See this locally produced film about a reported UFO incident in Puget Sound! Based on declassified FBI documents, The Maury Island Incident tells the incredible, tragic and forgotten story of Harold Dahl, who on June 21, 1947, alleged a UFO sighting at Maury Island. This event sparked “the summer of the saucers,” the modern era > Continue Reading
This annual FREE family festival and arts market is a community favorite! This year, the event will expand further to include three museums in the museum district─the Washington State History Museum, the Museum of Glass, and Tacoma Art Museum. All three museums are free for the day. Shop for handmade Native arts and meet the > Continue Reading
The Washington State History Museum is preparing a new exhibition about the incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII as a result of Executive Order 9066. We are seeking resources to connect this story to people in our state. Can you share your history? Please bring any relevant photographs, letters, documents, drawings or pamphlets to scan, > Continue Reading
Frederick Law Olmsted, his two sons and the Olmsted Bros. landscape architecture firm left a huge imprint across all of America, in both urban and rural settings. This combination film screening and public lecture will detail that legacy, in words and images. Portland based public historian and writer/producer Laurence Cotton originated and served as Consulting > Continue Reading
Test your Tacoma and Washington State trivia knowledge with the Washington State Historical Society, City of Tacoma Historic Preservation Office, Fort Nisqually Living History Museum, Tacoma Historical Society, and Tacoma Public Library. Facts, fun, and prizes aplenty! Food and beverages available for purchase.
Discover the complicated history, politics, and future of space exploration with Aerospace Engineer and UWT Senior Lecturer Emeritus Linda Dawson, who worked on the space shuttle program at NASA’s Houston Control Center. Then visit the Washington State History Museum's exhibit "A New Moon Rises," featuring 51 dramatic, large-scale landscape images of the Moon’s surface.
FREE and open to the public The Washington State History Museum is developing a new exhibition about the incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII as a result of Executive Order 9066. We are looking for resources in our community to help tell this story. Is this legacy part of your story? Please bring any relevant > Continue Reading
Local broadcaster and historian Feliks Banel explores our region’s darkest weather days and most infamous storms. With archival photos, radio, and TV clips, Banel takes us back in time to hear stories of those who survived some of the worst Pacific Northwest weather in recorded history. Banel explores how these storms can revive our shared > Continue Reading
