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Barnegat Bay
Decoy and Bayman's Museum
PHOTO COURTESY OF MRS MARIE DISBROW
Dedicated To
Preserving the Unique History
of the Jersey Shore Baymen
 Located in Historic
Tuckerton, the Museum is a 1,330 square foot replica of a
hunting shanty where you are greeted on the porch by a wax
figure of the late "master" carver Harry V. Shourds,
as if hard at work carving the many decoys he is said to have
supplied market gunners for 40 years.
Exhibits at the museum represent the
life of the Barnegat Bay Baymen and their traditional skills in
boat building, oystering, clamming, blacksmithing, decoy
carving, eel spearing, eel and clam basket weaving, charter boat
fishing, gunning, life-saving, pound fishing, salt hay
harvesting, net mending and knot tying.
Major features and displays include a Barnegat Bay Sneakbox by
Josephus Seaman, a Sea Bright Skiff by National Heritage Fellow
Charles B. Hankins, a Life-Saving Station Exhibit and over 100
decoys and shorebirds carved by New Jersey native sons. There
are also baymen's tools which include tongs and rakes for
oystering and clamming, eel pots, eel spears, shrimp nets,
snapper canes, decoy carving tools, shotguns, old hunting
equipment, antique fishing paraphernalia, sail making tools and
old maritime records and journals. Also an extensive and unique
collection of over 4,000 antique photographs that depict the
life of the Baymen and the Jersey Shore's Barnegat Bay Region.
GENERAL INFORMATION: Museum is open from 10 am to 4:30 pm,
Wednesday thru Sunday. Closed Monday and Tuesday. Admission is
$2.00 and children under 12 are free. Group and student rates
are available upon request.
MEMBERSHIP. Memberships carry special
benefits including free admission, a discount at the Gift Shop,
admission to membership meetings, mailings of the Museum's
Newsletter and publications, and invitations to special programs
and events. Daily operation of the Museum is made possible
through admission income and membership contributions. Your
support will help ensure continued growth and success for the
museum.
For more information on memberships
and rates, group reservations or general information, call or
write:
BARNEGAT BAY DECOY & BAYMEN'S MUSEUM
P.O. BOX 52, 137 WEST MAIN STREET, TUCKERTON, NJ 08087
PHONE: (609) 296-8868
LOCATION: From the New Jersey Parkway
- Exit 58, Rt. 539 and head south to Tuckerton. Turn right on
Rt. 9. As you pass the lake on the right you will see the
Seaport construction on the left. Just past the lake you will
see the Museum on the right. It will look just like the picture
at the top of this page. Turn in before the sign and park near
the rear stairs.
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