Showing posts with label Museums-Galleries-Attractions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Museums-Galleries-Attractions. Show all posts

Mar 29, 2012

Fort Nisqually Living History Museum

Built in 1833, Fort Nisqually was the first European settlement on Puget Sound, and it was a Hudson's Bay Company trading post that operated between the years 1833 and 1869. The original site was located above the Nisqually River delta in the present town of DuPont, Washington. Today Fort Nisqually is located inside Tacoma's Point Defiance Park.




Mar 2, 2012

Tacoma Museum of Glass and Dale Chihuly Works

Tacoma Museum of Glass: International Center for Contemporary Art was opened to the public in 2002. The museum focuses on Contemporary and Pacific Northwest glass-art.

The conical building was designed by a team of architects and engineers led by architect Arthur Erickson.

Jan 25, 2012

Northwest Railway Museum, Snoqualmie, WA

The Northwest Railway Museum is a railroad museum in Snoqualmie, King County, Washington. The Snoqualmie Depot was constructed in 1890. The Snoqualmie Depot has now been restored to its turn of the century grandeur and is again presented as an operating train station.

Jul 16, 2010

Glasshouse Studio in Seattle, WA

Glasshouse Studio founded in 1972 at the beginning of the Northwest Glass Movement, is the oldest glassblowing studio in the Northwest.

Aug 16, 2009

Cedar River Watershed Education Center

Above the shores of Rattlesnake Lake there is the Cedar River Watershed Education Center. The Center is a education facility where people can explore their connection to the source of their drinking water through interacive exhibits.

Also, you can enjoy the music of rain:

Let The Rain Play The Drums (1)
Let The Rain Play The Drums (2)