Welcome to theOuter Banks Beachcomber MuseumLocated on North Carolina's Outer Banks in the heart of Old Nags Head.
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 "I must down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied; I must down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life, To the gull's way and the whale's way Where the wind's like a whetted knife." "For most of her 74 years, Nellie Myrtle – as everyone called her – walked at dusk and dawn, day in and day out, along the oceanfront, the sound side and the dunes at Jockey’s Ridge, scouting for beach glass, bottles, old dolls, anything interesting that the sea tossed aside or the sands gave up. By the time she died in 1992, she had amassed jar after jar of sea glass, sorted by color; seashells of every distinction; colorful plastic toys that fill a big basket; bottles of every color and size, some containing messages; and numerous nautical artifacts." Catherine Kozak ~ The Virginian Pilot ~ Norfolk Virginia
 Outer Banks Beachcomber MuseumThe Beachcomber Museum is located in Historic Mattie Midgette's Store just south of Jockeys Ridge in Old Nags Head.
The Nellie Myrtle Collection
 Beach glass from the Collection: A large piece of cobalt bonfire glass, a variety of blue beach glass, one stunning lavender chunk and background cameos by green make this sunset array by Dorothy Hope a classic! ______________________________
Scenes from The Nellie Myrtle Beachcomber Collection Mattie Midgette's Store ~ Old Nags Head
The morning sun lights up some shelves in the museum.
 
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