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| Established | 2010 |
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| Location | 4121 Harborview Drive Gig Harbor, Washington |
| Coordinates | 47°20′15″N 122°35′35″W / 47.3375°N 122.5931°W / 47.3375; -122.5931 |
| 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. 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 an early 20th century classroom.
The museum acquired its current 14,500-square-foot (1,350 m) 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.
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 by the vessel's owner, Tony Janovich.
References
- Charlee Glock-Jackson (November 19, 2013), "Midway School in Gig Harbor celebrates 120 years", Kitsap Sun
- ^ Terry Richard (May 29, 2014), "Gig Harbor salty getaway across Puget Sound via Tacoma Narrows Bridge", The Daily Oregonian
- ^ Nonprofit directory: GIG HARBOR PENINSULA HISTORICAL SOCIETY- HARBOR HISTORY MUSEUM, Greater Tacoma Community Foundation, archived from the original on 2015-06-13, retrieved 2015-06-11
- Kathryn True (October 13, 2010), "Gig Harbor boosts its maritime pedigree with new museum and more", The Seattle Times
- Eckrom, Jerry (2004). An Excellent Little Bay: A History of the Gig Harbor Peninsula (Kindle version) (2nd ed.). Gig Harbor: Gig Harbor Peninsula Historical Society & Museum. Location 5024.
- "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
External links
- Official website
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) documentation, filed under Gig Harbor, Pierce County, WA:
- HAER No. WA-178, "Purse Seiner SHENANDOAH", 29 photos, 7 measured drawings, 6 data pages, 3 photo caption pages
- HAER No. WA-193, "Sloop THUNDERBIRD No. 1", 4 photos, 1 photo caption page