Adjacent to Union Station, and with the same opulent architecture, Washington's official history museum presents interactive exhibits and multimedia installations about the exploration and settlement of the state. Some rooms are filled with Native American, Inuit, and pioneer artifacts, while others display logging and railroad relics. The upstairs gallery hosts rotating exhibits, and summer...
It doesn't matter if you are brand new to Washington state, just visiting or lived here your whole life. You are certain to learn something new about the evergreen state at this wonderfully informative museum housed in an historic building in downtown Tacoma. The museum is flanked by a great gift shop, a cupcake cafe and a comfy coffee shop. Free admission each 3rd Thursday.
A massive archive of Washington state history, this impressive museum is like no other history museum in the Northwest. A full barrage of high-tech displays makes history both fun and interesting. From a covered wagon to a sprawling HO-scale (3.5mm: 1 ft.) model railroad layout, a Coast Salish longhouse to a Hooverville shack, the state's history comes alive through the use of life-size...
Interactive exhibits immerse you in history's grit and grime, but allow you to keep your hands fresh and clean.:
In Short
In this museum's depictions of the trials and tribulations of a younger Washington State, mannequins talk of daily chores, Meriwether Lewis suffers incessant rain, Oregon Trail...