Delaware Is Home To Two Creepy Mermen
Delaware Is Home To Two Creepy Mermen
They are creepy, but extremely interesting.
In talking about the Rock and Rock Hall of Fame on air I was curious to see what kind of museums Delaware had.
Specifically the weird stuff at these museums.
What I stumbled upon was creepy but very intriguing.
It was two mermans, or mermens, I am not well versed in the plurals of fictitious beings.
The first merman is in Lewes at the Zwaanendael Museum .
There is a merman on display on the second floor of the museum and its a monkeys head sewed on a fish’s body.
“Creations such as the Zwaanendael Merman were conceived as pranks or side show curiosities at a time when sea captains were returning from the newly opened ports of East Asia with tall tales of exotic, never-before-seen creatures, and at a time when people were trying to learn more about the science behind human origins. Other names for creatures of this sort are “Fiji Merman,” “Devil Fish,” and “Jenny Hanivers” according to the Zwaanendael Museum website.
The museum is located at 102 Kings Hwy, Lewes, DE 19958.
The other merman is located on Fenwick Island.
The Discoversea Shipwreck Museum has another creepy and intriguing figure on display.
“The museum holds about 10,000 artifacts, making it one of the largest collections of its kind along the Mid-Atlantic seaboard. It’s full of treasures like gold bars, a desiccated Feejee mermaid, a taxidermy shark, and a bone from a walrus’s penis, known as an oosik” according to Atlas Obscura.
The Discovrsea Museum is located at 708 Coastal Hwy, Fenwick Island, DE 19944 and you can see the merman here.
But wait! Theres more mermaid stuff withing driving distance.
The Mermaid Museum is in Maryland!
Here you can see, and touch everything Mermaid. Just 9 miles from the sea. The gift shop will also be stocking mermaid tails!
Delaware Is Home To Two Creepy Mermen
They are creepy, but extremely interesting.
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