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The Museum has been moved and is now part of the Tuckerton Seaport complex. Current information may be found at the following sites.

Select here [ www.tuckertonseaport.org/museum.htm ] for Our New Site.
Select here [ www.tuckertonseaport.org ] for Our Tuckerton Seaport Page.
Select here [ www.tuckerton.com/seaport.htm ] for Tuckerton's Seaport Page.
Select here [ www.tuckerton.com ] for the Tuckerton Home Page.

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.

The Tuckerton Seaport needs your support.


The reconstructed Tuckerton Lighthouse
at the New Tuckerton Seaport.
NOTICE - The Bayman's Museum has now provided it's own Web Site
Select here [ www.tuckertonseaport.org/museum.htm ] for Our New Site.
Select here [ www.tuckertonseaport.org ] for Our Tuckerton Seaport Page.
Select here [ www.tuckerton.com/seaport.htm ] for Tuckerton's Seaport Page.
Select here [ www.tuckerton.com ] for the Tuckerton Home Page.
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