“Yes, we’re a well-kept secret,” says Museum Director and Pacific Coast Cranberry Research Foundation board member Melinda Crowley. “I think a lot of people on the Peninsula don’t even know we exist.”
What’s fun about the museum is that North Coast residents might take their culture for granted because they’re swimming in it. But cranberry farming on the coast has a 100-plus-year history.
Learn about Bog Boots and the Seven Bounce Test, Weed Whackers and Dibbles.
Don’t miss the gift shop, which is filled to the brim with things cranberry. Some items are unusual, including cranberry soap, body and hand wash, cranberry muffin room freshener and cranberry shower gel. There are also cranberry candles and cards. On the wall are several beautiful circular wreaths made of red cranberry vines.
Entry to the museum is free of charge.
Read the full story in the Daily Astorian, where you’ll also find a recipe for Ruth Crowley’s Cranberry Crisp.
