History Uncorked: Rumrunning in the Northwest

History Uncorked: Rumrunning in the Northwest

On Thanksgiving Day, 1925, Roy Olmstead was trapped by federal prohibition agents and their Tommy guns on a lonely Puget Sound dock. His reign as the Northwest’s most prolific bootlegger had ended. But big questions—political, cultural, and legal—remained. Why did...
Second Saturday Kids Day: Kitsap Heritage Quilt

Second Saturday Kids Day: Kitsap Heritage Quilt

Join us at the Kitsap History Museum every second Saturday of the month for kids activities suited for grade school age. For May, help us build a Kitsap Heritage Quilt showcasing the many families that make up our community. Contribute to this group project by drawing...
April Newsletter

April Newsletter

**KHM April Newsletter** Journey to Kitsap opens this month!   Museum News Give Big for Kitsap Great Give! The Kitsap Community Foundation have been supporting Kitsap non-profits through the Great Give for 10 years! This event has brought in crucial dollars for the...
Exhibit Opening: Journey To Kitsap

Exhibit Opening: Journey To Kitsap

Our new Special Exhibit “Journey to Kitsap” features a variety of engaging personal stories, artifacts, and photographs from immigrants and their descendants. Visitors can learn about the challenges and triumphs of immigration, as well as the ways in which...
Second Saturday Kids Day: Scavenger Hunt

Second Saturday Kids Day: Scavenger Hunt

All April we’ll be hosting our April Fools Scavenger Hunt! For Second Saturday Kids Day search our exhibits for items that don’t belong. What silly, oddball, historically inaccurate items will you discover amidst our collection? This activity is suitable...
History UnCorked: The Roxy

History UnCorked: The Roxy

For this special program of History UnCorked we’re traveling next door to The Roxy and back in time to 1941 when the theatre first opened. Local journalist and historian, Josh Farley, will paint the scene of downtown Bremerton and 4th St right before the war....