Harbor History Museum
| Established | 2010 |
|---|---|
| Location |
4121 Harborview Drive Gig Harbor, Washington |
| Coordinates | 47°20′15″N 122°35′35″W / 47.3375°N 122.5931°W |
| Type | History and maritime |
| Director | Stephanie Lile |
| Owner | Gig Harbor Peninsula Historical Society |
| Website |
harborhistorymuseum |
The Harbor History Museum is a regional maritime and history museum in Gig Harbor, Washington. It hosts exhibits on regional culture and history, and Midway Schoolhouse, a one-room schoolhouse built in 1893 and moved to the museum's grounds in 2009.[1][2][3][4] The museum won the Washington Museum Association annual Award of Project Excellence for an ongoing living history program called Midway Pioneer School Experience that leads grade-school students through a day in a early 20th century classroom.[5]
The museum acquired its current 14,500-square-foot (1,350 m2)[3] location on downtown Gig Harbor's Harborview Drive with a $1.5 million gift from a Gig Harbor family. The museum opened there in 2010.[6]
In late 2014, the museum board announced it would host more local cultural events including monthly music concerts in 2015.
The Shenandoah Restoration Project
The museum is restoring a wooden fishing boat, the Shenandoah, that worked the San Juan Islands from 1925 until it was donated to the museum in 2000.[2][7]
References
- ↑ Charlee Glock-Jackson (November 19, 2013), "Midway School in Gig Harbor celebrates 120 years", Kitsap Sun
- 1 2 Terry Richard (May 29, 2014), "Gig Harbor salty getaway across Puget Sound via Tacoma Narrows Bridge", The Daily Oregonian
- 1 2 Nonprofit directory: GIG HARBOR PENINSULA HISTORICAL SOCIETY- HARBOR HISTORY MUSEUM, Greater Tacoma Community Foundation, retrieved 2015-06-11
- ↑ Kathryn True (October 13, 2010), "Gig Harbor boosts its maritime pedigree with new museum and more", The Seattle Times
- ↑ "Midway School at History Museum earns state honor", Kitsap Sun, May 1, 2013
- ↑ Karen Miller (May 20, 2015), "Longtime Peninsula Historical Society volunteer loved community, history", Kitsap Sun
- ↑ "Museum volunteer turns Shenandoah restoration wood scraps into bowls, bread boards", Kitsap Sun, April 7, 2015