List of museums in Washington

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This list of museums in Washington 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. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included. Defunct museums are listed in a separate section.

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Name Image Town/City County Area of study Summary
Aberdeen Museum of History Aberdeen Grays Harbor History web
America's Car Museum Tacoma Pierce Transportation - Automobiles web
American Hop Museum Toppenish Yakima Food- Hops web
American Museum of Radio and Electricity Bellingham Whatcom Technology - Radio and Electricity web
Anacortes History Museum Anacortes Skagit History web
Asotin County Historical Society Museum Asotin Asotin History web
Bainbridge Island Historical Society & Museum Bainbridge Island Kitsap History web
Bellevue Art Museum Bellevue King Art web
Bellingham International Maritime Museum Bellingham Whatcom Maritime web
Bellingham Railway Museum Bellingham Whatcom Railroad web
Benton County Historical Museum Prosser Benton History info
Bigelow House Museum Olympia Thurston Historic house web
Bing Crosby Museum Spokane Spokane Biography web, at Gonzaga University
Black Diamond Museum Black Diamond King History web
Blackman House Museum Snohomish Snohomish History web
Bothell Historical Museum Bothell King History web
Bremerton Naval Museum Bremerton Kitsap Maritime info, also known as Naval Memorial Museum of the Pacific
Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture Seattle King Natural history web
Burroughs Home History Museum of Ritzville Ritzville Adams Historic house web
Camp 6 Logging Museum Tacoma Pierce Industry - Timber web
Carnegie Art Center Walla Walla Walla Walla Art web
Carpenter Museum Cle Elum Kittitas History web
Cashmere Museum and Pioneer Village Cashmere Chelan History web
Castle Rock Exhibit Hall and Visitors Center Castle Rock Cowlitz History info
Center for Wooden Boats Seattle King Maritime web
Center on Contemporary Art Seattle King Art Web
Central Washington Agricultural Museum Union Gap Yakima History web, info
Charles R. Conner Museum Pullman Whitman Natural history web
Cheney Historical Museum Cheney Spokane History web
Chewelah Museum Chewelah Stevens History web
Children's Activity Museum Ellensburg Kittitas Children's web
Children's Museum of Tacoma Tacoma Pierce Children's web
Clallam County Historical Society Museum Port Angeles Clallam History web
Clark County Historical Museum Vancouver Clark History web
Cle Elum Telephone Museum Cle Elum Kittitas History web
Clymer Museum Ellensburg Kittitas Art web
Coast Artillery Museum Fort Worden Jefferson Military web, info
Coast Guard Museum Northwest Seattle King Military web, info & photos
Columbia River Exhibition of History, Science, and Technology Richland Benton Science center / Natural history / History web
Corbin Art Center Spokane Spokane Art web
Cowlitz County Historical Museum Kelso Cowlitz History web
DuPont Historical Museum DuPont Pierce History web
East Benton County Historical Museum Kennewick Benton History web
Eastside Heritage Center Bellevue King History web
Edmonds Historical Museum Edmonds Snohomish History web
Experience Music Project Seattle King Music web
Fairchild Heritage Museum & Air Park Fairchild Air Force Base Spokane Aviation web
Flying Heritage Collection Everett Snohomish Aviation web
Forks Timber Museum Forks Clallam Industry - Timber web
Fort Nisqually Living History Museum Tacoma Pierce Fort - Living history web
Fort Lewis Museum Fort Lewis Pierce Fort web
Fort Walla Walla Museum Walla Walla Walla Walla Fort - History - Living history web
Franklin County Historical Society & Museum Pasco Franklin History web
Frye Art Museum Seattle King Art web
Future of Flight Aviation Center & Boeing Tour Everett Snohomish Aerospace web
Georgetown PowerPlant Museum Seattle King info
Gorge Heritage Museum Bingen Klickitat History web
Hands On Children's Museum Olympia Thurston Children's web
Harbor History Museum Gig Harbor Pierce History web, formerly Gig Harbor Peninsula History Museum
Henry Art Gallery Kent King Art The art museum of the University of Washington, web
Hydroplane & Raceboat Museum Seattle King Transportation web
Island County Historical Society Museum Whidbey Island Island History web
Issaquah History Museums Issaquah King History web
Jack Straw New Media Gallery Seattle King Art web
James Entomological Collection Pullman Whitman Natural history web
Jefferson County Historical Society Museum Port Townsend Jefferson History web
Johnson Farm Museum Anderson Island Pierce History web
Jundt Art Museum Spokane Spokane Art web, at Gonzaga University
Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum Seattle King Library web
Keller Heritage Center Museum and Park Colville Stevens History / Native American web
KidsQuest Children's Museum Bellevue King Children's web
Kitsap Museum Bremerton Kitsap History web
Kittitas County Historical Museum Ellensburg Kittitas History web
Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park Seattle King History web
Lake Chelan Historical Museum Chelan Chelan History web
Leavenworth Nutcracker Museum Leavenworth Chelan Commodity - Nutcracker web
Lelooska Museum Ariel Cowlitz Ethnic - Native American web
Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center at Cape Disappointment Cape Disappointment State Park Pacific History web
Lewis County Historical Museum Chehalis Lewis History web
Lynden Pioneer Museum Lynden Whatcom History web
Makah Museum Neah Bay Clallam Ethnic - Native American web
Maryhill Museum of Art Goldendale Klickitat Art web
Mobius Spokane Spokane Science web
Mobius Kids Spokane Spokane Children's web
Moses Lake Museum and Art Center Moses Lake Grant Natural history / Native Americans / Art web
Mount St. Helens Visitor Center at Silver Lake Silverlake Cowlitz Natural history web
Museum and Arts Center, Sequim, Washington Sequim Clallam History / Art web
Museum of Communications, Seattle Seattle King Industry web
Museum of Flight Seattle King Aerospace web
Museum of Glass Tacoma Pierce Art web
Museum of History and Industry Seattle King History web
Museum of Northwest Art La Conner Skagit Art web
Museum of the Columbia Rocky Reach Dam Chelan History web
Naval Undersea Museum Keyport Kitsap Military web
Nordic Heritage Museum Seattle King Ethnic - Nordic web
North Clark Historical Museum Amboy Clark County History web
Northern Pacific Railway Museum Toppenish Yakima Railroad web
North Spokane Farm Museum Deer Park Spokane History web
Northwest African American Museum Seattle King Ethnic - African American web, scheduled to open in 2008
Northwest Carriage Museum Raymond Pacific Transportation - Carriage web
Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture Spokane Spokane Art / History / Ethnic - Native American web
Northwest Railway Museum Snoqualmie King Railroad web
Northwest Seaport Seattle King Maritime web
Odyssey Maritime Discovery Center Seattle King Maritime web
Olympic Flight Museum Olympia Thurston Aviation web
Orcas Island Historical Museum Eastsound San Juan History web
Pacific County Historical Society and Museum South Bend Pacific History web
Pacific Science Center Seattle King Science web
Palouse Discovery Science Center Pullman Whitman Science web
Pearson Air Museum Vancouver Clark County Aviation web
Pend Oreille County Museum Newport Pend Oreille History web
Pioneer Farm Museum & Ohop Indian Village Eatonville Pierce Living history - Farm - Native American web
Polson Museum Grays Harbor Grays Harbor History web
Pomeroy Living History Farm Yacolt Clark Living history - Farm web
Port Angeles Fine Arts Center Port Angeles Clallam Art web
Port Townsend Aero Museum Port Townsend Jefferson Aviation web
Port Townsend Marine Science Center Port Townsend Jefferson Natural history / Aquarium web
Renton History Museum Renton King History web
Ritzville Railroad-Depot History Museum Ritzville Adams Railroad web
Robert P Worthman Anatomy Museum Pullman Whitman Natural history info
Rosalie Whyel Museum of Doll Art Bellevue King Toy - Doll web
Roslyn Museum Roslyn Kittitas History info
Roy M. Chatters Newspaper and Printing Museum Palouse Whitman Media web
San Juan Historical Museum Friday Harbor San Juan History web
Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame Seattle King Hall of fame - Science fiction web, housed at Experience Music Project
Seattle Art Museum Seattle King Art web
Seattle Asian Art Museum Seattle King Art web
Seattle Children's Museum Seattle King Children's web
Seattle Metropolitan Police Museum Seattle King Law Enforcement web
Semiahmoo Park Maritime Museum Blaine Whatcom Maritime web
Shafer Museum Winthrop Okanogan History web
Shoreline Historical Museum Shoreline King History web
Snoqualmie Valley Historical Museum North Bend King History web
Spokane House Interpretive Center Nine Mile Falls Spokane Ethnic - Native American web,
Spokane Valley Heritage Museum Spokane Valley Spokane History web
Squaxin Island Tribe Museum, Library and Research Center Squaxin Island Mason Ethnic - Native American web
State Capital Museum and Outreach Center Olympia Thurston History web
Stillaguamish Valley Pioneer Museum Arlington Snohomish History web
Stonerose Interpretive Center Republic Ferry Natural history web
Sunnyside Historical Museum Sunnyside Yakima History web, info
Suquamish Museum Suquamish Kitsap Ethnic - Native American web
Tacoma Art Museum Tacoma Pierce Art web
Tacoma Historical Society Exhibit Center Tacoma Pierce History web
Three Rivers Children's Museum Richland Benton Children's web
Two Rivers Heritage Museum Washougal Clark History info
Veterans Memorial Museum Chehalis Lewis Military web
Wahkiakum County Historical Society Museum Cathlamet Wahkiakum History web
Wanapum Heritage Center Museum Wanapum Dam Grant Ethnic - Native American web, info, info
Washington State History Museum Tacoma Pierce History web
Washington State Railroads Historical Society Museum Pasco Franklin Railroad web
Washington State University Museum of Anthropology Pullman Whitman Anthropology web
Washington State University Museum of Art Pullman Whitman Art web
Westport Maritime Museum Westport Grays Harbor Maritime web
Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center Wenatchee Chelan History / Art web
Whale Museum Friday Harbor San Juan Natural history - Whale web
Whatcom Museum of History and Art Bellingham Whatcom History / Art / Children's web
White River Valley Museum Auburn King History web
Whoop-n-Holler Museum Bickleton Klickitat History web, info
Willapa Bay Oyster House Interpretive Center Nahcotta Pacific Industry web
Willapa Seaport Museum Raymond Pacific Maritime info
Wilbur Museum Wilbur Lincoln History web
Wing Luke Asian Museum Seattle King Ethnic - "Pan Asian Pacific American" web
Working Waterfront Maritime Museum Tacoma Pierce Maritime web
World Kite Museum and Hall of Fame Long Beach Pacific Hall of fame - Sports - Kite web
WT Preston Anacortes Skagit Maritime web
Yakama Nation Museum Toppenish Yakima Ethnic - Native American web
Yakima Electric Railway Museum Yakima Yakima Railroad web
Yakima Valley Museum Yakima Yakima History / Natural history web

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