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| Look forward here for more information about our local history soon. |
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| The dream for a local museum began in 1976 with the Bicentennial Committee members who posed this to the community. A Steering Committee prepared by-laws, policies, and a constitution, as well as exhibit committees. The first artifact storage was in the city jail, and the first exhibit was in the Bank of Sequim. By 1979 the Mayor was cutting the ribbon to the doors of the current exhibit building. There were exhibits on first nation people, the Manis Mastodon, and farming, while paintings by local artists graced the walls. In 1992, the Museum merged with the Peninsulas Cultural Arts center, and in 1998, the DeWitt Building was built to house the administration, photo lab, photo archives, library, and storage facilities. The Museum and Arts Center continues to expand and plans more programs and services in the future, as well as oversee the building of a new exhibit building, starting a new chapter in its mission to "provide opportunities for educating, preserving, and fostering the practice of the arts and history on the Olympic Peninsula". |
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