FREE admission all day, special programming 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Join the celebration as we kick-off the centennial commemoration of women’s suffrage with the opening of Women’s Votes, Women’s Voices starting at 11 a.m this Saturday.
Enter the Museum and transport back in time to a suffrage rally; join a women’s march, put on your […]

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Join four outstanding Northwest photographers for a discussion of their work and practices.

Taking Pictures through Multiple Lenses
Photography in The Biennial
Saturday, February 28
11 am - 4 pm
Submissions to The 9th Northwest Biennial saw an unprecedented number of applications by photographers. These numbers reflect the tremendous growth in this medium over the past decade. Historically, artists were […]

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Join King’s Books’ for their fifth annual Wayzgoose, or, letterpress and book arts extravaganza! Meet local printers and view their wares! Print your own keepsake! Make paper! Make paper creations! And, returning this year…Steamroller Printing!!! We’ll be making 3′ x 3′ prints designed by local artists, some of which […]

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Tacoma residents Jennifer Perusse and Zach Parsons are the winners of the Museum of Glass $30,000 Wedding Give-away Essay Contest. The couple learned the good news during the Museum’s Wedding Open House on February 12, 2009, which was attended by approximately 250 prospective brides, grooms and family members. Perusse, who wrote the winning […]

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Beginning March 1, the Washington State History Museum will offer FREE admission every third Thursday from 2-8 p.m. This will replace the current free admission Thursday offer, 5-8 p.m. every Thursday.
This updated schedule more closely reflects Tacoma’s Third Thursday Art Walk, making the Museum District more uniform.
Washington State History Museum operating hours beginning March […]

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carmen vetter
fading gray: patterns on polarization
February 14 - March 8, 2009
Opening Reception: Saturday, February 14, 4 - 7 pm
Traver Gallery is pleased to introduce Portland artist Carmen Vetter. Her first show with the gallery, Fading Gray: Patterns on Polarization explores the Chinese concept Yin-Yang - a mutual correlation between opposites, expressing the possibility of unity […]

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Visiting Artist Residency: February 4 -8 & February 11 - 15
The Museum is honored to once again host Lino Tagliapietra in the Hot Shop. Lino’s glass-blowing skills still trump other efforts in the United States and elsewhere. Although rooted in the thousand-year-old story and traditions of Venice, the inventiveness of his work keeps it relevant […]

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Visiting Artist Residency: February 25 - March 1
Conversation with Artist: October 19, 2pm Theater
Artist Biography
Roberley Bell spent her childhood in Latin America and Southeast Asia, before returning to the United States to attend the University of Massachusetts and State University of New York at Alfred from where she holds an MFA in Sculpture. Bell […]

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