Enjoy a sneak preview of the John Steinbeck Spirit of Monterey Wax Museum.
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See - John Steinbeck and friends at the La Ida Cafe When deer and elk and bear roamed the land That the peace enjoyed by the Indians was not to last Betting on bull and bear fighting in early Monterey There was always an occasion for a FIESTA! Famous marine biologist Doc Ricketts at his lab The boys at the Palace Flophouse "Hazel" and the start of the Great Frog Hunt The Girls at Flora's on Cannery Row Whitey wondering what's in that jug of "Old Tennis Shoe" The sardine canneries were booming And much, much more!

The newest major attraction on Monterey's famous Cannery Row, John Steinbeck’s Spirit of Monterey Wax Museum features more than 100 life-size wax figures imported from London and Paris. Featured in dozens of thrilling and animated scenes with special effects throughout, Steinbeck’s Spirit of Monterey Wax Museum takes the visitor into a Time Machine through 450 years of Monterey's fascinating and turbulent past. You will start from the arrival of Spanish galleons into Monterey Bay, early Indian villages, Father Junipero Serra and the building of the missions - bear and bull fighting in old Monterey, the bandits, the ghosts. Then into the streets of old Cannery Row as John Steinbeck wrote about it, bringing alive the cannery workers, the drifters, the ladies-of-the-night, the fishermen and the swindlers.
This is entertainment for the entire family. Do not miss it! The wax museum covers an entire floor in the 700 Cannery Row Building one block up from the Monterey Bay Aquarium with ample parking in the new, 1200 car Cannery Row garage. Cameras are welcome.

700 Cannery Row, Suite II * Monterey, California 93940
Phone 831-375-3770, Group rates 831-375-1010