The Complete Menu for the all of the 2013 Eat Your Way through Kitsap History is now available:

Join us on May 23rd as we step back in time and enter the one-room Clear Creek Valley School House of the early 1900s and experience what a day was like for the first through eighth graders who were there (Click button above for all the details).

For this first course of our popular Eat Your Way Through Kitsap History program, school marm "Miss Hunt" will be on hand to remind us of the lesson plan for the day, review the lunch schedule and explain the rules. This is a true living history lesson. Following our morning session, we will enjoy a delightful box lunch catered by Monica's Bakery.

Deadline for Reservations: Friday, May 17th. A few seats are still available in the classroom, but act quickly!!!

Click the small poster below to see the larger PDF poster.
Make a reservation now by calling (360) 479-6226

VOLUNTEER EXHIBIT

Currently showing in the Wally Kippola Library is an exhibit honoring our many volunteers. Come see what they have done and perhaps join us in building our next event, exhibit or publication! We are also looking for people who can help with networking, PC troubleshooting and repair, graphic design, website maintenance, and mobile applications to mention a few things that will take our museum through the 21st century.

Watch our calendar for more upcoming events for 2013. We have more speakers coming, great First Friday events and more Saturday Workshops. On top of that expect another great round of Eat Your Way Through Kitsap, Antique Shows, Heritage Dinner, and Mill Town Family Christmas.

If you are not a member, this would be an ideal time to join so you can participate in these events at a better price!

Get the New Green Version!

This Third Edition of Kitsap County is the most complete and comprehensive history of Kitsap county. First compiled in 1977, this reprinted edition has quality photographs and in-depth information that will delight “history buffs” as well as historians.  Beginning with an overview of Kitsap County, the book is divided into four major geographical areas:  North, Central, and South Kitsap County, Bremerton & Naval Shipyard, and Bainbridge Island. 

Based on oral histories, personal accounts, archival records, photographic collections, official documents, newspaper and journal articles, this book is a wealth of information. Maps and timelines are also included.   Appendices at the back provide additional useful information on Mosquito Fleet Routes, Kitsap Location Names, Kitsap Lakes, Logging Terms, and a list of Naval, Seamanship and Fishing terms.

Copies of this beautifully bound book are available for $75 at the Kitsap History Museum beginning Friday, November 30, 2012. Or fill out this form and send it to us with payment for a copy to be mailed to you.

Have you donated yet this year? We need your help.

We're a little different here. It's in with the old and out with the new interpretation of it all! And that all costs money, so if you have some tax breaks coming before congress takes them away, please find the donate button at the top of most of our pages, click it and help us make 2013 the best year ever for Kitsap History!

Regardless of that, we want to wish you all a Happy New Year!

Winter Hours are now in effect as of October 1st.  This means the museum is closed on Sunday and Monday. We are also closed for these special Holidays: Christmas, December 25th and New Years Day, January 1st.

Still showing is our popular exhibit in the Mezzanine Gallery:

Arts & Crafts: Homemade in Kitsap

This fascinating exhibit features handmade and homemade items from local Kitsapers, including Margaret Bergman's innovative weaving loom, ship models by Port Gamble native Edgar Jameson, fiddles built by Alexander McNair, and a "crazy quilt" by Margaret Kemp of Tracyton. Visit us to explore Arts and Crafts of Kitsap, from Native and pioneer resourcefulness to the modern DIY movement.