Ye Olde Curiosity Shop

Ye Olde Curiosity Shop
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AddressPier 54, 1001 Alaskan Wy, 98104,
Town or citySeattle, Washington
CountryUnited States
The current shop on Pier 54 (2007).

Ye Olde Curiosity Shop is a store founded in 1899, on the Central Waterfront of Seattle, Washington, United States. It is currently located on Pier 54. Best known today as a souvenir shop and museum, it also has aspects of a dime museum, and is an important supplier of Northwest Coast art to museums. As of 2008, the store has been owned by four generations of the same family.

In 1933, the Seattle Star named Ye Olde Curiosity Shop one of the "Seven Wonders of Seattle", the only shop on the list. The other six Wonders were the harbor, the Ballard Locks, the Boeing airplane factory, the Seattle Art Museum, the Pike Place Market and the University District's Edmond Meany Hotel (now the Graduate Seattle hotel).[1][2]

  1. ^ Robert L. Jamieson, Jr., Ye Olde Curiosity Shop: Curiosities galore keep luring people to waterfront[permanent dead link], Seattle Post-Intelligencer, October 7, 1999. Accessed online October 22, 2008.
  2. ^ Sarah Anne Lloyd, [1], Curbed Seattle, November 13, 2018. Accessed online July 20, 2020.