Seaside Museum & Historical Society — Local services in Seaside

I grew up coming to this small town museum, however this was the first time coming in almost 5 years. Today we arrived and when we walked in I asked for the restroom when I got into the bathroom there was an unflushed toilet. While in the restroom they advised my date that it was disrespectful to come in and ask for the restroom. When I got out of the restroom we had the intent of walking around and exploring but they demanded that we had to leave a donation because they didn't have to let us use the bathroom or come in. They said " you need to sign in with your information so we know who you are and we are donation based so we will take any offer you have, however we let you use the restroom so you have to pay, we take cash or card, we could have made you leave as soon as you asked to use the restroom" very unprofessional and disrespectful.. if you had better customer service and were not quick to judge you would have reoccurring customers but this was...

A nice place to stop and learn about the history of Seaside with a restored beach cottage next door.

The exhibits take you through the events and places that made Seaside a great beach destination.

The Lewis & Clark Expedition Exhibit tells you about the effort to identify the site of the salt works in Seaside.

The other exhibits include the Seaside Signal Newspaper Linotype machine, the 1912 fire that burned through the town, the development of the Prom, old hotels, and much more.

The Butterfield Cottage tour shows you the rooms as they were used in a boarding house with a number of vintage exhibits and items.

Located on Necanium Drive across from the river and near Broadway.

Admission is free and donations are suggested.

One of the places to stop and learn about the development of Seaside as a beach destination and to take a tour of an old...

We went to go check out the museum as I thought it would be fun. A guy with a long braided ponytail proceeded to tell us it was run by donation basis and THEN proceeded to tell us if we wanted to step inside we would need to give a donation. At that point we just said thank you for the information and left. Last I checked DONATIONS are for people who want to give whatever they can. Second if the place is in SUCH bad need of donations maybe its time you actually give the gallery an overhaul with renovations and make the museum actually worth coming to. If the people who run this museum read this... please just fire that guy and THEN give him a dictionary so he knows what the word DONATION means. He obviously hasn't been to other reputable museums that act on a donation basis. He seemed he was coming from a very "small...