July 2006

Museums

Exhibits

Aurora Valentinetti Puppet Museum. Dedicated to puppetry, fun and education. Features a hands-on children's activity area. All ages. 11am-4pm Wednesdays through Saturdays. FREE, but donations encouraged. 257 Fourth St., Bremerton. 360-373-2992. www.ectandpuppets.com.

Bremerton Naval Museum. Offers a close-up look at life on the sea and Navy history. Children can take hold of the captain's steering wheel and pretend to steer a boat to safety. All ages. 10am-4pm Tuesdays through Saturdays, 1-4pm Sundays. FREE. 402 Pacific Ave., Bremerton. 360-479-7447.

Camp 6 Logging Museum. Working railroad connects work sites with historic bunkhouses. Outdoor exhibits open year round. FREE. Camp 6 Logging Museum, Point Defiance Park, 5400 N Pearl St., Tacoma. 253-752-0047. www.camp-6-museum.org.

Children’s Museum of Tacoma. Ready, Set, Go! Raceways at the Children's Museum of Tacoma 10am-5pm Mondays through Saturdays, noon-5pm Sundays. $5 adults, $5 ages 1 to 12, free infants. FREE for families 10am-7pm first Fridays. Children’s Museum, 936 Broadway, Tacoma. 253-627-6031. www.childrensmuseumoftacoma.org.

Fort Nisqually. Living history museum features life in Washington Territory during the fur trade era. 11am-4pm Wednesdays through Sundays. $4 adults, $3 ages 13 to 17, $2 ages 5 to 12, free ages 4 and younger. Fort Nisqually, Point Defiance Park, 5400 N Pearl St., Tacoma. 253-591-5339. www.fortnisqually.org.

Gig Harbor Peninsula Historical Museum. . 10am-4pm Tuesdays through Saturdays. $2 adults, $1 ages 13 to 17, free ages 12 and younger. Gig Harbor Peninsula Historical Museum, 4218 Harborview Dr., Gig Harbor. 253-858-6722. www.gigharbormuseum.org.

Hands On Children’s Museum in Olympia. Good for You! 10am-5pm Mondays through Saturdays, 10am-9pm Thursdays, noon-5pm Sundays. $6, $3 ages 10-23 months, free infants. FREE 5-9pm first Fridays. Hands On Children’s Museum, 11th Ave. and Capitol Way, Olympia. 360-956-0818. www.hocm.org.

Job Carr Cabin Museum. This 1865 replica cabin of the founder, first mayor and postmaster of Tacoma brings to life the city’s origins. All ages. 1-4pm Wednesdays through Saturdays during the school year. 2350 N 30th St., in Old Town Tacoma. 253-627-5405. www.metroparkstacoma.org.

Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum. 10am-4pm Tuesdays through Sundays. FREE. 407 South G St., Tacoma. 253-383-2575. www.rain.org/~karpeles/taqfrm.html.

Kitsap County Historical Society Museum. Travel through Kitsap County's past from the glacial age through World War II. All ages. 9am-5pm Tuesdays through Saturdays. FREE. 280 Fourth St., Bremerton. 360-479-6226.

Museum of Flight. 10am-5pm daily, 10am-9pm first Thursday of the month. $11 adults, $6.50 ages 5 to 17, free 4 and younger. FREE admission 5-8pm first Thursday of the month. 9404 E Marginal Way S (next to Boeing Field), Seattle. 206-764-5720. www.museumofflight.org.

Museum of Glass: International Center for Contemporary Art. Fresh! Contemporary Takes on Nature and Allegory opens July 1. 10am-5pm Wednesdays through Saturdays, noon-5pm Sundays, 10am-8pm third Thursdays. $10 adults, $8 students 13 and older, $4 ages 6-12, free 5 and younger. FREE admission 5-8pm third Thursdays. Museum of Glass, 1801 E Dock St., Tacoma. 253-284-4750. www.museumofglass.org.

Steilacoom Historical Museum. Focuses on pioneer period 1860-1900. Original volumes of Washington Territory's first library association on exhibit. 1-4pm Fridays through Sundays. Town Hall, Steilacoom. 253-584-4133. www.steilacoom.org/museum.

Sidney Museum. Features vignettes of life in early South Kitsap County, including a general store, school, doctor's office and hardware store. All ages. 11am-4pm Tuesdays through Saturdays and 1-4pm Sundays. FREE. 202 Sidney Ave., Port Orchard. 360-876-3693.

Tacoma Art Museum. The Essence of Line: French Drawing from Ingres to Degas, June 10-Sept. 17. 10am-5pm Tuesdays through Saturdays, 10am-8pm Thursdays, noon-5pm Sundays. $6.50 adults, $5.50 students, free ages 5 and younger. FREE all day on third Thursdays. Tacoma Art Museum, 1701 Pacific Ave., Tacoma. 253-272-4258. www.tacomaartmuseum.org.

Washington State Capital Museum. To Place Her Name in History, through Nov. 25. 10am-4pm Tuesdays through Fridays, noon-4pm Saturdays. $5 per family or $2 adults, $1 ages 6 to 18, free 5 and younger. 211 W 21 Ave., Olympia. 360-753-2580. www.washingtonhistory.org/wscm.

Washington State History Museum. 10am-5pm Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 10am-8pm Thursdays, noon-5pm Sundays. $8 adults, $6 ages 6 to 17, free 5 and younger. FREE 5-8pm Thursdays. Washington State History Museum, 1911 Pacific Ave., Tacoma. 1-888-238-4373. www.wshs.org.

White River Valley Museum. Noon-4 pm Wednesdays through Sundays. $2 adults, $1 kids. White River Valley Museum in Les Gove Park, 918 H St. SE, Auburn. 253-288-7433. www.wrvmuseum.org.

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