List of museums in Washington (state) explained

See also: List of museums in Seattle.

This list of museums in Washington state encompasses museums defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit and university art galleries. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included. Defunct museums are listed in a separate section.

List of museums

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Town/City	County	Region	Area of study	Summary
			Southwest	History - Local	website
Admiralty Head Lighthouse			Puget Sound	Maritime	Located in Fort Casey State Park
Alaska Packers Association Cannery Museum		Whatcom	Northwest	Maritime	website, includes a restored Bristol Bay sailboat, Alaska Packers' Association and fish cannery exhibits, located in Semiahmoo Park
Alder Creek Pioneer Carousel Museum		Klickitat	Central	Amusement	Collection of carousel horses, open once a year^[1]
Alpowai Interpretive Center				History	website, exhibits on meeting of Lewis and Clark and the Nez Perce Indians
		Pierce	Puget Sound	Transportation - Automobiles	Also known as LeMay - America's Car Museum, includes over 300 collector cars on the grounds of the former Marymount Military Academy
			Central	Agriculture	website, history and future of hops cultivation
Anacortes History Museum		Skagit	Northwest	History - Local
		Skagit	Northwest	Maritime	Exhibits about the adjacent drydocked WT Preston sternwheeler and other snagboats
		Ferry		Historic site	Early 20th century period hotel in a ghost town
Antique Car & Truck Museum				Transportation	Cars, trucks, antique farm machinery and a blacksmith shop^[2]
				Open-air	website, complex includes main museum with local history displays, pioneer house, sheepherder's cabin, one room schoolhouse, log cabin, barge, barn, blacksmith shop and Tipi
			Puget Sound	Puppetry	website, part of the Evergreen Children's Theatre
			Puget Sound	History - Local	website, located in a 1908 schoolhouse
			Puget Sound	Contemporary Arts	website, The Bainbridge Island Museum of Art is an educational institution whose mission is to engage a diverse population with the art and craft of our region and our time.
		King	Puget Sound		Changing exhibits of art, craft and design
			Northwest	Maritime	website, exhibits include area canning company, fishing industry, shipyards, ship models, amphibious vehicles, boats, maritime artifacts
	Bellingham	Whatcom	Northwest		Includes model train layout, railroad memorabilia, lanterns, train simulator, models of antique logging equipment
Benton County Historical Museum			Central	History - Local	website, includes antique clothing, furniture, dishes and glassware, quilts
Big Bend Historical Society Museum		Lincoln	Eastern	History - Local	Located in a former church, antiques, gems and minerals, military items, toys and dolls, farm implements, furniture, bottles, radios^[3] ^[4] ^[5]
Bigelow House Museum			Puget Sound		1850s house with original documents, artifacts, and furnishings
Bing Crosby Museum				Biography	website, at Gonzaga University, memorabilia of singer and movie star Bing Crosby
Black Diamond Museum		King	Puget Sound	History - Local	website, operated by the Black Diamond Historical Society in a historic depot
Blackman House Museum			Puget Sound	History - Local	website, operated by the Snohomish Historical Society, late 19th-century house
			Eastern	Historic house	website, operated by the Dayton Historical Depot Society, Victorian period house
		King	Puget Sound	History - Local	website
		Skagit	Northwest	Natural history	Natural history and ecology of the Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
		Pierce	Puget Sound	Maritime	Includes the History Center, Boat House Museum and tours of the lighthouse
Bruce Memorial Museum		Walla Walla	Eastern	History - Local	website, operated by the Waitsburg Historical Society, also tours of the adjacent Victorian-period Wilson-Phillips House
		King	Puget Sound	Living	Recreates rural life in England in 1376
Carpenter House Museum			Central	Historic house	website, 1914 Victorian mansion, operated by the Northern Kittitas County Historical Society, includes High Country Artists art gallery
Cascadia Art Museum	Edmonds	Snohomish	Puget Sound	Art
			Central	Open-air	website, operated by the Chelan County Historical Society, complex include museum with local history, Native American, archaeology and natural history displays, pioneer village with 20 structures
Cedar Creek Grist Mill		Clark	Southwest	Mill	Working late 19th century water-powered grist mill
		Yakima	Central	Agriculture	website, information, open for special events with agriculture equipment displays and demonstrations
		Whitman			website, part of Washington State University in Abelson Hall, displays over 700 mounts of birds and mammals
		Lewis	Southwest	Railroad	Heritage railroad and museum
		Chelan		History - Local	website, operated by the Lake Chelan Historical Society
		Spokane	Eastern	History - Local	website, history of the Four Lakes, Marshall, Cheney, Tyler, and Amber districts
Chewelah Museum			Eastern	History - Local	website
Children's Museum of Skagit County		Skagit	Northwest	Children's	website
Children's Museum of Tacoma		Pierce	Puget Sound	Children's	website
Children's Museum of Walla Walla			Eastern	Children's	website
			Southwest	History - Local	Operated by the Clark County Historical Society
			Central		website, works of John Clymer and other regional artists
Coastal Interpretive Center			Southwest	Multiple	website, natural history, ecology, local history, Native Americans
			Southwest	Historic house	Late 19th-century house: non-operational as of 2009^[6]
		Pacific	Central	History - Local	website,
		Pacific	Southwest	History - Local	website, formerly the Ilwaco Heritage Museum
Colville Tribal Museum		Douglas	Eastern	Ethnic - Native American	^[7]
Connell Heritage Museum		Franklin	Eastern	History - Local	The museum collects, preserves, and shares the history and culture of Connell and the surrounding area, located in a beautifully restored 1905 Gothic Revival Church, surrounded by the Old Town Park. Facebook @ConnellHeritageMuseum
		Jefferson	Olympic Peninsula	Military	Part of Fort Worden State Park, operated by the Jefferson County Historical Society
Conconully Museum			Central	History - Local	Operated by the Conconully Area Historical Association^[8]
Concrete Heritage Museum		Skagit	Northwest	History - Local	Formerly the Camp 7 Museum, exhibits include logging, cement plants, miners, a cook shack, household items, construction of the Baker River Dam and other dams
Corbin Art Center		Spokane	Eastern		website, includes an exhibit gallery
Cougar Mountain Zoo		King	Puget Sound	Natural history	Includes wildlife museum, bronze animal sculptures, animal and nature art
Cowlitz County Historical Museum			Southwest	History - Local	County history^[9]
Crosby House		Thurston	Puget Sound	Historic house	website, mid 19th-century period house
		Kittitas		Anthropology	website, part of Central Washington University, formerly the Museum of Man, includes large collection of Native American artifacts
D. O. Pearson House Museum		Snohomish	Puget Sound	Historic house	website, operated by the Stanwood Area Historical Society, late 19th-century Victorian period house
				History - Local	website, operated by the Dayton Historical Depot Society, includes an art gallery
		Pierce	Puget Sound	Children's
DuPont Museum		Pierce	Puget Sound	History - Local	Exhibits include former DuPont Company and impact on region, Fort Nisqually, period home, village and school displays
			Central	History - Local	website, themes include agriculture, military, transportation, education; operated by the East Benton County Historical Society
Eastside Heritage Center		King	Puget Sound	History - Local	Displays are located around the county
		Snohomish	Puget Sound	History - Local	City history and culture
Ferndale Pioneer Park		Whatcom	Northwest	Open-air	website, operated by the Ferndale Heritage Society, relocated log houses and other structures
		Ferry		History - Local	website, operated by the Ferry County Historical Society
Flying Heritage Collection		Snohomish	Puget Sound		Restored WWII aircraft
Foothills Historical Society & Museum	Buckley	Pierce	Puget Sound	History - Local	website
Forest Learning Center			Southwest		website, operated by Weyerhauser. located inside the blast zone of the May 18, 1980 eruption at Mount St. Helens, effects of the blast and logging recovery efforts^[10]
Forks Timber Museum			Olympic Peninsula	Industry - Timber	website, tools, logging equipment, bunkhouse display, homesteading, farming and logging in the Pacific Northwest
		Pacific	Southwest	Military	Original U.S. Army Coastal Artillery fort buildings and batteries, active from 1896 to 1947, interpretive center
			Olympic Peninsula	Military	History and artifacts from the 20th-century fort
Fort Nisqually Living History Museum	Tacoma	Pierce	Puget Sound		19th century living history fort
Fort Okanogan Interpretive Center		Okanogan	Central	History	History of the former early 19th century fur trading post
		Yakima	Central	Military	1850s fort with restored officer's houses and a visitor center with exhibits
Fort Spokane Museum and Visitor Center		Lincoln	Eastern	Military	website, part of Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area, late 19th-century Indian Frontier fort and later Indian boarding school
		Pierce	Puget Sound	Military	Displays artifacts and history of the fort, open for special events and living history re-enactments
Fort Vancouver National Historic Site			Southwest	Military	19th century fur trading outpost with living history demonstrations
		Walla Walla			Includes open-air pioneer village, exhibit halls with military, agriculture, and history exhibits, also living history programs
Foss Waterway Seaport	Tacoma	Pierce	Puget Sound	Maritime	website, boats, history of the region's working waterfront and science of Puget Sound's waterways
		Pierce	Puget Sound	History - Local	website
Frank R. Burroughs Home Museum			Eastern	Historic house	Turn-of-the century period house
				History - Local	website, themes include North American Indian artifacts, Lewis and Clark's corps of discovery, railroads, agriculture, irrigation, ferries & bridges, naval air base, healthcare; operated by the Franklin County Historical Society
Furford Cranberry Picker Museum		Grays Harbor	Southwest	Agriculture	Cranberry industry equipment and materials^[11] ^[12] website
Future of Flight Aviation Center & Boeing Tour		Snohomish	Puget Sound		Commercial jet aviation and future airplane designs
				History - Local	website
Gilman Town Hall Museum		King	Puget Sound	History - Local
		Kittitas		Natural history	Petrified wood found in the park
Gorge Heritage Museum		Klickitat	Central	History - Local	website, operated by the West Klickitat County Historical Society, tools, clothing, furnishings, photos
Granite Falls Historical Museum		Snohomish	Puget Sound	History - Local	website, operated by the Granite Falls Historical Society
Grant County Historic Museum and Village			Central	Open-air	Includes one room school house, pioneer homestead with outbuildings, an old-time saloon, blacksmith shop, pioneer line cabin, a print shop, and a camera shop^[13] ^[14]
Hands On Children's Museum		Thurston	Puget Sound
Hanford Reach Interpretive Center			Central	Multiple	Geology and natural history of the Hanford Reach National Monument, history of the Hanford Site and Manhattan Project, timeline of the Federal Columbia River Power System, area history
		Pierce	Puget Sound	History - Local	Area history, culture, maritime heritage
Heritage Flight Museum		Skagit	Northwest	Aviation	Restored flying World War II, Korean and Vietnam era aircraft
Heritage Park		Snohomish	Puget Sound	Local history	Includes Alderwood Manor Heritage Cottage and Wickers Museum^[15]
Hunters Museum			Eastern	History - Local
		King	Puget Sound	Sports	website, history of the sport of hydroplane racing
Imagine Children's Museum		Snohomish	Puget Sound	Children's	Over 20 interactive exhibits
Island County Historical Society Museum			Puget Sound	History - Local	website
Issaquah Depot Museum		King	Puget Sound	History - Local	Displays include industrial revolution, travel, communication, early economic development of Issaquah
Jansen Art Center		Whatcom	Northwest	Art	website, community art center with exhibit gallery
Jefferson Museum of Art & History		Jefferson	Olympic Peninsula	History - Local	website
	Tacoma	Pierce	Puget Sound	Historic house	website, replica cabin of Tacoma's first Euro American settler
Johnson Farm Museum		Pierce	Puget Sound	Farm	website, operated by the Anderson Island Historical Society, farm homestead and outbuildings
Jundt Art Museum	Spokane	Spokane	Eastern	Art	website, at Gonzaga University, changing exhibits
Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum	Tacoma	Pierce	Puget Sound	Library	Changing exhibits of historic documents from its collections
		Pierce	Puget Sound	Multiple	Also known as the Paul H. Karshner Memorial Museum, includes natural history items, Native American and world culture artifacts, owned by a local school district
				Open-air	website, operated by the Stevens County Historical Society, includes museum with Native American, pioneer, Main Street stores and local history displays, Keller House of 1910, Graves Mt. Lookout Tower, schoolhouse, cabins, pioneer machinery museum, sawmill, blacksmith shop, mining equipment
				History - local	website
			Puget Sound	Children's	website, also known as KiDiMu
KidsQuest Children's Museum	Bellevue	King	Puget Sound	Children's
				Historic house	Victorian period house
			Puget Sound	History - Local	website, includes period household and store displays, exhibits of a school, a fire department, Native American life, the lumber industry, shipbuilding, and a clock collection
		Kittitas	Central	History - Local	website, includes pioneer, Native American, business, and military displays, exhibits of an antique car collection, doll collection, and rock and mineral collection
Kittredge Gallery	Tacoma	Pierce	Puget Sound	Art	website, part of the University of Puget Sound, contemporary art
La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum		Skagit	Northwest	Textile	website, quilts and textiles from local, national, and international artists; located in the historic Gaches Mansion
Lasting Legacy Wildlife Museum	Ritzville	Adams	Eastern	History - Natural	Features over 600 taxidermy animals from all over the world
Lake Stevens Museum		Snohomish	Puget Sound	History - Local	Includes local history displays in a former general store and adjacent 1920s-era Paul & Bertha Grimm House^[16]
	Yakima	Yakima	Central	Art	Part of Yakima Valley Community College
		Chelan	Central		Features over 5,000 nutcrackers originating from over 40 countries
			Southwest	Ethnic - Native American	Collections include baskets, parfleches, corn husk bags, dolls, spoons, cradles, moccasins, tomahawks, pipes, pipe bags, dresses, a 15-foot birch bark canoe and a replica fur trade store
		Pacific	Southwest	History	Located in Cape Disappointment State Park, story of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, also park cultural, military, maritime and natural history website
Lewis Army Museum		Pierce	Puget Sound	Military	History of Fort Lewis and the military units that served there
		Lewis	Southwest	History - Local	website
Lincoln County Museum		Lincoln	Eastern	History - Local	website Operated by the Lincoln County Historical Society featuring Columbian Mammoth bones, Native American artifacts, vintage farming equipment, blacksmith shop, musical instruments, steam tractor, military exhibits, prison cell, vintage fire engines, and the 1902 death mask of outlaw, Harry Tracy.
Log Cabin Museum		Kitsap	Puget Sound	Historic house	website, operated by the Sidney Museum and Arts Association, features exhibits of home life in the South Kitsap area during the past 100 years
		Pierce	Puget Sound	Multiple	website, at the Longmire Visitor's Center in Mount Rainier National Park, exhibits on the park's history, geology, wildlife and Native Americans
Loon Lake Museum		Stevens	Eastern	History - Local	website, located in a former school
		San Juan	San Juan Islands	History - Local	website
Lower Columbia College Art Gallery			Southwest	Art	Located in the Rose Center for the Arts^[17]
		Whatcom	Northwest	History - Local	website, includes a life-size replica of Lynden's downtown, a full size farmhouse circa 1900, many vintage buggies, cars and tractors, agriculture equipment
Makah Museum		Clallam	Olympic Peninsula		Artifacts and life of pre-contact Makah people
Martinson Cabin		Kitsap	Puget Sound	Historic house	Operated by the Poulsbo Historical Society in Nelson Park, Norwegian immigrant family home^[18]
Maryhill Museum of Art			Central		Collections includes 20th-century European art, Native American artifacts, sculptures and art by Auguste Rodin, furniture and decorative art
	Yakima	Yakima	Central	Aviation	website
McChord Air Museum		Pierce	Puget Sound	Aviation	Exhibits about McChord Field and a collection of restored military aircraft
		Pierce	Puget Sound	Historic house	website
Mobius Kids	Spokane	Spokane	Eastern		website
Mobius Science Center	Spokane	Spokane	Eastern	Science	website, themes include flight and engineering, space, human body, fluid dynamics, sound, physics
Molson School Museum			Central	History - Local	Pioneer, farming, mining and school life in a historic school^[19]
Monarch Contemporary Art Center and Sculpture Park	Olympia	Thurston	Puget Sound	Art	Art center with gallery and 80-acre outdoor sculpture park
Monroe Historical Museum		Snohomish	Puget Sound	History - Local	website, operated by the Monroe Historical Society
Moses Lake Museum and Art Center			Central	Multiple	Includes Native American artifacts, local and natural history displays, changing exhibits of art, operated by the City in the Moses Lake Civic Center^[20]
Mount St Helens Creation Center			Southwest	Religious	Creationist displays
Mount St. Helens - Johnston Ridge Observatory	Toutle	Cowlitz	Southwest	Natural history	Closest view of the mountain, geology of the volcano, the eruption and the recovery of the area's plant and animal life
Mount St. Helens Visitor Center at Silver Lake	Silverlake	Cowlitz	Southwest	Natural history	Geology of the volcano, the eruption and the recovery of the area's plant and animal life, operated by the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission
		Snohomish	Puget Sound	Maritime	Lighthouse tours, maritime and local history exhibits
			Olympic Peninsula		Changing exhibits of local art and history
		Clallam	Olympic Peninsula	History - Local	website, operated by the Clallam County Historical Society
		King	Puget Sound		Includes commercial and military aircraft, space vehicles, science of flight
Museum of Glass	Tacoma	Pierce	Puget Sound	Art	Focus is 20th- and 21st-century glass
Museum of Northwest Art		Skagit	Northwest		Focus is Northwest School art movement
		Chelan		History	website, located at the Rocky Reach Dam powerhouse, exhibits include settlers and Native Americans, steam boaters, lumbermen, railroaders
			Southwest	History - Local	website, operated by the Moclips-by-the-Sea Historical Society
			Puget Sound	Maritime	Exhibits include the ocean environment, torpedoes, mine warfare, diving equipment, submarines
New Dungeness Lighthouse		Clallam	Olympic Peninsula	Maritime	Tours of the working lighthouse
		Clark	Southwest	History - Local	Located in the former Amboy United Brethren Church
North Spokane Farm Museum		Spokane	Eastern	Agriculture	website, farm equipment and machinery, tools, period room displays
Northern Pacific Railway Museum		Yakima	Central	Railroad	Includes Northern Pacific Railway memorabilia and a full-scale 1930 vintage Northern Pacific freight train
Northwest Carriage Museum		Pacific	Southwest	Transportation - Carriage	website, 19th century horse-drawn vehicles
Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture	Spokane	Spokane	Eastern	Multiple	Visual art, American Indian and other cultures, regional history, historic Campbell House; formerly the Cheney Cowles Memorial Museum / Eastern Washington State History Museum
Northwest Railway Museum		King	Puget Sound	Railroad	Located in a depot, includes railway cars and locomotives, artifacts and memorabilia
Of Sea & Shore Museum		Kitsap	Puget Sound	Natural history	Focus is shells, mollusks and other invertebrates, located on the 2nd floor of the Port Gamble General Store and Cafe^[21]
Okanogan County Historical Museum		Okanogan	Central	History - Local	Operated by the Okanogan County Historical Society
Old Molson Museum		Okanogan	Central	Open-air	Reassembled pioneer town of early 20th-century buildings, includes a bank, assay office, two homestead cabins and farm machinery^[22]
			Central	Farm	Includes a working pioneer farm with 1875 log cabin, 1908 furnished farmhouse and outbuildings
			Puget Sound		Restored vintage military aircraft and helicopters
		San Juan	San Juan Islands	History - Local	website, late 19th-century homestead cabins displaying the life stories and material culture of the Native American and early European-American settlers
Oroville Train Depot Museum		Okanogan	Central	History - Local	Operated by the Okanogan Borderlands Historical Society^[23] ^[24]
Pacific Coast Cranberry Research Foundation Museum		Pacific	Southwest	Food	website, cranberry farming and cranberries
Pacific County Museum		Pacific	Southwest	History - Local	Operated by the Pacific County Historical Society^[25]
		Whitman	Eastern	Science	website
Palus Artifact Museum		Columbia	Eastern	Ethnic - Native American	Collection of locally found artifacts from the Palouse Indian tribe, also native plants^[26]
		Clark	Southwest
				Open-air	website, complex includes local history museum, schoolhouse, two cabins, a fire lookout, equipment shed with tools, farm machinery, a washing machine display, and a logging camp bunkhouse replica, and a caboose
		Whitman	Eastern	Historic house	website, Victorian period house, operated by the Whitman County Historical Society, also known as the James A. Perkins House
Pioneer Association of the State of Washington	Seattle	King	Puget Sound	History, Genealogy, Library	https://wapioneers.com/, Oldest history organization in the State of Washington, meeting since 1871, incorporated 1895; headquarters at historic 1910 Washington Pioneer Hall on the shores of Lake Washington; Pioneer Hall is on the United States National Park Service register of Historic Places.
		Pierce	Puget Sound		website, 1880s pioneer village and Native American village
Point No Point Lighthouse		Kitsap	Puget Sound	Maritime	Lighthouse to tour
			Southwest	History - Local	website, mansion houses local history displays including logging, sports, clothing, toys, china, Native American artifacts, period roomsnately, our kitchenware offers no food.
			Southwest		Depicts early 20th century and modern domestic and farm life
		Clallam			website, exhibits of contemporary visual art in all media, also outdoor art displayed in Webster’s Woods Art Park
Port Gamble Historic Museum		Kitsap	Puget Sound	History - Local	website, includes period room displays, located on the 1st floor of the Port Gamble General Store and Cafe^[27]
		Jefferson	Olympic Peninsula		Antique and classic aircraft, located at Jefferson County International Airport
			Olympic Peninsula	Natural history / Aquarium	website, coastal environment and natural history
Poulsbo Historical Society Museum		Kitsap	Puget Sound	History - Local	website
		Kitsap	Puget Sound	Natural history	website, marine life and ecosystems
		Jefferson	Olympic Peninsula	Military
			Puget Sound	Maritime	Naval heritage of the Pacific Northwest including the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, USS John C. Stennis and more
		Jefferson	Olympic Peninsula	History - Local
Redmond Historical Society	Redmond	King	Puget Sound	History - Local	website, archives and displays
		King	Puget Sound	History - Local	City history and culture
Ritzville Railroad Depot Museum					website, Northern Pacific Railroad depot with railroad and turn-of-the-century historic displays
		Whitman	Eastern		website, anatomy specimens of the College of Veterinary Medicine at Washington State University
Roslyn Museum			Central	History - Local	website, history of the former coal mining town
		Jefferson	Olympic Peninsula	Historic house	Operated by the Jefferson County Historical Society, 19th century period house
		Whitman	Eastern	Media	website, operated by the Whitman County Historical Society, open by appointment, historic printing equipment
		Pierce	Puget Sound	Historic house	Operated by the Sumner Historical Society, 1890s-period house with displays of local history
			Eastern	History	Located in Sacajawea State Park, history of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Sacajawea, and prehistoric Native American artifacts
		San Juan	San Juan Islands	History - Local	website, operated by the San Juan Historical Society
		San Juan	San Juan Islands	Military	Sites of the British and U.S. Armies' camps during the mid 19th-century Pig War
	Friday Harbor	San Juan	San Juan Islands	Art	website, visual art with an emphasis on art from northwestern United States and southwestern Canada
Sand Man Tugboat		Thurston	Puget Sound	Maritime	website, restored early 20th-century tugboat museum ship
Sarah Spurgeon Gallery		Kittitas	Central	Art	website, part of Central Washington University
	Tacoma	Pierce	Puget Sound	Ethnic	website, part of Pacific Lutheran University, heritage, history, and culture of Scandinavia
Sedro-Woolley Museum		Skagit	Northwest	History - Local	website, exhibits include model train layout, blacksmith, bank, town hall, dentist, stable, coal mine, hospital, saloon, general store, garage, and telephone operator displays
Shafer Museum		Okanogan	Central	Open-air	website, pioneer complex includes a log house with pioneer household items, 1890s general store, ladies shop with dolls and clothing, mining machinery, a print shop and a school house
Shanaman Sports Museum	Tacoma	Pierce	Puget Sound	Sports	website, Washington state professional, college, high school and amateur sports teams and people
Shoreline Historical Museum	Shoreline	King	Puget Sound	History - Local	website
Sidney Museum		Kitsap	Puget Sound	History - Local	website, operated by Sidney Museum and Arts Association, original Masonic Hall in Port Orchard and on the National Historic Register, features period displays of a general store, school, doctor's office and hardware store
Skagit County Historical Museum		Skagit	Northwest	History - Local	website
	Tacoma	Pierce	Puget Sound	Natural history	website, part of the University of Puget Sound, research museum with public displays
Skykomish Historical Society Museum	Skykomish	King	Upper Skykomish Valley	History- Local	SkyHistory.org
Snoqualmie Valley Historical Museum	North Bend	King	Puget Sound	History - Local	website, includes pioneer and logging artifacts
South Cle Elum Depot		Kittitas	Central	Railroad	Located in Iron Horse State Park
SPARK Museum of Electrical Invention		Whatcom	Northwest	Technology	Development and use of electricity, radio and the related inventions
Spokane House Interpretive Center		Spokane	Eastern	History	Located in Riverside State Park, open on weekends in summer, history of the fur trading post, military, Spokane Indians, pioneers
		Spokane	Eastern	History - Local
Squaxin Island Tribe Museum Library and Research Center			Southwest	Ethnic - Native American	website, history and culture of the Squaxin Island Tribe
Stanwood Area History Museum		Snohomish	Puget Sound	History - Local	website, operated by the Standwood Area Historical Society
State Capital Museum		Thurston	Puget Sound	History	website, state history and culture, Native Americans, operated by the Washington State Historical Society
Steilacoom Tribal Cultural Center & Museum		Pierce	Puget Sound	Ethnic - Native American	Located in a building erected in 1902 to house the Oberlin Congregational Church.^[28]
		Snohomish	Puget Sound	History - Local	website, homestead artifacts including photos, household items, logging, dairy, military, railroad, sports, medical, education, transportation music
		Ferry			Eocene Epoch fossil site of insects, fish, leaves and twigs, bird feathers
		Yakima	Central	History - Local	website, info
		Kitsap	Puget Sound		History and culture of the Puget Sound Salish Tribes
Tacoma Art Museum	Tacoma	Pierce	Puget Sound	Art	Collection includes American, European, and Asian art, highlighting Northwest artists, and traveling national and international exhibitions
Tacoma History Museum	Tacoma	Pierce	Puget Sound	History - Local	website, operated by the Tacoma Historical Society
Tacoma Pioneer Telephone Museum	Tacoma	Pierce	Puget Sound	Technology	website
Telephone Museum		Kittitas	Central	Technology	website, history of telephone technology from 1901 to 1970, coal mining artifacts, operated by the Northern Kittitas County Historical Society
Tenino Depot Museum	Tenino	Thurston	Puget Sound	History - Local	Located in a depot, open on weekend afternoons
Thorp Mill		Kittitas	Central	Mill	Restored Grist Mill https://www.thorp.org/
			Southwest	History - Local	website, operated by the Camas-Washougal Historical Society
		Kitsap	Puget Sound	Maritime	Navy destroyer from the Vietnam War
Verlot Ranger Station-Public Service Center		Snohomish	Puget Sound	Natural history	Visitor center and museum about Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest
Veterans Memorial Museum			Southwest	Military	website
Vintage Motorcycle Museum		Lewis	Southwest	Transportation	Original and fully restored pre-1916 Indians, Harley-Davidsons, Excelsior, Pierces, Emblem, Thor, Henderson, Sears, Yale, Reading Standard, bicycles
Wahkiakum County Historical Society Museum			Southwest	History - Local	information
Wanapum Heritage Center			Central		website, history and culture of the Wanapum, area history
		Pierce	Puget Sound	Military	History of the Washington National Guard
Washington State History Museum	Tacoma	Pierce	Puget Sound	History	Washington's history and culture
		Whitman	Eastern	Geology	website, part of Washington State University, displays in three buildings
	Pullman	Whitman	Eastern	Anthropology	website, part of Washington State University, archaeological and ethnographic artifacts
	Pullman	Whitman	Eastern		website, part of Washington State University, modern and contemporary art
		Whatcom	Northwest	Horology	website, located on the third floor of the Whatcom Museum, pocket watches, clocks and horological tools
Westport Maritime Museum			Southwest	Maritime	website, located in a former U.S. Coast Guard lifeboat station, exhibits include the Coast Guard, Grays Harbor Light, whales and whaling, marine life and ecosystems, fishing industry, cranberry growing
Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center		Chelan		Multiple	Local history, art, culture and natural history
Western Gallery		Whatcom	Northwest	Art	website, part of Western Washington University, contemporary art gallery and outdoor sculpture collection
Whale Museum		San Juan	San Juan Islands	Natural history	Natural history of marine mammals with a special focus on orcas
		Whatcom	Northwest	Multiple	Contemporary art, Northwest history and culture, natural history, West Coast Clock and Watch Museum
White Bluffs Quilt Museum		Benton	Central	Textile	website, regional textile arts center
White River Valley Museum		King	Puget Sound	History - Local	Exhibits include 1920s period depot, Japanese American farmhouse, Main Street and hotel displays, Native American and pioneer artifacts,
White Pass Country Historical Museum	Packwood	Lewis	Southwest	History	website located in a 1938 elementary school house. Local artifacts to bring back memories of yesteryear.
		Walla Walla	Eastern	History	Park and visitor museum about the 1847 massacre of Methodist missionaries
Whoop-n-Holler Museum		Klickitat	Central	History	Collection of antique cars and vehicles, household items, tools, and agricultural exhibits^[29]
Willapa Bay Oyster House Interpretive Center		Pacific	Southwest	Maritime	website, features replica of the residence of oystermen and their families, exhibits about the oyster industry
Willapa Seaport Museum		Pacific	Southwest	Maritime	Includes photographs, paintings, drawings, ship models, and artifacts used in working, sailing and navigating ships^[30] website
World Kite Museum		Pacific	Southwest	Sports	website, history of kites, kitemakers and famous kite fliers
	Toppenish	Yakima	Central	Ethnic - Native American	website, history and culture of the Yakama
	Yakima	Yakima	Central	Railroad	Electric trolleys
	Yakima	Yakima	Central		Includes area natural history, American Indian culture, pioneer life, early city life, fruit industry
		King	Puget Sound	History - Local & Global	Locally owned since its opening in 1899 Includes museum items from around the world including real mummies and shrunken heads and various local artifacts too. website

Defunct museums

• Camp 6 Logging Museum, Tacoma, closed in 2011
• Castle Rock Exhibit Hall, Castle Rock, closed in 2014^[31]
• Children's Activity Museum, Ellensburg, closed in 2014^[32]
• Columbia River Exhibition of History, Science, and Technology, Richland, closed in 2014
• Consolidated Works - Seattle
• Fairchild Heritage Museum & Air Park, closed in 2002^{[33] [34]}
• Rosalie Whyel Museum of Doll Art, Bellevue, closed in 2012
• Three Rivers Children's Museum, Richland^[35]
• Washington State Railroads Historical Society Museum, Pasco^[36]
• Western Bridge, Seattle^[37]

See also

• List of museums in Seattle, Washington
• Aquaria in Washington (category)
• Nature Centers in Washington

External links

• Experience Washington - Museums & Galleries
• Washington Museum directory from Sherman Museum

Notes and References

1. News: Terry. Richard. Bickleton in Klickitat County preserves classic wooden horses in Alder Creek Pioneer Carousel Museum. The Oregonian. 30 January 2015. June 29, 2014.
2. Web site: Antique Car and Truck Museum. Explore Ferry County, WA. 29 January 2015.
3. Web site: Museums. Wilbur Chamber of Commerce. 30 January 2015.
4. Web site: Big Bend Historical Society Museum. Visit Lincoln County. 30 January 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150130212444/http://www.visitlincolncountywashington.com/PhotoPage-BBHS.html. 30 January 2015. dead.
5. Web site: Things to Do: Museum. Town of Wilbur. 30 January 2015.
6. Web site: Long Beach Area Parks Management Plan . Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission . November 2009 . April 15, 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924082205/http://www.parks.wa.gov/DocumentCenter/View/1331 . September 24, 2015 .
7. Web site: Colville Tribal Museum. Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Washington. 30 January 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150110212407/http://www.colvilletribes.com/colville_tribal_museum.php. 10 January 2015. dead.
8. Web site: Conconully Museum. Conconully Chamber of Commerce. 30 January 2015.
9. Web site: Museum. Cowlitz County. 29 January 2015.
10. Web site: Forest Learning Center. MountStHelens.com Information Resource Center. 29 January 2015.
11. News: Barb. Aue. Furford Cranberry Museum in Grayland showcases community history. South Beach Bulletin. Grays Harbor, Wash.. GateHouse Media. 29 January 2015. October 9, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20150420070129/http://southbeachbulletin.com/entertainment/furford-cranberry-museum-grayland-showcases-community-history.html. 20 April 2015. dead.
12. Web site: Furford Picker Cranberry Museum. Randy Beerbower. 29 January 2015.
13. Web site: Grant County Historic Museum and Village. Online Highway. 29 January 2015.
14. Web site: Grant County Historical Society. Museums USA. 29 January 2015.
15. Web site: Heritage Park. City of Lynwood. 24 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150504070503/http://www.ci.lynnwood.wa.us/PlayLynnwood/Parks/Heritage-Park.htm. 4 May 2015. dead.
16. Web site: Lake Stevens Museum. Snohomish County Tourism Bureau. 29 January 2015.
17. Web site: Lower Columbia College Art Gallery. Lower Columbia College. 29 January 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20140408064653/http://www.lowercolumbia.edu/activities-services/arts-entertainment/art-gallery/index.aspx. 8 April 2014. dead.
18. Web site: Official site. Poulsbo Historical Society. 30 January 2015.
19. Web site: Official site. Okanogan County Historical Society. 30 January 2015.
20. Web site: Moses Lake Museum & Art Center. City of Moses Lake. 29 January 2015.
21. Web site: Photo Galleries. Port Gamble General Store. 30 January 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150130193016/http://portgamblegeneralstore.com/photos-sea_and_shore.html. 30 January 2015. dead.
22. Web site: Museums. Omak Visitor Center. 30 January 2015.
23. Web site: Official site. Okanogan Borderlands Historical Society. 30 January 2015.
24. Web site: Oroville Museum & Visitor Welcome Center. Oroville, Washington. 30 January 2015.
25. Web site: Pacific County Museum. Willapa Harbor Chamber. 29 January 2015.
26. Web site: Palus Artifact Museum. Dayton Chamber of Commerce. 30 January 2015.
27. Web site: About. Port Gamble General Store. 30 January 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150130192528/http://portgamblegeneralstore.com/about.html. 30 January 2015. dead.
28. Web site: Facebook site. Steilacoom Tribal Cultural Center and Museum. 24 February 2015.
29. Web site: Whoop-n-Holler Museum. Online Highway. 30 January 2015.
30. Web site: Willapa Seaport Museum. Willapa Harbor Chamber of Commerce. 29 January 2015.
31. News: Lyxan . Toledanes. New visitor's center means the end for Castle Rock Exhibit Hall. Longview Daily News. 29 January 2015. May 16, 2014.
32. News: Kelsea . Wasung. Ellensburg children's museum to close this month. News. KIMA TV . Yakima, Wash.. 30 January 2015. May 19, 2014.
33. Web site: Jim. O'Connell. Operation Cannonball: The rest of the story. Inside Fairchild Air Force Base. Fairchild Air Force Base. 24 February 2015. October 7, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20150225035632/http://www.fairchild.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123427483. 25 February 2015. dead.
34. Web site: Former Fairchild Heritage Museum & Air Park. 92nd USAAF-USAF Memorial Association. 24 February 2015.
35. Web site: Three River Children’s Museum. Yelp. 28 January 2015.
36. Web site: Official site. Washington State Railroads Historical Society. 29 January 2015. We No Longer Have A Museum, But Plan To Build Our New Museum In The Near Future..
37. Web site: Official site. Western Bridge. 30 January 2015.