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The 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 immigrant communities have shaped the Kitsap Peninsula.

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MAIN STREET

Permanent exhibit

 

Be transported to the beginning of the last century and take a walk down Main Street. Peak in the jewelers’ shop, the grocers or the photographers and see what life was like In Bremerton over 100 years ago.

kitsap timeline

Permanent exhibit

 

Follow the history of Kitsap County from the Ice Age and earliest settlers through to World War II with fun and easy to follow stories our our past.

hands-on

Permanent Exhibit

Explore the museum with our interactive exhibits that allow young and old alike to experience history first hand. Make a call on our working 1930’s switchboard or type a message to a friend on an manual typewriter.

VIRTUAL EXHIBITS

BREMERTON WALKING MAP

Discover the history of Downtown Bremerton and follow this walking tour of Bremerton’s past.

 

CHARLESTON REMEMBERED

Old Charleston is remembered in a poem by Clara Wood Smith. Written for a grade school reunion in the 1950 about growing up in Charleston at the beginning of the 20th Century.

Sinclair Heights

The first segregated housing community in Bremerton, Sinclair Heights was created to serve the flood of black families recruited to this area to work in the shipyard during war time. Explore their rich stories and the lives lived here.

Filipino American Pioneers

Find out why we consider Filipinos coming to America as pioneers. Explore this indepth and facinating story fraught with trouble, strife, and ultimately hope.

Black Trailblazers of kitsap

Discover some of the people of Kitsap County who made an great impact on our county.

Vintage Fashion: 1940's

In celebration of our Diamond Jubilee, 75th Anniversary, we’ve brought out a few of our 1940’s dresses for you to enjoy.

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From Our visitors

“Can’t believe I’ve lived in Poulsbo for over 20 years and never visited here before! What a great museum to have here.”

“The walk down Main Street was so much fun.”

“Amazing museum right in the heart of Bremerton”

“Kids and I all really enjoyed it and learned so much about the area that I did not know”