Museums in Tacoma

Children's Museum of Tacoma

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

Foss Waterway Seaport

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

Washington State History Museum

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

Tacoma Art Museum

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

Buffalo Soldiers Museum

Puget Sound Museum of Natural History

Museum of Glass

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

Fort Nisqually Living History Museum

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

Job Carr Cabin Museum

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

Pacific Seas Aquarium

LeMay Collections at Marymount

LeMay - America’s Car Museum

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