Tacoma Historical Society invites you to their 17th Annual Tacoma Veterans Day Celebration , November 11, 2023 at 11am. Event will feature a special speaker, music from the 133d Washington Army National Guard Band, and Colors presented by the All-City Junior ROTC Color guard. This event is free and all are welcome. Get your tickets > Continue Reading
Join Tacoma Historical Society Movie Night at the Museum as we celebrate the 150th Northern Pacific Commemoration! Come enjoy a snack and special showing of 1982's "The Grey Fox" starring Richard Farnsworth. Based on the true story of Canada's first train robbery, "an aging but gentlemanly stagecoach robber is released from prison and decides to > Continue Reading
Join us for the Exhibit Opening of Dreams & Dispossession: The Railway Comes to Tacoma with special keynote speaker Ethelda Burk. The Tacoma we know today was shaped by its origins as a railway terminus for the Northern Pacific Railway. The railroad brought new people, new industries, new opportunities, and new conflicts into the area. > Continue Reading
In honor of Transgender Awareness Week, please join us at the THS Museum, 406 Tacoma Avenue South, for a talk by THS Curator Elizabeth Korsmo, "Dr. Alan L. Hart: Transgender Doctor in the 1930’s." Learn about the life and works of Dr. Hart, transgender doctor and author in Tacoma in the 1930’s. If you aren't > Continue Reading
Please join us as we share a conversation with artist Dionne Bonner, whose exhibit, "A Pioneering Spirit: A Fight for Liberty and Freedom," is currently on display in our Tacoma Historical Society museum. The exhibit features oil paintings and biographical information which bring to life the journey of a handful of African American pioneers who > Continue Reading
Open House celebrating Tacoma's many female authors. Hear from Rosalind Spitzer (Anna's Home), Mary Lloyd (Widow Boy), and enjoy short stories from Dorothy Wilhelm (True Tales of Puget Sound). Books will be available for purchase.
Was someone in your family impacted by the White Shield Home? Come share stories and learn about the current status of the building's nomination to the Local Register of Historic Places. Co-sponsored by Historic Tacoma and Susan Johnson of Artifacts Consulting.
Drew Crooks, local author, historian and retired curator of collections at the State Capital Museum in Olympia, will be our guest speaker, sharing his research into artist Edward Lange. Crooks is the author of "Edward Lange: An Early Artist of Olympia and Washington State". Admission is free and all are welcome.
Celebrate the publication of the newest title in Arcadia's "Images of America" series, "Tacoma", written by Donald R. Tjossem.
Please join us to celebrate the opening of our latest exhibit: "1918: A Year of Destiny" Thursday, June 28, 5 to 7 pm Tacoma Historical Society Museum, 919 Pacific Avenue Events of 1918 left a legacy that echoes down to life in Tacoma a century later – from Camp Lewis, to shipbuilding, to creation of > Continue Reading
