Museum in Washington State

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Bothell Historical Museum

Bothell, WA

The museum lives in the Hannan House at the Park at Bothell Landing, alongside an 1885 schoolhouse and the 1884 Beckstrom log cabin. The buildings open Sundays from 1 to 4 PM, April through October, and admission is free.

Boxx Gallery

Tieton, WA

A nonprofit gallery at Maple Street and Wisconsin Avenue in Tieton that shows regional artists and supports the Highland Food Bank.

Chihuly Garden and Glass

Seattle, WA

Dale Chihuly's glasswork installed in a purpose built glasshouse and garden at Seattle Center, with the Space Needle directly overhead.

Cle Elum Telephone Museum

Cle Elum, WA

The Cle Elum Telephone Museum at 221 E 1st Street is widely cited as the oldest complete telephone museum west of the Mississippi, covering telephone history from 1876 through 1970. Cle Elum was one of the last cities in the country to operate a manual switchboard. Open Memorial Day Weekend through Labor Day Weekend noon to 4 PM.

Clymer Museum of Art

Ellensburg, WA

The Clymer Museum of Art on Pearl Street celebrates the western heritage of the Kittitas Valley through the work of painter John Ford Clymer and rotating exhibits. The museum operates in partnership with the Ellensburg Rodeo Hall of Fame and the Western Art Association under one roof.

Foothills Historical Museum

Buckley, WA

The Foothills Historical Museum keeps Buckley's logging era alive with springboard axes, mill town photographs, and a research library, all free to visit on North River Avenue.

Fort Nisqually Living History Museum

Tacoma, WA

A reconstructed 1830s Hudson's Bay Company trading post in Point Defiance Park where costumed staff demonstrate blacksmithing and frontier life, with two original 1843 structures among the oldest buildings in Washington.

Greater Bonney Lake Historical Society

Bonney Lake, WA

The Greater Bonney Lake Historical Society keeps the plateau's story alive with a small museum and archive near Allan Yorke Park, open to visitors Monday through Wednesday mornings.

Harbor History Museum

Gig Harbor, WA

The Harbor History Museum preserves Gig Harbor's Croatian and Scandinavian fishing heritage with historic vessels, photographs, and the restored Skansie net shed. Admission is free and the collection includes a 1906 gas boat.

IOOF Museum

Buckley, WA

Buckley is the statewide headquarters of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the IOOF Museum on Cedar Street preserves the regalia, ceremonial costumes, and fraternal history of the order from lodges across Washington. The collection traces how the Odd Fellows and their sister organization, the Rebekahs, shaped community life in towns throughout the state. It is a small museum, open Tuesday through Thursday from 10am to 2pm, with private and group tours available by appointment through the Grand Lodge office. For anyone exploring historic downtown Buckley, it is a quiet, offbeat stop for history buffs and the curious.

Jefferson Museum of Art and History

Port Townsend, WA

The Jefferson County Historical Society Museum tells the story of Port Townsend through exhibits on Victorian architecture, maritime history, and the region's indigenous cultures.

Kittitas County Historical Museum

Ellensburg, WA

The Kittitas County Historical Museum on Third Avenue covers the history of the county through exhibits including antique automobiles, artifacts from early Ellensburg businesses, and military history collections. Open Monday through Saturday.

Leavenworth Nutcracker Museum

Leavenworth, WA

The Leavenworth Nutcracker Museum holds more than 9,000 nutcrackers spanning centuries and cultures, all inside a Front Street storefront that takes about 45 minutes to tour.

LeMay America’s Car Museum

Tacoma, WA

The largest automotive museum in the United States with more than 350 vehicles on display from the Harold LeMay collection. A must visit Tacoma landmark celebrating American car culture and history.

Maritime Heritage Center

Anacortes, WA

The City of Anacortes Museum's waterfront center and home of the W.T. Preston, the last sternwheeler to work Puget Sound, dry berthed beside the old Great Northern depot near Cap Sante.

Meeker Mansion

Puyallup, WA

Ezra Meeker built this 17 room Victorian mansion in 1886, two years before Washington became a state. The Puyallup Historical Society operates it as a museum with some of the best preserved Victorian period rooms in the Pacific Northwest.

Methow Valley Interpretive Center

Twisp, WA

The Methow Valley Interpretive Center in Twisp, Washington explores the geology, wildlife, and Indigenous history of the Methow Valley through exhibits, a native plant garden, and a replica 1930s fire lookout tower.

Museum at Keewaydin

Kennewick, WA

The East Benton County Historical Society runs this museum in Kennewick's oldest park, and its petrified wood floor is the reason to look down. Exhibits cover east Benton County history, there is a section for kids, and it also books escape rooms.

Museum of Glass

Tacoma, WA

The Museum of Glass celebrates glass art in Tacoma with rotating exhibitions featuring Pacific Northwest artists plus a live Hot Shop where visitors watch molten glass take shape.

Museum of Pop Culture

Seattle, WA

Frank Gehry's crumpled metal building at Seattle Center, holding music, science fiction and horror collections across several floors.

Nature’s Window Museum of Wildlife and Natural History

Chelan, WA

Nature's Window houses the Kollmeyer Collection, more than 140 taxidermy species displayed in lifelike dioramas, plus a wildlife art gallery, in a 9,000 square foot museum south of Chelan.

Pacific Science Center

Seattle, WA

Built for the 1962 World's Fair and still standing under its white arches at Seattle Center. The best rainy day option in the city with kids.

Port Townsend Marine Science Center

Port Townsend, WA

The Port Townsend Marine Science Center hosts a live hydrophone stream from Point Wilson that broadcasts orca vocalizations when the whales are in range of Admiralty Inlet.

Prosser Historical Museum

Prosser, WA

In City Park across from Prosser High School, this museum starts with the Yakama fishing site of Táptat and moves through dryland farming, irrigation, horse culture and the early 1900s boom. It keeps afternoon hours Wednesday through Saturday.

REACH Museum

Richland, WA

The REACH Museum interprets the full arc of mid Columbia history, from the Ice Age floods that carved the Columbia Basin to the Manhattan Project era at Hanford. Open Tuesday through Saturday with Sunday afternoon hours.

Roslyn Museum

Roslyn, WA

The Roslyn Museum documents the coal mining history of Roslyn and the surrounding Kittitas Valley, covering the immigration patterns of the late 1800s and the role of the Northern Pacific Railroad in building the town. Small but well curated, it pairs naturally with a walk through downtown Roslyn.

SEA Discovery Center

Poulsbo, WA

The SEA Discovery Center is a marine science museum on Poulsbo's waterfront featuring touch tanks, rotating exhibitions, and an up close look at Puget Sound sea life including Moon Jellyfish.

Shafer Historical Museum

Winthrop, WA

An open air museum off Riverside Avenue preserving the real pioneer history behind Winthrop's frontier facades, including Guy Waring's original 1897 cabin.

South Cle Elum Depot

Cle Elum, WA

The South Cle Elum Depot at 801 Milwaukee Avenue is a restored Milwaukee Road railroad station operated by the Cascade Rail Foundation, housing exhibits on the history of the electrified railroad that once connected the Pacific Northwest. The agent's office features a working telegraph display. Typically open Saturdays noon to 4 PM from May through September.

Tacoma Art Museum

Tacoma, WA

Tacoma Art Museum is a leading Pacific Northwest art institution with a permanent collection focused on the American West alongside rotating regional and national exhibitions.

The Museum of Flight

Seattle, WA

At Boeing Field south of the city. A Concorde, an original Air Force One, and the first jet Boeing ever built.

The Whale Museum

Friday Harbor, WA

The Whale Museum in Friday Harbor tracks the Southern Resident orca pods and posts real time sighting updates that visitors can check before making the drive to Lime Kiln Point.

Washington State History Museum

Tacoma, WA

The state's flagship history museum covers Washington from Coast Salish cultures through the modern era, with a Great Hall train diorama that holds the attention of every visitor regardless of age.

Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center

Wenatchee, WA

Downtown museum telling the story of the 1931 Pangborn and Herndon transpacific flight, the apple industry that built the valley, and the Indigenous history of the Wenatchi people.

Westport Maritime Museum

Westport, WA

The Westport Maritime Museum covers the maritime history of the outer coast and hosts a Gray Whale Watching event each March for visitors watching the gray whale migration.

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