News Releases

News Releases

2022

June

• Washington State Historical Society and Peter Boag, Ph.D., win prestigious
  AASLH Award of Excellence

May 2022

• See 38 new contemporary works by Native American artists at the Washington State History Museum’s annual IN THE SPIRIT exhibition
• Meet Candacy Taylor leading Green Book scholar
• Enliven your spring with events and exhibitions in Tacoma’s Museum District

April 2022

• Free community performance and program commemorating the 80th
  anniversary of the wartime eviction of Japanese Americans in Tacoma

March 2022

• Smithsonian exhibition The Negro Motorist Green Book opening March 19 at the Washington State History Museum

February 2022

• Black History Month

2021

December 2021

• Bringing joy for a quarter of a century: The Washington State History Museum hosts the 25th annual Model Train Festival

November 2021

• Unveiling scheduled for marker on Capitol Campus honoring Black pioneer George Bush and his family
• New Diversity in Local History grants program creates 11 paid internship opportunities across Washington

August 2021

• Experience the “magical qualities of place” this fall at the Washington State History Museum with three new exhibitions
• Who is doing dynamic work in the field of history? Washington State Historical Society reveals annual History Awards.

July 2021

• It’s back! Annual IN THE SPIRIT Arts Market & Northwest Native Festival returns to the Tacoma Museum District on August 7
• See Contemporary Native Arts at the Washington State History Museum: 16th Annual IN THE SPIRIT exhibition opens July 15

June 2021

• Stay cool at the Washington State History Museum with free admission on Sunday June 27, 2021

May 2021

• The Washington State History Museum features seldom-spotlighted history in “Crossing Boundaries: Portraits of a Transgender West”
• Tacoma’s Museum District Reopening Breathes Life into Downtown

April 2021

• Robes of Changemaker: Swinomish Indian Tribe shares cherished Boldt family donation with Washington State Historical Society
• Call to Native artists for annual IN THE SPIRIT Contemporary Native Arts exhibition at Washington State History Museum

March 2021

• Tacoma’s Museum District re-opens starting in April
• Annual History Awards nominations are open

February 2021

• Black History Project: New marker on Capitol Campus to honor contributions of Bush family
  George Bush was the first Black pioneer in Washington Territory; his son William Owen was the state’s first Black legislator
• From Black pioneers to Seattle hip hop: Learn about Black Washingtonians during February and beyond

2020

November 2020

• Washington State Historical Society offers dynamic virtual programs, downloadable curriculum and a smartphone app as History Museum doors are temporarily closed

October 2020

• Washington State Historical Society wants your help to evaluate markers and monuments
• On the eve of the elections, learn about the 19th Amendment at Washington State History Museum’s “Votes for Women: 100 Years and Counting”

September 2020

• Washington State Historical Society presents “Contested Spaces: Power and Resistance in the Pacific Northwest” – the 67th Pacific Northwest History Conference, October 20-23, 2020
• Washington State History Museum re-opens Tuesday, September 29

August 2020

• Historians in Washington receive prestigious recognition Washington State Historical Society announces annual History Awards recipients
• IN THE SPIRIT Northwest Native Festival will go virtual for 2020
  Tacoma’s annual Native arts festival is online this year with a virtual arts marketplace
• When will Tacoma Museum District reopen?

July 2020

• All aboard the Suffrage Special Whistle Stop Tour! Rolling out August 19, 2020
• 15th Annual IN THE SPIRIT Contemporary Native Arts exhibition opens online on July 16

May 2020

• Washington State Historical Society wins prestigious national award for McNeil Island Prison exhibition
• 40th Eruption Anniversary Virtual Story Circle: Voices of the Mount St. Helens Community

April 2020

• Washington State Historical Society’s new Head of Collections asks you to help document COVID-19 in the Evergreen State
• Cultural Connections: Remote Learning and Program Opportunities with the Tacoma Museum District

February 2020

• If you have a historic renovation, heritage or preservation project in mind, WSHS may be able to help you find funds.

January 2020

• Washington State Historical Society’s statement regarding closure of NARA in Seattle

2019

November 2019

• Smithsonian exhibition inspires with history of revolutionary African American men, opens in Tacoma on Dec. 21
• Who loves trains? Washington State History Museum’s Model Train Festival opens Dec. 20.

October 2019

• Communities across Washington prepare to commemorate the 2020 suffrage centennial
• New tribal liaison will expand State Historical Society’s outreach to tribal nations
• Printmaking shop appears at Washington State History Museum

August 2019

• Who is making history in Washington? WSHS announces annual History Awards
• IN THE SPIRIT Northwest Native Festival

June 2019

• Manis Mastodon Collection: A significant gift to WSHS
• IN THE SPIRIT Contemporary Native Arts

May 2019

• McMenamins History Pub and (In)Famous Washington

April 2019

• Day of Remembrance
• Heritage Capital Projects funded at $9.7 M
• Agents of Change: 20 Remarkable Jewish Women of Washington

March 2019

• A Thousand Words’ Worth: Washington Authors Tell Stories With Objects
• Citizenship Ceremony held at Washington State History Museum
• Behind the Scenes of Forgotten Prison with KNKX

February 2019

• Unlocking the Future: A Symposium

January 2019

• Unlocking McNeil: The Prison, The Place, The People

2018

September 2018

• 2018 Annual History Awards
• Two Centuries of Glass

August 2018

• Sleight of Hand
• The Goods at the Museum

July 2018

• In The Spirit Northwest Native Festival

June 2018

• Make/Do: A History of Creative Reuse
• In The Spirit Contemporary Native Arts exhibition

May 2018

• Blue Star Museums Free Admission Program beings May 29

March 2018

• Learning about the past has never been livelier at the Washington State History Museum
• Students across the state gear up for a challenge: the April 21 Washington History Day competition
• Got a historic renovation, heritage or preservation project in mind? WSHS may be able to offer funds

January 2018

• A big world of BIG toys: Play your way down Memory Lane
• A week brimming with special events at the History Museum: Celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., hear from Governor Inslee, boost your brain at Scholarly Selections and the Glasnost & Goodwill Symposium

2017

November 2017

• Take a holiday journey at Washington State History Museum’s 22nd Annual Model Train Festival

September 2017

• Visionaries and risk takers: Glasnost & Goodwill highlights Washington’s grassroots Cold War activists
• Loyal Opposition: The Protest Photos of George P. Hickey
• Witness to Wartime: The Painted Diaries of Takuichi Fujii
• Wartime, protests, immigration, Soviets, UFOs, and model trains? See it all this fall at the History Museum. Fall Exhibitions and Programs September through December.

August 2017

• In The Spirit Northwest Native Festival
• Washington State Historical Society Annual Award Winners Announced
• Tacoma featured on Book TV (on C-SPAN2) & American History TV (on C-SPAN3), Weekend of August 5-6

June 2017

• Life in the Past Lane: Summer Fun at the Washington State History Museum
• IN THE SPIRIT Contemporary Native Arts presents inspiring new works at the Washington State History Museum
• Summer Youth Docent Program

May 2017

• Blue Star Museums Program offers free admission for active duty military families

April 2017

• Tacoma becomes “Super Bowl City” with Gridiron Glory at Washington State History Museum
• Honor John F. Kennedy’s 100th birthday with author talk and book signing at Washington State History Museum
• Public ceremonies on April 25 at State Capitol will honor Washingtonians who served in WWI
• Washington students are top competitors in march toward State and National History Day 2017