This museum was well planned and the exhibits are detailed and engaging. It helps that the staff…read moreall have been part of this community for 50+ years and we were fortunate to have Lisa on location as she knows everything about every detail of this community. The history of this tribe is inspiring and the art is of best quality I've ever seen. Cheers!!

This was a nice find while visiting the area. The museum is very educational about this Native…read moreAmerican people, their history, and their culture. My children enjoyed seeing many of the different tools that were used for catching fish and holding ceremonies. The architecture is intriguing as it is based on the Thunderbird. The museum and grounds are peaceful, allowing one to reflect on the history and culture of this people. The staff were friendly and the admission was reasonable. Visiting the museum was a great experience.

The carriages at this museum are amazing and the owner is so full of stories and knowledge. Great…read moreplace to spend a few hours especially if it is a sunny day. Can be a bit tricky to find.. but worth the effort.

Just a few miles outside of the little town of Montesano, you'll find the Running Anvil Carriage…read moreMuseum. Plan to spend a couple hours for a guided tour from Janet or Doug Rice. The collection is their own private collection which is housed in several buildings on their rural horse property. While the museum collection is made up of primarily carriages and sleighs, there is much more to the story...if you're a gear head/racing enthusiast, be sure to ask about the owner's racing history, the Bonneville Boomer (a highly modified chopped and channeled '39 ford coupe... unfortunately not a part of the collection), a '32 roadster "push car" and the 600 mile multi-state push...that's one heck of a memorable honeymoon! The guided tour is thorough and the owners' love and passion for history is evident in the stories you'll hear!

Definitely worth the look around while you're in town. We visited recently on our Maiden Voyage RV…read moretrip and loved it so much, we featured it in our family vlog. Check out the link below if you'd like to see for yourself. https://youtu.be/wH1UPRzh_Ok

We have been here 2 years in a row. The hours say they are open Thursday-Saturday 11 to 3. We…read morearrived around 1 the first time last year. Today, it was 11:20 and again at noon. The website said it was open. It was not. My husband's father was stationed there when it was still a coastgaurd station and he had wanted to show me. Very disappointed. We are from Kansas and only get to Washington once a year.

Tucked in Ocean Shores is the Coastal Interpretive Center - there's parking out front and a couple…read morecute spots for pics and to check out pieces of shipwrecks around the building. Admission is $5 ($10 for a family) which sort of appears steep when you drive up but we were really pleasantly surprised by how informative and entertaining the Center is. Kids (1,6,7) enjoyed the taxidermied animals, the kids area, and some of the educational exhibits. Adults liked the exhibits and just wandering around. We lasted here a little over an hour, and I thought the stop was well worth it on our cloudy and wet morning.

11/10 stars if I could. Very family and young kid friendly. The staff was so welcoming, explained…read moreeach exhibit to us, and shared their revamp story. During the Covid Shutdown, they redid and expanded making their center bigger, fun for all ages, and add lots of historical references. Really amazing to walk through, learn about ocean shores, the indigenous tribes of this area, &and the animals of course. My 1 year old son had a ball and didn't want to leave. Extremely affordable too ($10 for 3 adults). Very clean and kept great.

Been up and down this area of the coast from West Port all the way up to Cape Flattery, camping,…read morehouse rentals or what not, and have passed this little museum countless times. Well we finally decided to stop and visit and we were glad we did. It was one of those "why have we never done this before?" kinda moments. It's not big by any stretch, though we were told that they would be expanding in the near future. Will definitely come back once they have. There is no entrance fee, only a sign in book and request for a donation, but it's only a request...that you should definitely donate to. Anyways despite the size, there is much to explore and loads of history about the area that you might or might not have known. It's also a beach comber's haven, the collection of stuff found on the local beaches is super fascinating! The volunteer working there was very knowledgeable and she was able to answer any questions or provide information about anything that was on display or the history of the area. One of the more interesting things to me was the debris that washed up all the way from Japan during the tsunami over a decade ago. They also provide a little gift shop area to bring home any keep sakes or mementos of your visit. So the next time you are on the 109 between Moclips and Pacific Beach and you spot the Museum of the North Beach, stop in and look around. You might even learn something you did not know.

Thoughtful presentation by a history buff who made special accommodations for me to see and learn a…read moreabout the pacific beach region. As a conservationist I was truly amazed.

Just a PSA for people like me who are visiting Aberdeen and think the ship will be where it is…read moremarked on the map. The address is just for the home port of the Lady Washington and it travels around many months out of the year on the West Coast. Don't be like me and drive around the port for 10 minutes looking for a ship that isn't there! You can check https://historicalseaport.org/to see it's current sailing schedule. Would love to see in person one day.

The Lady Washington is a 20th century replica of the original 18th century ship. Chances are that…read moreyou've seen this ship in one of her film appearances: - The Interceptor in the film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl - The Enterprise in Star Trek Generations - Captain Hook's ship on Once Upon a Time While the Star Trek Holodeck Arch is long gone, it was still a thrill to board this tall ship and imagine what nautical travel must have been like in the 18th century when the Lady became the first American ship to make landfall on the West coast of North America & the first American ship to travel to Honolulu and Japan. If you ever get a chance to tour or sail aboard this tall ship do it! "Computer, remove the plank!"

The Bonsai Museum is a hidden gem. We had a few hours to kill before picking up dinner and heading…read moreover to my cousins house. Since she and her family live in Fife, I ordered and scheduled pickup for 2:30 pm in Federal Way. We weren't what to do in the meantime and so I looked up botanical parks. The bonsai Museum and the Rododendron botanical Park came up. We noticed they were across from each other and so we headed over to the parks. It's a nice drive over there as everything is so green and lush. Once we parked, we noticed that we needed to walk a bit to get to the exhibits. Once we got to the exhibits, the Rododendron botanical park was on the left side with $12 entrance fee and on the right side was the bonsai Museum with free entry. On the outside, they do have restrooms available before heading into the bonsai museum We didn't know what to expect, but we were pleasantly surprised with all the bonsai displays they had by the different artists from different countries, and there were a lot. It took us about 30 minutes to get through the entire exhibit. We would've stayed longer to read all the information, but we were running short on time and we still wanted to visit the botanical park across the way. I highly recommend the Pacific Bonsai Museum if you're in the Federal Way area especially because it's free.

Admission to the Pacific Bonsai Museum is free and there were a vast amount of bonsai trees on…read moredisplay. I loved that the exhibit is located among the Pacific Northwest trees. I enjoyed seeing the variety and reading about its history from the original owner who started the growth of the tree. This museum is next to the former Weyerhaeuser headquarters which is now vacant. Highly recommend this museum whether you are a bonsai fan or not.

This museum is definitely worth your while. Tons (literally) of relics from the area. A fascinating…read moretrip back in time. Well worth the (extremely reasonable) price of admission. Owner is very friendly and knowledgeable.

Stopped by the Polson Museum on our way back to Seattle after a road trip along the coast. Cost was…read more$5/person and in all honesty, I would've paid more for the experience we had. I don't know if we just got lucky the day we went but we had the museum to ourselves and towards the middle of our visit the director asked if we had any questions which led to us being given a tour of the place. He truly made it memorable with all of his knowledge. You can tell when someone does their job for the paycheck vs those who love what they do and to me it seemed like Director was truly passionate about the history of the area and each item in the museum. There are many small details throughout the building that make all the difference, for example the homemade doll furniture in the dollhouse upstairs as well as the old spice/seasoning containers in the kitchen cabinet and my favorite- actual Hoquiam and Aberdeen directories from every year. I couldn't believe there were that many Directories still in amazing shape especially seeing how dated they were. He showed us one from 1911 with the Polson family listed! We will visit again whenever we're back in-town to see all of the new updates that are planned for the future! If you love history and the feeling of being transported to the past I think you'd really enjoy this museum.

Great bridge to see the city view and the high way. The bridge connects the city to harbor and…read moreglass museum. It has great promenade on other side of the bridge to connect the harbor. On the bridge it displays some of the beautiful glass sculptures. You will pass cover walkway with flower type glasses on top. Then it is two glass pillars. Then follow by the grass sculpture cabinet. It really beautiful.

Free and a magnificently beautiful walk. I saw a small inconspicuous sign and followed it to a…read morebeautiful public display of Chihuly glass art. Please come and create your own adventure.