Name
Town/City
County
Region
Area of study
Summary
Aberdeen Museum of History
Aberdeen
Grays Harbor
Southwest
History - Local
website
Admiralty Head Lighthouse
Coupeville
Island
Puget Sound
Maritime
Located in Fort Casey State Park
Alaska Packers Association Cannery Museum
Blaine
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
Bickleton
Klickitat
Central
Amusement
Collection of carousel horses, open once a year[ 1]
Alpowai Interpretive Center
Clarkston
Asotin
Eastern
History
website , exhibits on meeting of Lewis and Clark and the Nez Perce Indians
America's Car Museum
Tacoma
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
American Hop Museum
Toppenish
Yakima
Central
Agriculture
website , history and future of hops cultivation
Anacortes History Museum
Anacortes
Skagit
Northwest
History - Local
website , exhibits include Native Americans and early settlers, fishing and logging industries, changing exhibits; located in a Carnegie Library building; also operates the Anacortes Maritime Heritage Center
Anacortes Maritime Heritage Center
Anacortes
Skagit
Northwest
Maritime
Exhibits about the adjacent drydocked WT Preston sternwheeler and other snagboats
Ansorge Hotel
Curlew
Ferry
Eastern
Historic site
Early 20th century period hotel in a ghost town
Antique Car & Truck Museum
Curlew
Ferry
Eastern
Transportation
Cars, trucks, antique farm machinery and a blacksmith shop[ 2]
Asotin County Museum
Asotin
Asotin
Eastern
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
Aurora Valentinetti Puppet Museum
Bremerton
Kitsap
Puget Sound
Puppetry
website , part of the Evergreen Children's Theatre
Bainbridge Island Historical Society Museum
Bainbridge Island
Kitsap
Puget Sound
History - Local
website , located in a 1908 schoolhouse
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art
Bainbridge Island
Kitsap
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.
Bellevue Arts Museum
Bellevue
King
Puget Sound
Art
Changing exhibits of art, craft and design
Bellingham Maritime Museum
Bellingham
Whatcom
Northwest
Maritime
website , exhibits include area canning company, fishing industry, shipyards, ship models, amphibious vehicles, boats, maritime artifacts
Bellingham Railway Museum
Bellingham
Whatcom
Northwest
Railroad
Includes model train layout, railroad memorabilia, lanterns, train simulator, models of antique logging equipment
Benton County Historical Museum
Prosser
Benton
Central
History - Local
website , includes antique clothing, furniture, dishes and glassware, quilts
Big Bend Historical Society Museum
Wilbur
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
Olympia
Thurston
Puget Sound
Historic house
1850s house with original documents, artifacts, and furnishings
Bing Crosby Museum
Spokane
Spokane
Eastern
Biography
website , at Gonzaga University , memorabilia of singer and movie star Bing Crosby
Black Diamond Museum
Black Diamond
King
Puget Sound
History - Local
website , operated by the Black Diamond Historical Society in a historic depot
Blackman House Museum
Snohomish
Snohomish
Puget Sound
History - Local
website , operated by the Snohomish Historical Society, late 19th-century house
Boldman House Museum
Dayton
Columbia
Eastern
Historic house
website , operated by the Dayton Historical Depot Society, Victorian period house
Bothell Historical Museum
Bothell
King
Puget Sound
History - Local
website
Breazeale Interpretive Center
Anacortes
Skagit
Northwest
Natural history
Natural history and ecology of the Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
Browns Point Lighthouse Park
Browns Point
Pierce
Puget Sound
Maritime
Includes the History Center, Boat House Museum and tours of the lighthouse
Bruce Memorial Museum
Waitsburg
Walla Walla
Eastern
History - Local
website , operated by the Waitsburg Historical Society, also tours of the adjacent Victorian-period Wilson-Phillips House
Camlann Medieval Village
Carnation
King
Puget Sound
Living
Recreates rural life in England in 1376
Carpenter House Museum
Cle Elum
Kittitas
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
Cashmere Museum and Pioneer Village
Cashmere
Chelan
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
Woodland
Clark
Southwest
Mill
Working late 19th century water-powered grist mill
Central Washington Agricultural Museum
Union Gap
Yakima
Central
Agriculture
website , information , open for special events with agriculture equipment displays and demonstrations
Charles R. Conner Museum
Pullman
Whitman
Eastern
Natural history
website , part of Washington State University in Abelson Hall, displays over 700 mounts of birds and mammals
Chehalis–Centralia Railroad
Chehalis
Lewis
Southwest
Railroad
Heritage railroad and museum
Chelan Museum
Chelan
Chelan
Central
History - Local
website , operated by the Lake Chelan Historical Society
Cheney Historical Museum
Cheney
Spokane
Eastern
History - Local
website , history of the Four Lakes, Marshall, Cheney, Tyler, and Amber districts
Chewelah Museum
Chewelah
Stevens
Eastern
History - Local
website
Children's Museum of Skagit County
Burlington
Skagit
Northwest
Children's
website
Children's Museum of Tacoma
Tacoma
Pierce
Puget Sound
Children's
website
Children's Museum of Walla Walla
Walla Walla
Walla Walla
Eastern
Children's
website
Clark County Historical Museum
Vancouver
Clark
Southwest
History - Local
Operated by the Clark County Historical Society
Clymer Museum
Ellensburg
Kittitas
Central
Art
website , works of John Clymer and other regional artists
Coastal Interpretive Center
Ocean Shores
Grays Harbor
Southwest
Multiple
website , natural history, ecology, local history, Native Americans
Colbert House Museum
Ilwaco
Pacific
Southwest
Historic house
Late 19th-century house: non-operational as of 2009[ 6]
Columbia River Gorge Interpretive Center Museum
Stevenson
Pacific
Central
History - Local
website ,
Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum
Ilwaco
Pacific
Southwest
History - Local
website , formerly the Ilwaco Heritage Museum
Colville Tribal Museum
Coulee Dam
Douglas
Eastern
Ethnic - Native American
[ 7] [ 3]
Connell Heritage Museum
Connell, Washington
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
Commanding Officer’s Quarters
Port Townsend
Jefferson
Olympic Peninsula
Military
Part of Fort Worden State Park, operated by the Jefferson County Historical Society
Conconully Museum
Conconully
Okanogan
Central
History - Local
Operated by the Conconully Area Historical Association[ 8]
Concrete Heritage Museum
Concrete
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
Spokane
Eastern
Art
website , includes an exhibit gallery
Cougar Mountain Zoo
Issaquah
King
Puget Sound
Natural history
Includes wildlife museum, bronze animal sculptures, animal and nature art
Cowlitz County Historical Museum
Kelso
Cowlitz
Southwest
History - Local
County history[ 9]
Crosby House
Tumwater
Thurston
Puget Sound
Historic house
website , mid 19th-century period house
CWU Museum of Culture & Environment
Ellensburg
Kittitas
Central
Anthropology
website , part of Central Washington University , formerly the Museum of Man, includes large collection of Native American artifacts
D. O. Pearson House Museum
Stanwood
Snohomish
Puget Sound
Historic house
website , operated by the Stanwood Area Historical Society, late 19th-century Victorian period house
Dayton Historic Depot
Dayton
Columbia
Eastern
History - Local
website , operated by the Dayton Historical Depot Society, includes an art gallery
Discovery Village
Gig Harbor
Pierce
Puget Sound
Children's
DuPont Museum
DuPont
Pierce
Puget Sound
History - Local
Exhibits include former DuPont Company and impact on region, Fort Nisqually , period home, village and school displays
East Benton County Historical Museum
Kennewick
Benton
Central
History - Local
website , themes include agriculture, military, transportation, education; operated by the East Benton County Historical Society
Eastside Heritage Center
Bellevue
King
Puget Sound
History - Local
Displays are located around the county
Edmonds Historical Museum
Edmonds
Snohomish
Puget Sound
History - Local
City history and culture
Ferndale Pioneer Park
Ferndale
Whatcom
Northwest
Open-air
website , operated by the Ferndale Heritage Society, relocated log houses and other structures
Ferry County Historical Center
Republic
Ferry
Eastern
History - Local
website , operated by the Ferry County Historical Society
Flying Heritage Collection
Everett
Snohomish
Puget Sound
Aviation
Restored WWII aircraft
Foothills Historical Society & Museum
Buckley
Pierce
Puget Sound
History - Local
website
Forest Learning Center
Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument
Cowlitz
Southwest
Natural history
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
Forks
Clallam
Olympic Peninsula
Industry - Timber
website , tools, logging equipment, bunkhouse display, homesteading, farming and logging in the Pacific Northwest
Fort Columbia State Park
Chinook
Pacific
Southwest
Military
Original U.S. Army Coastal Artillery fort buildings and batteries, active from 1896 to 1947, interpretive center
Fort Flagler State Park
Marrowstone
Jefferson
Olympic Peninsula
Military
History and artifacts from the 20th-century fort
Fort Nisqually Living History Museum
Tacoma
Pierce
Puget Sound
Fort - Living history
19th century living history fort
Fort Okanogan Interpretive Center
Brewster
Okanogan
Central
History
History of the former early 19th century fur trading post
Fort Simcoe State Park
White Swan
Yakima
Central
Military
1850s fort with restored officer's houses and a visitor center with exhibits
Fort Spokane Museum and Visitor Center
Davenport
Lincoln
Eastern
Military
website , part of Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area , late 19th-century Indian Frontier fort and later Indian boarding school
Fort Steilacoom
Steilacoom
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
Vancouver
Clark
Southwest
Military
19th century fur trading outpost with living history demonstrations
Fort Walla Walla Museum
Walla Walla
Walla Walla
Eastern
History - Living history
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
Fox Island Museum
Fox Island
Pierce
Puget Sound
History - Local
website
Frank R. Burroughs Home Museum
Ritzville
Adams
Eastern
Historic house
Turn-of-the century period house
Franklin County Historical Museum
Pasco
Franklin
Eastern
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
Grayland
Grays Harbor
Southwest
Agriculture
Cranberry industry equipment and materials[ 11] [ 12] website
Future of Flight Aviation Center & Boeing Tour
Mukilteo
Snohomish
Puget Sound
Aerospace
Commercial jet aviation and future airplane designs
Garfield County Museum
Pomeroy
Garfield
Eastern
History - Local
website
Gilman Town Hall Museum
Issaquah
King
Puget Sound
History - Local
Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park
Vantage
Kittitas
Central
Natural history
Petrified wood found in the park
Gorge Heritage Museum
Bingen
Klickitat
Central
History - Local
website , operated by the West Klickitat County Historical Society, tools, clothing, furnishings, photos
Granite Falls Historical Museum
Granite Falls
Snohomish
Puget Sound
History - Local
website , operated by the Granite Falls Historical Society
Grant County Historic Museum and Village
Ephrata
Grant
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
Olympia
Thurston
Puget Sound
Children's
Hanford Reach Interpretive Center
Richland
Benton
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
Harbor History Museum
Gig Harbor
Pierce
Puget Sound
History - Local
Area history, culture, maritime heritage
Heritage Flight Museum
Burlington
Skagit
Northwest
Aviation
Restored flying World War II, Korean and Vietnam era aircraft
Heritage Park
Lynnwood
Snohomish
Puget Sound
Local history
Includes Alderwood Manor Heritage Cottage and Wickers Museum[ 15]
Hunters Museum
Hunters
Stevens
Eastern
History - Local
Hydroplane & Raceboat Museum
Kent
King
Puget Sound
Sports
website , history of the sport of hydroplane racing
Imagine Children's Museum
Everett
Snohomish
Puget Sound
Children's
Over 20 interactive exhibits
Island County Historical Society Museum
Whidbey Island
Island
Puget Sound
History - Local
website
Issaquah Depot Museum
Issaquah
King
Puget Sound
History - Local
Displays include industrial revolution, travel, communication, early economic development of Issaquah
Jansen Art Center
Lynden
Whatcom
Northwest
Art
website , community art center with exhibit gallery
Jefferson Museum of Art & History
Port Townsend
Jefferson
Olympic Peninsula
History - Local
website
Job Carr Cabin Museum
Tacoma
Pierce
Puget Sound
Historic house
website , replica cabin of Tacoma's first Euro American settler
Johnson Farm Museum
Anderson Island
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
Karshner Museum
Puyallup
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
Keller Heritage Center Museum and Park
Colville
Stevens
Eastern
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
Kettle Falls Historical Center
Kettle Falls
Stevens
Eastern
History - local
website
Kids Discovery Museum
Bainbridge Island
Kitsap
Puget Sound
Children's
website , also known as KiDiMu
KidsQuest Children's Museum
Bellevue
King
Puget Sound
Children's
Kirkman House Museum
Walla Walla
Walla Walla
Eastern
Historic house
Victorian period house
Kitsap County Historical Society Museum
Bremerton
Kitsap
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 County Historical Museum
Ellensburg
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
La Conner
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
Lake Stevens
Snohomish
Puget Sound
History - Local
Includes local history displays in a former general store and adjacent 1920s-era Paul & Bertha Grimm House[ 16]
Larson Gallery
Yakima
Yakima
Central
Art
Part of Yakima Valley Community College
Leavenworth Nutcracker Museum
Leavenworth
Chelan
Central
Commodity - Nutcracker
Features over 5,000 nutcrackers originating from over 40 countries
Lelooska Museum
Ariel
Cowlitz
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
Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center
Ilwaco
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
Fort Lewis
Pierce
Puget Sound
Military
History of Fort Lewis and the military units that served there
Lewis County Historical Museum
Chehalis
Lewis
Southwest
History - Local
website
Lincoln County Museum
Davenport
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
Port Orchard
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
Longmire Museum
Longmire
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
Loon Lake
Stevens
Eastern
History - Local
website , located in a former school
Lopez Island Historical Society Museum
Lopez Island
San Juan
San Juan Islands
History - Local
website
Lower Columbia College Art Gallery
Longview
Cowlitz
Southwest
Art
Located in the Rose Center for the Arts[ 17]
Lynden Pioneer Museum
Lynden
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
Neah Bay
Clallam
Olympic Peninsula
Ethnic - Native American
Artifacts and life of pre-contact Makah people
Martinson Cabin
Poulsbo
Kitsap
Puget Sound
Historic house
Operated by the Poulsbo Historical Society in Nelson Park, Norwegian immigrant family home[ 18]
Maryhill Museum of Art
Goldendale
Klickitat
Central
Art
Collections includes 20th-century European art, Native American artifacts, sculptures and art by Auguste Rodin , furniture and decorative art
McAllister Museum of Aviation
Yakima
Yakima
Central
Aviation
website
McChord Air Museum
McChord Air Force Base
Pierce
Puget Sound
Aviation
Exhibits about McChord Field and a collection of restored military aircraft
Meeker Mansion
Puyallup
Pierce
Puget Sound
Historic house
website
Mobius Kids
Spokane
Spokane
Eastern
Children's
website
Mobius Science Center
Spokane
Spokane
Eastern
Science
website , themes include flight and engineering, space, human body, fluid dynamics, sound, physics
Molson School Museum
Molson
Okanogan
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
Monroe
Snohomish
Puget Sound
History - Local
website , operated by the Monroe Historical Society
Moses Lake Museum and Art Center
Moses Lake
Grant
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
Silverlake
Cowlitz
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
Mukilteo Light
Mukilteo
Snohomish
Puget Sound
Maritime
Lighthouse tours, maritime and local history exhibits
Museum & Arts Center in the Sequim-Dungeness Valley
Sequim
Clallam
Olympic Peninsula
History / Art
Changing exhibits of local art and history
Museum at the Carnegie
Port Angeles
Clallam
Olympic Peninsula
History - Local
website , operated by the Clallam County Historical Society
Museum of Flight
Tukwila
King
Puget Sound
Aerospace
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
La Conner
Skagit
Northwest
Art
Focus is Northwest School art movement
Museum of the Columbia
Rocky Reach Dam
Chelan
Central
History
website , located at the Rocky Reach Dam powerhouse, exhibits include settlers and Native Americans, steam boaters, lumbermen, railroaders
Museum of the North Beach
Moclips
Grays Harbor
Southwest
History - Local
website , operated by the Moclips-by-the-Sea Historical Society
Naval Undersea Museum
Keyport
Kitsap
Puget Sound
Maritime
Exhibits include the ocean environment, torpedoes, mine warfare, diving equipment, submarines
New Dungeness Lighthouse
Sequim
Clallam
Olympic Peninsula
Maritime
Tours of the working lighthouse
North Clark Historical Museum
Amboy
Clark
Southwest
History - Local
Located in the former Amboy United Brethren Church
North Spokane Farm Museum
Deer Park
Spokane
Eastern
Agriculture
website , farm equipment and machinery, tools, period room displays
Northern Pacific Railway Museum
Toppenish
Yakima
Central
Railroad
Includes Northern Pacific Railway memorabilia and a full-scale 1930 vintage Northern Pacific freight train
Northwest Carriage Museum
Raymond
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
Snoqualmie
King
Puget Sound
Railroad
Located in a depot, includes railway cars and locomotives, artifacts and memorabilia
Of Sea & Shore Museum
Port Gamble
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
Okanogan
Central
History - Local
Operated by the Okanogan County Historical Society[ 19]
Old Molson Museum
Molson
Okanogan
Central
Open-air
Reassembled pioneer town of early 20th-century buildings, includes a bank, assay office, two homestead cabins and farm machinery[ 22]
Olmstead Place State Park
Ellensburg
Kittitas
Central
Farm
Includes a working pioneer farm with 1875 log cabin, 1908 furnished farmhouse and outbuildings
Olympic Flight Museum
Olympia
Thurston
Puget Sound
Aviation
Restored vintage military aircraft and helicopters
Orcas Island Historical Museum
Eastsound
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
Oroville
Okanogan
Central
History - Local
Operated by the Okanogan Borderlands Historical Society[ 23] [ 24]
Pacific Coast Cranberry Research Foundation Museum
Long Beach
Pacific
Southwest
Food
website , cranberry farming and cranberries
Pacific County Museum
South Bend
Pacific
Southwest
History - Local
Operated by the Pacific County Historical Society[ 25]
Palouse Discovery Science Center
Pullman
Whitman
Eastern
Science
website
Palus Artifact Museum
Dayton
Columbia
Eastern
Ethnic - Native American
Collection of locally found artifacts from the Palouse Indian tribe, also native plants[ 26]
Pearson Air Museum
Vancouver
Clark
Southwest
Aviation
Pend Oreille County Museum
Newport
Pend Oreille
Eastern
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
Perkins House
Colfax
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.
Pioneer Farm Museum & Ohop Indian Village
Eatonville
Pierce
Puget Sound
Living history - Farm - Native American
website , 1880s pioneer village and Native American village
Point No Point Lighthouse
Hansville
Kitsap
Puget Sound
Maritime
Lighthouse to tour
Polson Museum
Grays Harbor
Grays Harbor
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.
Pomeroy Living History Farm
Yacolt
Clark
Southwest
Living history - Farm
Depicts early 20th century and modern domestic and farm life
Port Angeles Fine Arts Center
Port Angeles
Clallam
Olympic Peninsula
Art
website , exhibits of contemporary visual art in all media, also outdoor art displayed in Webster’s Woods Art Park
Port Gamble Historic Museum
Port Gamble
Kitsap
Puget Sound
History - Local
website , includes period room displays, located on the 1st floor of the Port Gamble General Store and Cafe[ 27]
Port Townsend Aero Museum
Port Townsend
Jefferson
Olympic Peninsula
Aviation
Antique and classic aircraft, located at Jefferson County International Airport
Port Townsend Marine Science Center
Port Townsend
Jefferson
Olympic Peninsula
Natural history / Aquarium
website , coastal environment and natural history
Poulsbo Historical Society Museum
Poulsbo
Kitsap
Puget Sound
History - Local
website
Poulsbo Marine Science Center
Poulsbo
Kitsap
Puget Sound
Natural history
website , marine life and ecosystems
Puget Sound Coast Artillery Museum
Port Townsend
Jefferson
Olympic Peninsula
Military
History of Fort Worden , coast artillery history and the harbor defenses of Puget Sound
Puget Sound Navy Museum
Bremerton
Kitsap
Puget Sound
Maritime
Naval heritage of the Pacific Northwest including the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard , USS John C. Stennis and more
Quilcene Historical Museum
Quilcene
Jefferson
Olympic Peninsula
History - Local
Redmond Historical Society
Redmond
King
Puget Sound
History - Local
website , archives and displays
Renton History Museum
Renton
King
Puget Sound
History - Local
City history and culture
Ritzville Railroad Depot Museum
Ritzville
Adams
Eastern
Railroad
website , Northern Pacific Railroad depot with railroad and turn-of-the-century historic displays
Robert P Worthman Anatomy Museum
Pullman
Whitman
Eastern
Natural history
website , anatomy specimens of the College of Veterinary Medicine at Washington State University
Roslyn Museum
Roslyn
Kittitas
Central
History - Local
website , history of the former coal mining town
Rothschild House
Port Townsend
Jefferson
Olympic Peninsula
Historic house
Operated by the Jefferson County Historical Society, 19th century period house
Roy M. Chatters Newspaper and Printing Museum
Palouse
Whitman
Eastern
Media
website , operated by the Whitman County Historical Society, open by appointment, historic printing equipment
Ryan House Museum
Sumner
Pierce
Puget Sound
Historic house
Operated by the Sumner Historical Society, 1890s-period house with displays of local history
Sacajawea Interpretive Center
Pasco
Franklin
Eastern
History
Located in Sacajawea State Park, history of the Lewis and Clark Expedition , Sacajawea , and prehistoric Native American artifacts
San Juan Historical Museum
Friday Harbor
San Juan
San Juan Islands
History - Local
website , operated by the San Juan Historical Society
San Juan Island National Historical Park
Friday Harbor
San Juan
San Juan Islands
Military
Sites of the British and U.S. Armies ' camps during the mid 19th-century Pig War
San Juan Islands Museum of Art
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
Olympia
Thurston
Puget Sound
Maritime
website , restored early 20th-century tugboat museum ship
Sarah Spurgeon Gallery
Ellensburg
Kittitas
Central
Art
website , part of Central Washington University
Scandinavian Cultural Center
Tacoma
Pierce
Puget Sound
Ethnic
website , part of Pacific Lutheran University , heritage, history, and culture of Scandinavia
Sedro-Woolley Museum
Sedro-Woolley
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
Winthrop
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
Port Orchard
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
La Conner
Skagit
Northwest
History - Local
website
Slater Museum of Natural History
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
Cle Elum
Kittitas
Central
Railroad
Located in Iron Horse State Park
SPARK Museum of Electrical Invention
Bellingham
Whatcom
Northwest
Technology
Development and use of electricity, radio and the related inventions
Spokane House Interpretive Center
Nine Mile Falls
Spokane
Eastern
History
Located in Riverside State Park , open on weekends in summer, history of the fur trading post, military, Spokane Indians, pioneers
Spokane Valley Heritage Museum
Spokane Valley
Spokane
Eastern
History - Local
Squaxin Island Tribe Museum Library and Research Center
Squaxin Island
Mason
Southwest
Ethnic - Native American
website , history and culture of the Squaxin Island Tribe
Stanwood Area History Museum
Stanwood
Snohomish
Puget Sound
History - Local
website , operated by the Standwood Area Historical Society
State Capital Museum
Olympia
Thurston
Puget Sound
History
website , state history and culture, Native Americans, operated by the Washington State Historical Society
Steilacoom Tribal Cultural Center & Museum
Steilacoom
Pierce
Puget Sound
Ethnic - Native American
Located in a building erected in 1902 to house the Oberlin Congregational Church .[ 28]
Stillaguamish Valley Pioneer Museum
Arlington
Snohomish
Puget Sound
History - Local
website , homestead artifacts including photos, household items, logging, dairy, military, railroad, sports, medical, education, transportation music
Stonerose Interpretive Center and Fossil Site
Republic
Ferry
Eastern
Natural history
Eocene Epoch fossil site of insects, fish, leaves and twigs, bird feathers
Sunnyside Historical Museum
Sunnyside
Yakima
Central
History - Local
website , info
Suquamish Museum
Suquamish
Kitsap
Puget Sound
Ethnic - Native American
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
Cle Elum
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
Thorp
Kittitas
Central
Mill
Restored Grist Mill https://www.thorp.org/
Two Rivers Heritage Museum
Washougal
Clark
Southwest
History - Local
website , operated by the Camas-Washougal Historical Society
USS Turner Joy Museum Ship
Bremerton
Kitsap
Puget Sound
Maritime
Navy destroyer from the Vietnam War
Verlot Ranger Station-Public Service Center
Granite Falls
Snohomish
Puget Sound
Natural history
Visitor center and museum about Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest
Veterans Memorial Museum
Chehalis
Lewis
Southwest
Military
website
Vintage Motorcycle Museum
Chehalis
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
Cathlamet
Wahkiakum
Southwest
History - Local
information
Wanapum Heritage Center
Wanapum Dam
Grant
Central
Ethnic - Native American
website , history and culture of the Wanapum , area history
Washington National Guard Museum
Camp Murray
Pierce
Puget Sound
Military
History of the Washington National Guard
Washington State History Museum
Tacoma
Pierce
Puget Sound
History
Washington's history and culture
Washington State University Geology Museums
Pullman
Whitman
Eastern
Geology
website , part of Washington State University , displays in three buildings
Washington State University Museum of Anthropology
Pullman
Whitman
Eastern
Anthropology
website , part of Washington State University , archaeological and ethnographic artifacts
Washington State University Museum of Art
Pullman
Whitman
Eastern
Art
website , part of Washington State University , modern and contemporary art
West Coast Clock & Watch Museum
Bellingham
Whatcom
Northwest
Horology
website , located on the third floor of the Whatcom Museum , pocket watches, clocks and horological tools
Westport Maritime Museum
Westport
Grays Harbor
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
Wenatchee
Chelan
Central
Multiple
Local history, art, culture and natural history
Western Gallery
Bellingham
Whatcom
Northwest
Art
website , part of Western Washington University , contemporary art gallery and outdoor sculpture collection
Whale Museum
Friday Harbor
San Juan
San Juan Islands
Natural history
Natural history of marine mammals with a special focus on orcas
Whatcom Museum
Bellingham
Whatcom
Northwest
Multiple
Contemporary art, Northwest history and culture, natural history, West Coast Clock and Watch Museum
White Bluffs Quilt Museum
Richland
Benton
Central
Textile
website , regional textile arts center
White River Valley Museum
Auburn
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
White Pass Country Museum website located in a 1938 elementary school house. Local artifacts to bring back memories of yesteryear.
Whitman Mission National Historic Site
Walla Walla
Walla Walla
Eastern
History
Park and visitor museum about the 1847 massacre of Methodist missionaries
Whoop-n-Holler Museum
Bickleton
Klickitat
Central
History
Collection of antique cars and vehicles, household items, tools, and agricultural exhibits[ 29]
Willapa Bay Oyster House Interpretive Center
Nahcotta
Pacific
Southwest
Maritime
website , features replica of the residence of oystermen and their families, exhibits about the oyster industry
Willapa Seaport Museum
Raymond
Pacific
Southwest
Maritime
Includes photographs, paintings, drawings, ship models, and artifacts used in working, sailing and navigating ships[ 30] website
World Kite Museum
Long Beach
Pacific
Southwest
Sports
website , history of kites, kitemakers and famous kite fliers
Yakama Nation Museum
Toppenish
Yakima
Central
Ethnic - Native American
website , history and culture of the Yakama
Yakima Electric Railway Museum
Yakima
Yakima
Central
Railroad
Electric trolleys
Yakima Valley Museum
Yakima
Yakima
Central
History / Natural history
Includes area natural history, American Indian culture, pioneer life, early city life, fruit industry
Ye Olde Curiosity Shop
Seattle
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