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: Bugs & Buds

Second Saturday Kids Day: Bugs & Buds

Join us at the Kitsap History Museum every second Saturday of the month for kids activities suited for grade school age. Celebrate the arrival of Spring this March 11th. We’ll have local face painter, Cherisse Major, here for the event. Drop in anytime...
Perspectives: World War II Letters

Perspectives: World War II Letters

In partnership with the Kitsap Regional Library, the Kitsap History Museum is hosting a new series called Perspectives. Join us in a conversation about perspectives in historical narratives. Kitsap History Museum will choose an artifact from our permanent collection...