Blog by Aimee in the PNW & Barb Rocks
Inside the Museum, you can expect to find loads of mannequins, fun facts about the Sea, and lore about mermaids and their origins. I found more information interesting than others, so I am sharing my favorites.
Barb loves a mermaid, this is her contribution to the blog!
The Mermaid Museum costs only $3 for adults and is totally worth the adventure of learning about ocean ecology from “seashore to sea floor” and getting immersed in mermaid lore which all oceanic countries have. I particularly enjoyed reading all the mermaid mythology signs that were tastefully done with folklore tales and tied in to real oceanic facts. In addition to mermaid culture throughout the ages, there are also displays of physical artifacts, such as cannonballs from historic ships, hag stones, coral reefs, and king crabs. No museum experience would be complete without various mermaid and mermen statues, which despite being a bit kitschy, Aimee and I made the most of it, having a blast posing with them.
My favorite part of their mission statement is, “Mermaids in storytelling encourage people to see the undersea environment, not just through the lens of marine life, but through the view of humans in the underwater world, thus helping them better understand the importance of clean oceans, the sea as a living environment, and the reality of ocean exploration as one of the last great adventures on earth.” I feel like the museum really accomplished this and I found the whole experience fascinating, fun, and informative!
Lain and Kim Roberts own the Museum. They want to educate people about the ocean ecology from the Seashore to the seafloor and throw in their favorite mermaid mythology that would appeal to everybody!
We did mention that the Mermaid Museum is at the Westport Winery Garden Resort, but I’m not a drinker, so I can not comment on how good the wine is though I will mention it did win the 2022 Washington Winery of the Year, so it is probably not too shabby.
To learn more about the Winery check out Barbs blog →
Let’s chat about the most famous mermaid – the Starbucks logo
Terry Heckler designed the first Starbucks logo. He based the famous two-tailed siren on a 16th-century Norse woodcut.
The siren is like a super mermaid. A mermaid with one tail is just a plain ol’ mermaid. (Sorry, Ariel.) But a siren is often depicted with two tails. She might seem like an unusual choice for the face of a coffee company. But there’s a pretty interesting backstory as to how and why the siren came to be.
It was 1971 and the founders had landed on the name Starbucks, inspired by Moby Dick. Next up: creating a logo. While scouring some old marine books, something stood out. A mysterious, nautical figure called to them, as sirens do.
I personally like the most recent one the least and think we should go back to the old school one 😉
To the beach
Mythology of Mermaids
Learn about some of the mythical mermaids in history
Names of Mermaid and their origin…
- Suvannamaccha – Origin of the Hindu story
- Rusalki – Origin russia
- Parthenope – Greek Mythology
- Mami Wata – origin Mother of the water, deities of Africa and the Caribbean
- Kananaka – Origins Hawaii – Lahaina Maui
- Wahine Hi’u i’a Origin Hawaii’
- Selkie – Origin Irish
- Ariel – before a Disney princess, she was a character from a Hans Christian fairytale written in 1937
- Cecelia – Sea witch
- Aphrodite – greek mythology
- Finfolds Origin Scotland and Ireland
- Pania – origin – New Zealand’s mythology
- Millalobo – origin – Chili
- Morgens – Origin Welsh water spirits
- Li Ban – Origin Irish
- Nayada – Origin Russian
- Me’lusine – Starbucks Mermaid – 1393 by Jean d’Arras. She was pressured to marry the king of Albany, Scotland. She told him never to look at her and her daughters in the bath. He saw his daughter Me’lusine in the bath at birth and cursed her to be a mermaid forever. Eventually, she became an icon for a Seattle coffee company called Starbucks.
- Kelpie – Origin Scottland
- Meermin – Origin Dutch
- Cease – Origin Scottish half man half salmon.
- Triton is the firstborn son of Poseidon and Amphitrite. The lower body was fish.
- Amphitrite – the eldest of 50 mermaids, toured the oceans of sea creatures in Greek mythology.
Blog by Aimee in the PNW & Barb Rocks
Inside the Museum, you can expect to find loads of mannequins, fun facts about the Sea, and lore about mermaids and their origins. I found more information interesting than others, so I am sharing my favorites.
Barb loves a mermaid, this is her contribution to the blog!
The Mermaid Museum costs only $3 for adults and is totally worth the adventure of learning about ocean ecology from “seashore to sea floor” and getting immersed in mermaid lore which all oceanic countries have. I particularly enjoyed reading all the mermaid mythology signs that were tastefully done with folklore tales and tied in to real oceanic facts. In addition to mermaid culture throughout the ages, there are also displays of physical artifacts, such as cannonballs from historic ships, hag stones, coral reefs, and king crabs. No museum experience would be complete without various mermaid and mermen statues, which despite being a bit kitschy, Aimee and I made the most of it, having a blast posing with them.
My favorite part of their mission statement is, “Mermaids in storytelling encourage people to see the undersea environment, not just through the lens of marine life, but through the view of humans in the underwater world, thus helping them better understand the importance of clean oceans, the sea as a living environment, and the reality of ocean exploration as one of the last great adventures on earth.” I feel like the museum really accomplished this and I found the whole experience fascinating, fun, and informative!
Lain and Kim Roberts own the Museum. They want to educate people about the ocean ecology from the Seashore to the seafloor and throw in their favorite mermaid mythology that would appeal to everybody!
We did mention that the Mermaid Museum is at the Westport Winery Garden Resort, but I’m not a drinker, so I can not comment on how good the wine is though I will mention it did win the 2022 Washington Winery of the Year, so it is probably not too shabby.
To learn more about the Winery check out Barbs blog →
Let’s chat about the most famous mermaid – the Starbucks logo
Terry Heckler designed the first Starbucks logo. He based the famous two-tailed siren on a 16th-century Norse woodcut.
The siren is like a super mermaid. A mermaid with one tail is just a plain ol’ mermaid. (Sorry, Ariel.) But a siren is often depicted with two tails. She might seem like an unusual choice for the face of a coffee company. But there’s a pretty interesting backstory as to how and why the siren came to be.
It was 1971 and the founders had landed on the name Starbucks, inspired by Moby Dick. Next up: creating a logo. While scouring some old marine books, something stood out. A mysterious, nautical figure called to them, as sirens do.
I personally like the most recent one the least and think we should go back to the old school one 😉
To the beach
Mythology of Mermaids
Learn about some of the mythical mermaids in history
Names of Mermaid and their origin…
- Suvannamaccha – Origin of the Hindu story
- Rusalki – Origin russia
- Parthenope – Greek Mythology
- Mami Wata – origin Mother of the water, deities of Africa and the Caribbean
- Kananaka – Origins Hawaii – Lahaina Maui
- Wahine Hi’u i’a Origin Hawaii’
- Selkie – Origin Irish
- Ariel – before a Disney princess, she was a character from a Hans Christian fairytale written in 1937
- Cecelia – Sea witch
- Aphrodite – greek mythology
- Finfolds Origin Scotland and Ireland
- Pania – origin – New Zealand’s mythology
- Millalobo – origin – Chili
- Morgens – Origin Welsh water spirits
- Li Ban – Origin Irish
- Nayada – Origin Russian
- Me’lusine – Starbucks Mermaid – 1393 by Jean d’Arras. She was pressured to marry the king of Albany, Scotland. She told him never to look at her and her daughters in the bath. He saw his daughter Me’lusine in the bath at birth and cursed her to be a mermaid forever. Eventually, she became an icon for a Seattle coffee company called Starbucks.
- Kelpie – Origin Scottland
- Meermin – Origin Dutch
- Cease – Origin Scottish half man half salmon.
- Triton is the firstborn son of Poseidon and Amphitrite. The lower body was fish.
- Amphitrite – the eldest of 50 mermaids, toured the oceans of sea creatures in Greek mythology.
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