15838 Sandy Hook Rd. Poulsbo, WA 98370
WINTER HOURS (OCTOBER 1ST THROUGHT APRIL 30TH)
FRIDAY – SATURDAY – SUNDAY
11:00 A.M. TO 4:00 P.M.
CLOSED MONDAY THROUGH THRUSDAY EXCEPT BY APPOINTMENT ONLY
SUMMER HOURS (MAY 1ST THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH)
10:00 A.M. TO 5:00 P.M.
DAILY (SEVEN DAYS A WEEK)
GUIDED TOURS SCHEDULED WITH 48 HOUR ADVANCE APPOINTMENT ONLY
ADMISSIONS:
ADULTS…………………............................................................................$ 4.00
SENIORS (55 YEAR AND OVER)………............................................……$ 3.00
CHILDERN (12 YEARS AND UNDER)…….......................................……..$ 2.00
In 1983, the Suquamish Museum was the second Native American Museum to open in Washington State. The origin of the Suquamish Museum came about earlier, however, in 1977, when the Suquamish Tribe created the Suquamish Tribal Cultural Center, a non-project organization dedicated to the reconstruction and preservation of the history of the Suquamish Tribe. After several years of successful collection of oral history, rare artifact and old photograph collection, the Tribe dedicated space at its Tribal Center facility to open the Museum and make the information available to the public. The Suquamish Museum Mission Statement is as follows:
The Suquamish Museum’s mission is to collect, protect, educate, and preserve the history and culture of the Puget Sound Salish Tribes with an emphasis on the Suquamish Tribe. In order to do this the Suquamish Museum must provide exhibits that allow the visitors from all age levels to understand the culture and history from the view of the First Peoples of the Puget Sound and the Suquamish Tribe, through the use of oral history, photography, artifacts, replication and audio/visual productions. With the assistance of Tribal elders, scholars and other museum professionals, the Suquamish Museum will strive to meet all of the above goals, and provide visitors with a new understanding of the Native Peoples of the Puget Sound and the Suquamish Tribe.
Our annual visitation is about 8,000 guests including school groups, international and community groups from as far away as France, Italy, Spain, and Japan. The Museum also provides college students research access to Museum records and materials. The size of the Suquamish Museum is approximately 6,500 square feet; 4,292 of which is exhibit space, 1,100 is office space and 1,108 is archive space. Special characteristics and current activities include the following:
122 Artifacts
9,308 Photographic Archives, including negatives and originals
150 Oral Histories and documenting information
4,000 Catalogue cards, files and archival records
Current Exhibit - “The Eyes of Chief Seattle”
Current Exhibit - “Old Man House: The People and Their Way of Life at D’Suq'Wub”
For a complete list of items currently for sale in our Museum Gift Shop, please see this PDF document. This list includes handmade, one-of-a-kind art pieces, crafted by local tribal artists. Each item can be purchased at the Gift shop, or over the phone using a Visa/MasterCard. Every item ordered over the phone is mailed with return-receipt certification as well as a purchase receipt. If we are out of stock of an item you wish to purchase, we will promptly re order it at our earliest convenience. Please telephone us at (360) 394-8496 or fax us at (360) 598-5495 and give us the item PLU number, title, price and your method of payment. We will also either call or fax you back with a confirmation number and total amount due.
Suquamish culture, history and modern accomplishments are represented in the Tribal museum's collection and archives. Our holdings include baskets, woven mats, bone and stone artifacts, oral history tapes, archival and contemporary photographs and negatives, carvings, full sized canoes, newspapers, maps, Tribal archives, and more than 500 items from the Old Man House site, recently repatriated from the State of Washington.
15838 Sandy Hook Rd. Poulsbo, WA 98370
WINTER HOURS (OCTOBER 1ST THROUGHT APRIL 30TH)
FRIDAY – SATURDAY – SUNDAY
11:00 A.M. TO 4:00 P.M.
CLOSED MONDAY THROUGH THRUSDAY EXCEPT BY APPOINTMENT ONLY
SUMMER HOURS (MAY 1ST THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH)
10:00 A.M. TO 5:00 P.M.
DAILY (SEVEN DAYS A WEEK)
GUIDED TOURS SCHEDULED WITH 48 HOUR ADVANCE APPOINTMENT ONLY
ADMISSIONS:
ADULTS…………………............................................................................$ 4.00
SENIORS (55 YEAR AND OVER)………............................................……$ 3.00
CHILDERN (12 YEARS AND UNDER)…….......................................……..$ 2.00
In 1983, the Suquamish Museum was the second Native American Museum to open in Washington State. The origin of the Suquamish Museum came about earlier, however, in 1977, when the Suquamish Tribe created the Suquamish Tribal Cultural Center, a non-project organization dedicated to the reconstruction and preservation of the history of the Suquamish Tribe. After several years of successful collection of oral history, rare artifact and old photograph collection, the Tribe dedicated space at its Tribal Center facility to open the Museum and make the information available to the public. The Suquamish Museum Mission Statement is as follows:
The Suquamish Museum’s mission is to collect, protect, educate, and preserve the history and culture of the Puget Sound Salish Tribes with an emphasis on the Suquamish Tribe. In order to do this the Suquamish Museum must provide exhibits that allow the visitors from all age levels to understand the culture and history from the view of the First Peoples of the Puget Sound and the Suquamish Tribe, through the use of oral history, photography, artifacts, replication and audio/visual productions. With the assistance of Tribal elders, scholars and other museum professionals, the Suquamish Museum will strive to meet all of the above goals, and provide visitors with a new understanding of the Native Peoples of the Puget Sound and the Suquamish Tribe.
Our annual visitation is about 8,000 guests including school groups, international and community groups from as far away as France, Italy, Spain, and Japan. The Museum also provides college students research access to Museum records and materials. The size of the Suquamish Museum is approximately 6,500 square feet; 4,292 of which is exhibit space, 1,100 is office space and 1,108 is archive space. Special characteristics and current activities include the following:
122 Artifacts
9,308 Photographic Archives, including negatives and originals
150 Oral Histories and documenting information
4,000 Catalogue cards, files and archival records
Current Exhibit - “The Eyes of Chief Seattle”
Current Exhibit - “Old Man House: The People and Their Way of Life at D’Suq'Wub”
For a complete list of items currently for sale in our Museum Gift Shop, please see this PDF document. This list includes handmade, one-of-a-kind art pieces, crafted by local tribal artists. Each item can be purchased at the Gift shop, or over the phone using a Visa/MasterCard. Every item ordered over the phone is mailed with return-receipt certification as well as a purchase receipt. If we are out of stock of an item you wish to purchase, we will promptly re order it at our earliest convenience. Please telephone us at (360) 394-8496 or fax us at (360) 598-5495 and give us the item PLU number, title, price and your method of payment. We will also either call or fax you back with a confirmation number and total amount due.
Suquamish culture, history and modern accomplishments are represented in the Tribal museum's collection and archives. Our holdings include baskets, woven mats, bone and stone artifacts, oral history tapes, archival and contemporary photographs and negatives, carvings, full sized canoes, newspapers, maps, Tribal archives, and more than 500 items from the Old Man House site, recently repatriated from the State of Washington.
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The current museum has been housed since 1989 in converted office space at the former Tribal Center. However, the collection has grown substantially in recent years and now exceeds the exhibit and storage capacity of this space. Because the collection includes fragile organic, audio, and photographic materials, strict climate control is required for safe exhibition and long-term preservation. Climate control does not exist in the current space.
The new 9,000 square foot Museum and Arts Center will be located across from the Tribal Center. It will include appropriate exhibition and storage spaces and a sophisticated climate control system to ensure safe preservation. The new Center will feature 3,010 square feet total interior exhibit spaceÑover 1,500 square feet more than the present museum.
The new Museum and Arts Center will create a visitor-focused immersion experience in past and present Suquamish life. Visitors will gather in the lobby and move through thematic areas that evoke the spirit of Old Man House, the Canoe Journey, pre-contact and contemporary Suquamish culture, and voices of the past and present Suquamish people.
The new Center will also include an intimate auditorium, an archive and research room, gift shop, public meeting room and ADA-compliant public restrooms. The archive and research room will provide increased access to documents and artifacts for tribal and community members and visiting scholars.
The intimate auditorium will be used for public exhibit-related lectures, performances, presentations and classes on Suquamish culture, language and traditional Suquamish arts and crafts.
The new Museum and Arts Center offers a window into the history and culture of the Tribe and the region. It will preserve and protect the Tribe's irreplaceable artifacts and archival materials for generations to come.
Completion of the Center by 2009 will enable the Tribe to host the Coast Salish Exhibit from the National Museum of the American Indian later that year.
The current museum has been housed since 1989 in converted office space at the former Tribal Center. However, the collection has grown substantially in recent years and now exceeds the exhibit and storage capacity of this space. Because the collection includes fragile organic, audio, and photographic materials, strict climate control is required for safe exhibition and long-term preservation. Climate control does not exist in the current space.
The new 9,000 square foot Museum and Arts Center will be located across from the Tribal Center. It will include appropriate exhibition and storage spaces and a sophisticated climate control system to ensure safe preservation. The new Center will feature 3,010 square feet total interior exhibit spaceÑover 1,500 square feet more than the present museum.
The new Museum and Arts Center will create a visitor-focused immersion experience in past and present Suquamish life. Visitors will gather in the lobby and move through thematic areas that evoke the spirit of Old Man House, the Canoe Journey, pre-contact and contemporary Suquamish culture, and voices of the past and present Suquamish people.
The new Center will also include an intimate auditorium, an archive and research room, gift shop, public meeting room and ADA-compliant public restrooms. The archive and research room will provide increased access to documents and artifacts for tribal and community members and visiting scholars.
The intimate auditorium will be used for public exhibit-related lectures, performances, presentations and classes on Suquamish culture, language and traditional Suquamish arts and crafts.
The new Museum and Arts Center offers a window into the history and culture of the Tribe and the region. It will preserve and protect the Tribe's irreplaceable artifacts and archival materials for generations to come.
Completion of the Center by 2009 will enable the Tribe to host the Coast Salish Exhibit from the National Museum of the American Indian later that year.
Submitted by Marilyn Jones
The Suquamish Museum completed 2009 with forty-four guided tours, thirty-four meetings, two quarters of college toward Museumology Degrees, two National Museum Annual Meetings, and a planning meeting for the 2010 AAM Annual Meeting. We have shared the plans for our new museum with each of the various meetings and expressed the excitement of moving to a larger building and better equipped archives. We are actively researching and putting together the budget of needed items to safely move and store our collection in the new archives. Each and every item will have its own shelf space and protective covering to provide the best for years to come. We will not be moving for at least another year however we are working to make all the steps to insure that when we are moving everything is moved with the best protection and care. This does not happen in one or two days. For far too long the archives have been overcrowded and semi-organized; we are slowly and carefully working to make this better. Some of the large photographs from “The Eyes of Chief Seattle” may be displayed in Kiana and other Tribal buildings. We are going to do our best to enhance the awareness of the culture and history of the Tribe by doing this. We welcome volunteers that are willing to help on these projects – so if your interested in helping out please contact us at (360) 394-8496 Main Desk or (360) 394-8495 Director’s Office.
NATHPO Seminar in Hilo HI, December 2009 - I received a scholarship from the Getty Foundation to attend the seminar. The seminar was titled “Funding Strategies and Stabilization for Tribal Museums”, there were Natives from Loleta, CA, Scottsdale, AZ, Mt. Pleasant, MI, Kailua, HI, Toppenish, WA, Window Rock, AZ, Okmulgee, OK, Suquamish, WA, Sells, AZ, Kake AK, Shelton WA, Oneida, WI, Pablo, MT, Cloquet MN, Smith River, CA, Kapa’a, HI, Honolulu, HI, Pohoa, HI, Hilo, HI, Kailua, HI, Kamuela, HI, and Presenters from: Anchorage, AK, Washington DC. This was a great group of people sharing stories about the do’s and don'ts of funding. The presenters were well spoken and had great hand outs, answered questions and gave us lots of homework in the evenings. I knew a few of the participants from other meetings or seminars I have attended; I made some great new friends. We visited the language immersion school which teaches the Hawaiian language from birth to twelfth grade. The students and teachers speak only in Hawaiian and many of the teachers are second generation language speakers. It was a great experience to listen to the children and the young adults speaking in their language and greeting us in traditional ways. It made many of us tearful as we felt so honored to have them doing this for us. Also to remember our own languages are also being taught to our youth in hopes to have them bring it back again.
We also visited the volcano. As we were leaving the visitor center they closed it down due the extreme amount of dangerous gases from the volcano. We were able to talk via conference call to IMLS and ask questions about possible funding and grant ideas. They were very open and extend to all of us the invitation to call them with questions as needed when writing grants. Thanks to the host at the ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center in Hilo HI, for welcoming all of us and opening their center to us; Devin Kamealohi Forrest, Lilia Kapunia, Keiki Kepipi, Ka’ia Kimura, Larry (Uncle Larry) Kimura, Colin (Judge) Kippen, Herb Lee, Jr., Keikilani Meyer, Dave Mulinix, Dr. Momi Naughton, Namaka Rawlins, Nico Leilani Verissimo, and William “Pila” Wilson; I will always remember your warm and wonderful hospitality.
Thursday we were invited to visit with Elders from all the islands at an Elders Christmas Lunch; we were presented with leis and water bottles that had hand made covers. We took pictures of the different groups as they did their talent shows. The elders folks have beautiful singing voices and can they dance! Each island had their own theme and a presenter that narrated from the stage for them. They had drawings for door prizes, gifts and great costumes. We had a chance to talk with many of them before the lunch and were very excited that we were there. When Gene and I went to the airport the next day and the Hilo Elders Group was performing at the airport and they called us Washington and sang a song for us before we went up the stairs to our flight.
What a lively group of Elders!
The Suquamish Museum is still in Winter Hours: Friday/Saturday/Sunday 11:00 am to 4:00 pm, closed Monday through Thursday except by appointment only. Please call (360)
Submitted by Marilyn Jones
The Suquamish Museum completed 2009 with forty-four guided tours, thirty-four meetings, two quarters of college toward Museumology Degrees, two National Museum Annual Meetings, and a planning meeting for the 2010 AAM Annual Meeting. We have shared the plans for our new museum with each of the various meetings and expressed the excitement of moving to a larger building and better equipped archives. We are actively researching and putting together the budget of needed items to safely move and store our collection in the new archives. Each and every item will have its own shelf space and protective covering to provide the best for years to come. We will not be moving for at least another year however we are working to make all the steps to insure that when we are moving everything is moved with the best protection and care. This does not happen in one or two days. For far too long the archives have been overcrowded and semi-organized; we are slowly and carefully working to make this better. Some of the large photographs from “The Eyes of Chief Seattle” may be displayed in Kiana and other Tribal buildings. We are going to do our best to enhance the awareness of the culture and history of the Tribe by doing this. We welcome volunteers that are willing to help on these projects – so if your interested in helping out please contact us at (360) 394-8496 Main Desk or (360) 394-8495 Director’s Office.
NATHPO Seminar in Hilo HI, December 2009 - I received a scholarship from the Getty Foundation to attend the seminar. The seminar was titled “Funding Strategies and Stabilization for Tribal Museums”, there were Natives from Loleta, CA, Scottsdale, AZ, Mt. Pleasant, MI, Kailua, HI, Toppenish, WA, Window Rock, AZ, Okmulgee, OK, Suquamish, WA, Sells, AZ, Kake AK, Shelton WA, Oneida, WI, Pablo, MT, Cloquet MN, Smith River, CA, Kapa’a, HI, Honolulu, HI, Pohoa, HI, Hilo, HI, Kailua, HI, Kamuela, HI, and Presenters from: Anchorage, AK, Washington DC. This was a great group of people sharing stories about the do’s and don'ts of funding. The presenters were well spoken and had great hand outs, answered questions and gave us lots of homework in the evenings. I knew a few of the participants from other meetings or seminars I have attended; I made some great new friends. We visited the language immersion school which teaches the Hawaiian language from birth to twelfth grade. The students and teachers speak only in Hawaiian and many of the teachers are second generation language speakers. It was a great experience to listen to the children and the young adults speaking in their language and greeting us in traditional ways. It made many of us tearful as we felt so honored to have them doing this for us. Also to remember our own languages are also being taught to our youth in hopes to have them bring it back again.
We also visited the volcano. As we were leaving the visitor center they closed it down due the extreme amount of dangerous gases from the volcano. We were able to talk via conference call to IMLS and ask questions about possible funding and grant ideas. They were very open and extend to all of us the invitation to call them with questions as needed when writing grants. Thanks to the host at the ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center in Hilo HI, for welcoming all of us and opening their center to us; Devin Kamealohi Forrest, Lilia Kapunia, Keiki Kepipi, Ka’ia Kimura, Larry (Uncle Larry) Kimura, Colin (Judge) Kippen, Herb Lee, Jr., Keikilani Meyer, Dave Mulinix, Dr. Momi Naughton, Namaka Rawlins, Nico Leilani Verissimo, and William “Pila” Wilson; I will always remember your warm and wonderful hospitality.
Thursday we were invited to visit with Elders from all the islands at an Elders Christmas Lunch; we were presented with leis and water bottles that had hand made covers. We took pictures of the different groups as they did their talent shows. The elders folks have beautiful singing voices and can they dance! Each island had their own theme and a presenter that narrated from the stage for them. They had drawings for door prizes, gifts and great costumes. We had a chance to talk with many of them before the lunch and were very excited that we were there. When Gene and I went to the airport the next day and the Hilo Elders Group was performing at the airport and they called us Washington and sang a song for us before we went up the stairs to our flight.
What a lively group of Elders!
The Suquamish Museum is still in Winter Hours: Friday/Saturday/Sunday 11:00 am to 4:00 pm, closed Monday through Thursday except by appointment only. Please call (360)
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