Polson Museum property, it stands 80 by 40 feet. The cost of the building is $750,000 and is intended to be the home for the Polson Museums very wide ranging heavy-machinery collection.
Hoquiam and Grays Harbor's railroad history and logging heritage will be well represented in the Railroad Camp in Polson's museum, especially when the 65-ton Tacoma Steam Donkey is well placed on its flatcar with its own speed track. This particular display will focus on Hoquiam's historic trading in lumber and its wide use of the railroad to bring forth progress to the people that call the land where the Polson's Museum call its home.
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.
Visitors to the Polson home turned museum can still get a feel of how it must have been to live in such a stately home as the keepers of the museum, respectfully display photos of the original furnishings and decorations as they were placed by the original owners in each of the rooms that now are used for exhibits. The photos date back to 1941. These displays also give credence to the legacy of the Polson family and their contributions to the society and economy of Hoquiam.
Nowhere else in Hoquiam 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 of Hoquiam, 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 Hoquiam history with beautiful scenes of Harbor geography and social life depicted for visitors to appreciate.
The rooms of the mansion house a massive display of history and culture and seventeen rooms are dedicated to showing the varied collections to locals and tourist alike. The stairway gallery and the different rooms all have special and unique themes that make an effort in presenting Hoquiam's past and the Polson's sense of family and community alive and available to those who wish to partake from its memories. The dollhouse of the Polson's daughter's are a great attraction to children as well as the Little Hoquiam Railroad, which is a favorite for young and old alike.
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 Hoquiam grew to be what it is today.
Another interesting addition to the Polson museum is the Rail Road Camp building that is being constructed and designed to reflect and mirror the beauty, substance and functional qualities of a hundred year old locomotive shed found a few miles north of Hoquiam, Rail Road Camp, to be found in the northeast corner of the Polson Museum property, it stands 80 by 40 feet. The cost of the building is $750,000 and is intended to be the home for the Polson Museums very wide ranging heavy-machinery collection.
Hoquiam and Grays Harbor's railroad history and logging heritage will be well represented in the Railroad Camp in Polson's museum, especially when the 65-ton Tacoma Steam Donkey is well placed on its flatcar with its own speed track. This particular display will focus on Hoquiam's historic trading in lumber and its wide use of the railroad to bring forth progress to the people that call the land where the Polson's Museum call its home.
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