FREE; please register. Includes museum admission and snacks; bring a sack lunch Scholars and interested citizens are invited to come together for an afternoon of collaboration to create or improve Wikipedia pages related to Washington State’s suffrage history. Learn from seasoned “Wikipedians” how to edit wiki pages, and work in small groups with women’s history > Continue Reading
Explore how history connects us all during our Family Saturdays. Join a museum facilitator and other families in our galleries to learn about artifacts on view, then make something of your own. This month’s Family Saturday features a writing activity inspired by our new exhibit, A Thousand Words’ Worth: Washington Authors Tell Stories with Objects. > Continue Reading
All ages welcome! No cost to play. 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, and Tacoma Historical Society. Facts, fun and prizes aplenty!
The West Coast Waterfront Strike shut down nearly 2,000 miles of coastline for three months in 1934, leading to the creation of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union’s (ILWU), with its own worker-controlled hiring halls. Join UW Tacoma alumnus and labor organizer Zachary Pattin to discuss how creating these hiring halls influenced the character and > Continue Reading
In honor of our current exhibition A Thousand Words' Worth, we are hosting a MUSEUM BOOK FAIR! Join us for a full day at the museum with Washington-based authors, illustrators, and publishers. Listen to author talks, make your own zine, type or write a letter to mail, see interactive storytelling in the galleries, and a enjoy > Continue Reading
FREE and open to the public Where do writers get their ideas? How do they solve writer's block? How much research does it take to write a novel? Find out answers to these questions and more at a casual Q & A with Snow Falling on Cedars author David Guterson, who is featured in the exhibition A Thousand > Continue Reading
Learn about the forced incarceration of people of Japanese ancestry during WWII. Make paper cranes in remembrance. Join the community in a procession to Union Station, the site of forced evacuation. The museum is crowd-sourcing content for a future exhibition on this subject, and the Japanese community is invited to bring photographs and documents from > Continue Reading
McMenamins Elks Temple, the Washington State Historical Society and the Tacoma Historical Society bring you Eyes of the Totem. This 1926 visual masterpiece was filmed in Tacoma and Steilacoom, when Tacoma housed a Hollywood-quality film studio! Hear the story of how Tacoma became the home of a major motion picture studio during the 1920s. See a > Continue Reading
Does your child love trains? See our model train, play with toy trains, and learn about Washington’s rich railroad history at this family-friendly event. Join other families in the galleries with a museum facilitator. Make something of your own to take home!
FREE to play, all ages welcome! Test your history trivia knowledge with the Washington State Historical Society, City of Tacoma Historic Preservation Office, Fort Nisqually Living History Museum, and Tacoma Historical Society. Facts, fun, and prizes aplenty! Team up or battle on your own for the title of History Trivia Champ. Food and beverages will be > Continue Reading