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International Sea Glass Museum was founded in 2009 by Cass Forrington as an effort to preserve and collect the region's recovered sea glass.

Following the 1906 California earthquake, the town of Fort Bragg began dumping civic waste into the Pacific Ocean. Today, the city is home to the highest concentration of shoreline sea glass in the world, which often washes ashore as tiny pieces of broken and eroded glass. A large collection of pieces recovered by Forrington are showcased at the three-room museum, including rare and odd pieces.

Displays are organized by color, explaining the common uses and reasons for coloring, including the creation of lavender glass as a result of the oxidation of magnesium-clarified white glass by the sun. Other recovered items such as marbles, bottle stoppers, and terracottas are also showcased in exhibits.

Address: 17801 CA-1, Fort Bragg, California, 95437, Phone: 707-357-1585

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