Archives &
Collections

Our collections include over 40,000 artifacts and textiles, more than 100,000 photographs and images and extensive archival documents and materials of Kitsap County.

The museum also maintains a large collection of farming, fishing and logging artifacts in the Rural Heritage Building located at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds in Bremerton.

Textiles. The Museum has the largest collection in the county.  Items include military uniforms, formal and casual clothing and quilts dating to the late 1800’s.

Artifacts. Furniture, tools, household items, clocks, machines, sports equipment, artwork, and handicrafts.

Photographs. Over 100,000 negatives, prints and slides including daguerrotypes and glass slides.  Significant holdings include the collections of Harry Ward, Walter Gowdy and Jack Bell.

Archival Materials. Documents include newspaper clippings, books, maps, scrapbooks, oral histories, records of service and community organizations, and obituaries.