Tuesday, June 13, 2023: After visiting Sea Isle City, New Jersey, I traveled south to the next Cape May County town: Avalon. This beach town too, has had amenities similar to Sea Isle City: beach, outdoor activities, dining, nightlife, and downtown shopping, but Avalon also has had a non-commercial boardwalk and the following place: Avalon History Center, 215 39th Street (609-967-0090). Like Sea Isle City’s museum, this was also a small museum, but unlike the Sea Isle museum with its open-floor plan located within the town’s library, the Avalon museum was in its own building—even though it has been owned by Avalon’s library—and it divided its theme areas into different small rooms. Each room included pictures, texts, and exhibit items. Inside the reception area, I saw a painting from 1889 called “Stormy Weather” by Joseph Wells of Avalon as it looked before the founding of the town in 1892. Other rooms displayed these themes: Beach Patrol, Early Avalon from its days as a fishing village for the Lenape to a modern resort, and Shop Talk that covered former businesses in Avalon. As I said in the article about Sea Isle City’s museum: This could be a good place for a rainy day or to learn more about the town this museum was in before heading outside again! (Yes, there is a library in Avalon that I assume has plenty of books and other resources in case the weather doesn’t get better soon.)
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