Arts & Culture in Tacoma

Tacoma Musical Playhouse

Community performing arts center in a renovated movie house staging musicals for adults & children.

Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts

Timoa Art Studio

Craftopia

Tacoma Art Museum

Exhibits feature Dale Chihuly glass works, European Impressionism, Japanese prints & American art.

Buffalo Soldiers Museum

Job Carr Cabin Museum

A to-scale replica of an 1865 frontier home, this museum offers history exhibits about the city.

Dome District Gallery

Tacoma Glass Gallery & Fusing Studio

Foss Waterway Seaport

Historic seaport featuring maritime history & local culture exhibits, plus view of the bay.

LeMay - America’s Car Museum

4-story museum on an 8-acre campus displays cars, trucks & motorcycles in historic & tech exhibits.

Fort Nisqually Living History Museum

Re-creation of the first Puget Sound European settlement, with a fort & costumed interpreters.

Pacific Seas Aquarium

Tacoma Little Theatre

Small community performing arts center dating to 1918 with 6 plays per year & educational programs.

Proctor Art Gallery

Museum of Glass

Diverse indoor & outdoor glass-art exhibits plus a cone-shaped studio with working artists.

Washington State History Museum

Museum exploring Washington state's history through high-tech exhibits such as a big model railroad.

Pantages Theater

Built as a vaudeville theater in 1915, this venue now hosts musicals, live music & comedy.

Children's Museum of Tacoma

Museum with 5 playscapes offering hands-on exploration designed to entertain & educate children.

LeMay Collections at Marymount