Sequim Museum & Arts in United States

Subnavigation of selected Tab Select by clicking the tabs above; 1. location info 2. present elephants 3. list of births 4. dead elephants 5. relocated elephants

Sequim Museum & Arts
The Manis Mastodon Mural with the bones mounted. Photo taken from the first exhibit building. Photo: Jon Roanhaus, Wikimedia
Type	museum
Founded	1976
Place	Sequim, Washington,
District	Clallam County
State	Washington
Country	United States
Related persons
Owner

Zoological department
Elephant department
Record history
History of updates	2023-02-28xx

Latest document update	2023-02-28 13:54:35
Google map

Description

Sequim Museum & Arts, in Sequim, Washington, , Washington, United States , was founded in 1976.

Taxidermy specimens

Sequim Museum & Arts has in its collection 1 elephantine museum specimens with records in this database:

(Measurements of teeth and body parts follow the system described by Maglio (1973; P = plate number, L = length, W = width, H = height, LF = lamellar frequency)

Manis Mastodon Accession nr: . Received: ⚪ Manis Mastodon (fossil)
Species: American Mastodon (Mammut americanus)
* Born nearly 14,000 years at North America unspecified forest † Dead nearly 14,000 years at Manis Mastodon siteDeath reason: unknown (N/A) Age: ca 45 year old
Discovered as fossil 1977-08-08 by a farmer named Emanuel Manis at Emanuel Manis farm, Sequim, Washington, Excavated 1977, Excavated by: Dr. Carl Gustafson of Washington State University,

Comments / picturesThe Sequim Museum & Arts, located in downtown Sequim, Washington, is a free-admission local history museum. Founded in 1976, the museum is home to the Manis Mastodon Tusks and bones which were found at an early human encampment located on the present day Manis Farm, famous as one of the first-known contact between humans with a mastodon 13,000 years ago.

References for records about Sequim Museum & Arts

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2025). Sequim Museum & Arts, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=3702. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequim_Museum_%26_Arts

Search more with Google for Sequim Museum & ArtsThe link will automatically include Sequim Museum & Arts and open a new browser window.

Search this site www.elephant.se with google for keyword Sequim Museum & Arts
Google maps
OR search the Internet (with your chosen keyword)

Search more on the Internet Web for Sequim Museum & ArtsThe link will automatically include Sequim Museum & Arts and open a new browser window

Categories museum in United States | United States Portal | northamerica Portal

About this documentWebsite online since 1995. This document was created: . Latest update: 2023-02-28 13:54:35 included 409 characters with valid HTML5