by Lisa Hope | Jun 29, 2023 | Events, Posts, Uncategorized
The Ernest Norling Murals: A Note Written by Peter Harrington, Curator Emeritus, Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection, Brown University Library, who is writing a book on art and mural programs in US military bases, 1941-1945 The two familiar mural panels that hang in...
by Lisa Hope | Jun 29, 2023 | Events, Posts, Second Saturday Kids Day
Second Saturday Kids Day: Board Games July 8th noon-4pm For July’s Kids Day we’re throwing a family friendly board game party. We’re partnering with Ashley’s Pub to bring board games into the museum! There will be stations set up...
by Lisa Hope | Jun 16, 2023 | Events, Posts
Since 2003, the Kitsap History Museum has been putting on our very popular, Eat Your Way Through Kitsap History series. We get the opportunity of sharing some of Kitsap’s rich history and you get the chance to learn a little more about the area you live in...
by Lisa Hope | Jun 1, 2023 | Events, Posts, Second Saturday Kids Day
Join us at the Kitsap History Museum every second Saturday of the month for kids activities suited for grade school age. For June, we’ll have our Hands On History trunk on fossils out for kids to explore! Learn how we can gather history from bones, rocks and...
by Lisa Hope | Jun 1, 2023 | Events, Perspectives, Posts
Join us in a conversation about perspectives in historical narratives. For this quarterly program in partnership with Kitsap Regional Library, Kitsap History Museum use an artifact to inspire dialogue between members of the community about what the artifact means to...
by Lisa Hope | May 1, 2023 | Events, History UnCorked, Posts
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...
