The Center for Wooden Boats is a hands-on maritime museum where every visitor has opportunities to engage in heritage experiences. CWB is a laboratory of learning using hands and minds. Come as you are and you will leave with calluses on your hands, shavings in your hair, maritime skills in your brain and pride of what you have achieved. Adult & Family Programs include: ADULT SAILING, ADULT WOODWORKING, and MARITIME SKILLS .Seattle, Washington

Coast Guard nautical Museum Northwest displays nautical items, ship models, Coast Guard memorabilia and more than 15,000 photographs dating from the mid-1800's. Extensive periodicals and research materials are also available. Seattle, Washington

The mission of the Foss Waterway Seaport is to celebrate Tacoma's rich maritime heritage—past, present and future. The Foss Waterway Seaport is Puget Sound's premier maritime heritage, education and event center where families, students and entire communities come to discover, explore, work and play. Tacoma, Washington

Gig Harbor BoatShop is a 501c3 not-for-profit located in the historic Eddon Boatyard on Gig Harbor's working waterfront. We are a passionate organization with deep community connections to local working waterfront traditions past and present. The Gig Harbor BoatShop is tasked with perpetuating and interpreting the Eddon Boatyard and the local working waterfront by delivering programs that focus on boat restoration and repair, boatbuilding, and boat use. Join us and help provide community access to hands-on working waterfront activities and an intact historic boatyard space that's been characterized as a "remarkable treasure." Become a member, volunteer in the shops, visit the boatyard, or engage in a BoatShop skills program - it's your community boatyard. Gig Harbor, Washington

See the West Coast's tall ship, Lady Washington, with your own eyes. Your next adventure can be a weekend sail, hands-on history for kids, or starting your maritime career. It all starts here. GHHSA provides educational, vocational, recreational and ambassadorial activities and experiences that promote and preserve the maritime history of Grays Harbor, the Pacific Northwest, and our nation while serving the needs of the community. We bring maritime history to life aboard our two tall ships, Lady Washington and Hawaiian Chieftain, both of which can be chartered. You won’t find a more unique venue than the tall ships! No matter what kind of event you are planning, we can provide an unforgettable experience for you and your guests. Aberdeen, Washington

Our mission is to create opportunities to experience the history of the Gig Harbor Peninsula. We do this by collecting, preserving and sharing its history. At the new museum you will find top-rate exhibitions, larger than life experiences, and lots of opportunities for hands-on exploration of our region's rich history. From saving the 65-foot purse seiner Shenandoah to restoring the one-room Midway Schoolhouse, to teaching students the history of the Peninsula through Museum-in-the-Classroom visits, the museum creates vibrant and changing opportunities for residents and visitors of every age. Gig Harbor, Washington

The Kalakala Foundation is a non-profit organization whose mission is to preserve and restore the world's first streamlined vessel, the renowned art deco motor ferry Kalakala, to Puget Sound. Kirkland, Washington

The Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum is the nation's only public museum dedicated solely to powerboat racing. Formed in 1983, our mission is to preserve and exhibit important artifacts from the sport of hydroplane racing. The museum features an incredible collection of vintage hydroplanes spanning seven decades, including boats that have won 17 Gold Cups. Kent, Washington

Keepers of the Mukilteo Light Station. The Mukilteo Historical Society is committed to preserving the Mukilteo Light Station and the history of Mukilteo. The Mukilteo Historical Society assists the U.S. Coast Guard and the City of Mukilteo in the preservation, maintenance and accessibility of the light station for all to enjoy. Mukilteo, Washington

The mission of the Northwest Maritime Center is to engage and educate people of all generations in traditional and contemporary maritime life, in a spirit of adventure and discovery. We're many things, and at our core we are a campus that uses powerful maritime experiences to educate, inspire people to adventure, and celebrate our maritime culture. We do it for our own love of boats, in service to the local community and maritime industry, but mostly because regardless of the subject, the sea is the most powerful teacher we know. Learn to Sail Classes are available for both youth and adults. Port Townsend, Washington

Northwest Seaport, a maritime heritage organization, shares the history and stories of National Historic Landmark vessels docked at the Historic Ships Wharf in Lake Union Park, Seattle. Museum ships Arthur Foss and Lightship No. 83, also known as Swiftsure, are open to the public and for education programs, special events, tugboat sleepover programs and vessel stewardship activities. Seattle, Washington

The Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society set sail in 1948 and has been an active participant in the region's maritime community ever since. The Society's mission is to create appreciation of the Puget Sound region's maritime past in order to better understand the present. To that end, the Society maintains in Seattle a collection of ship models and other maritime artifacts, as well as historic photos, ship’s plans, and books. We also publish quarterly our journal of maritime history, The Sea Chest. Seattle, Washington

The S.S. Virginia V was built in 1922 for the West Pass Transportation Company to carry freight and passengers from the communities on Vashon Island to Seattle and Tacoma. Once part of a large fleet of vessels that served waterfront towns all over Puget Sound, the Virginia V is the last surviving boat from the famous "Mosquito Fleet". Today, the S.S. VIRGINIA V is the last operational example of a Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet steamer. Her all-wood construction and steam engine make her a National Historic Landmark vessel. Seattle, Washington

In the Pacific Northwest of the United States lives the Southern Resident Community of Orcas, an endangered population of Orcas, sometimes known as "Killer Whales". The Whale Museum, located in beautiful Friday Harbor, Washington, was opened to the public in 1979 as the first museum in the country devoted to a species living in the wild. Today, our museum continues to promote stewardship of whales and the Salish Sea ecosystem through education and research. Friday Harbor, San Juan Island, Washington

Welcome to the website of the Sand Man tugboat – a vintage 100 year old vessel moored in Olympia, Washington. The website is maintained by The Sand Man Foundation, a nonprofit organization that has owned the boat since 1997. The mission of the Foundation has been to restore the 60 ft. vessel and to operate the boat as a floating museum, dedicated to preserving some of the maritime history of Olympia and South Puget Sound.

The Westport Maritime Museum located in the historic Coast Guard station building, built in 1939. The original building was designed to traditional Nantucket-Coast Guard Architecture Standards and sits within a five-building complex in the Marina District of Westport. The original structures are registered as historic buildings with the State of Washington. The Westport-South Beach Historical Society, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and interpreting the history of the South Beach, operates the museum. The magnificent Destruction Island Lens, housed on the museum grounds, was built in France in 1888 by Henry Le Paute from the design by Augustin-Jean Fresnel. It was shipped by boat to Destruction Island, north of Westport, on the Washington coast. The lens was installed in the lighthouse in 1891 and operated until 1995 when it was removed by the Coast Guard and went on display at its present location. The museum showcases exhibits on the maritime history of the South Beach. Current historical exhibits include the Grays Harbor Light Station, the Coast Guard, area shipwrecks, rescue operations, and the whaling and fishing industries. Cranberry harvesting and logging tools are also on display. Natural history exhibits include beach erosion, currents, beach combing, ocean, and marine mammals, two outdoor exhibits on the grounds feature skeletons of sea mammals, a scale-model of the former Coast Guard station, and a knot-tying display. Westport, Washington