Gig Harbor (Wash.) Visitors Guide 2018
Annual visitors guide for Gig Harbor, Washington. A co-production from the Peninsula Gateway and City of Gig Harbor.
Annual visitors guide for Gig Harbor, Washington. A co-production from the Peninsula Gateway and City of Gig Harbor.
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State Park programs on its history<br />
and the peninsula from Native<br />
Americans to when it became<br />
a state park. This will be the<br />
sixth year of presentations in the<br />
amphitheater (July 16, July 21 and<br />
Aug. 18).<br />
17010 S. Vaughn Road KPN,<br />
Vaughn, WA 98394<br />
253-888-3246<br />
keypeninsulamuseum.org,<br />
facebook.com/<br />
KPHistoricalSociety<br />
Hours: 1-4 p.m. Tuesdays,<br />
Saturdays. Open by special<br />
request, phone ahead.<br />
Free admission,<br />
donations appreciated.<br />
Fox Island<br />
Historical Society<br />
and Museum<br />
There are more than 3,000 artifacts<br />
on display in dioramas, showcases<br />
and free-standing exhibits at<br />
the Fox Island Museum. Among<br />
them is a display describing the<br />
life of former Gov. Dixy Lee Ray,<br />
the largest collection of pulley<br />
blocks in the state, Indian artifacts<br />
and several antique gasoline<br />
engines in working order. Visit the<br />
museum to see a topographic relief<br />
map showing ports of call and<br />
shipwrecks. In May 2015, the Fox<br />
Island Historical Society received<br />
notification that the 1908 log<br />
cabin, originally owned by the Lila<br />
Acheson family (later married to<br />
DeWitt Wallace and co-founder of<br />
The Reader’s Digest) was accepted<br />
to the <strong>Wash</strong>ington State Historic<br />
Registry.<br />
1017 Ninth Ave.<br />
Fox Island, WA 98333<br />
253-549-2461<br />
foxislandmuseum.org<br />
Hours: 1-4 p.m.Wednesdays,<br />
Saturdays and Sundays<br />
Admission $1 (donation),<br />
current members free<br />
Group tours: Call Karen Kretschmer<br />
at 253-514-5884<br />
<strong>Harbor</strong> History Museum<br />
The museum offers 7,000 square feet of permanent galleries<br />
showcasing the rich heritage of the <strong>Gig</strong> <strong>Harbor</strong> peninsula. Unique<br />
artifacts, video kiosks, hands-on exhibits and a small theater bring<br />
peninsula history to life in our permanent galleries.<br />
Visit the maritime gallery featuring the<br />
Shenandoah<br />
The 65-foot Shenandoah is a <strong>Gig</strong><br />
<strong>Harbor</strong>-based purse seiner built by<br />
Skansie Shipbuilding Company in<br />
the winter of 1925. She was built<br />
for Pasco Dorotich, a pioneer<br />
<strong>Gig</strong> <strong>Harbor</strong> fishing boat owner<br />
and skipper. She was originally<br />
powered by a 65 horsepowered<br />
Atlas Imperial diesel,<br />
an advanced conception of<br />
marine power for fishing vessels<br />
in 1925. The Shenandoah was<br />
operated almost exclusively at<br />
the Salmon Banks in the San Juan<br />
Islands but she also made several<br />
trips to Alaska in her early days.<br />
Special Exhibitions<br />
May 26- Sept. 16<br />
Salmon, Seiners, and Life on the Sea<br />
Oct. 8- Nov. 30<br />
Peninsula Art League’s Open Juried Art Show<br />
Dec. 7 - June 16, 2019<br />
Bomber Boys: Portraits from the Front<br />
Hugh McMillan<br />
Monthly events at the <strong>Harbor</strong> History Museum<br />
<strong>Gig</strong> <strong>Harbor</strong> Literary Society<br />
<strong>Harbor</strong> History Museum and the <strong>Gig</strong> <strong>Harbor</strong> branch of the Pierce<br />
County Library invite the community to join the <strong>Gig</strong> <strong>Harbor</strong> Literary<br />
Society, dedicated to exploring the literary world of historical<br />
fiction, nonfiction, and other works of interest.<br />
Humanities in the <strong>Harbor</strong><br />
A monthly lecture series that explores unique and engaging topics<br />
for the <strong>Gig</strong> <strong>Harbor</strong> community.<br />
Hours: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Tuesdays- Saturdays; Noon - 5 p.m.<br />
Sundays; closed Mondays<br />
Holidays: The museum is closed New Years Day, Easter,<br />
Independence Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Day and Dec. 26.<br />
Thanks to support from the City of <strong>Gig</strong> <strong>Harbor</strong>, <strong>Harbor</strong> History<br />
Museum admission will be FREE for all general public visitors<br />
through <strong>2018</strong>.<br />
4121 <strong>Harbor</strong>view Drive, <strong>Gig</strong> <strong>Harbor</strong>, WA 98335<br />
253-858-6722<br />
harborhistorymuseum.org<br />
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