If you have any questions about our events, please email Linda Willenberg at willenberglinda@gmail.com or call her at 425-641-1606.​​​​​​

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Self-guided tour of the Washington State History Museum

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When: Saturday, January 17, 10:30 a.m.
Where: 1911 Pacific Avenue, Tacoma, WA 98402

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Please join us for a self-guided tour of the Washington State History Museum. You are welcome to bring guests. The museum is located at 1911 Pacific Avenue in Tacoma, and ample parking is available on site.  

We will meet inside the museum and individually pay for our own admission to the Museum. Admission is $17 for adults, $14 for seniors, $11 for students ages 6-18 (or older with current high school ID), and free for children ages 5 and younger and museum members. After visiting the exhibits, those who wish may gather at the museum’s café for no-host coffee and discussion.

When we visit the museum, we will see an important story told in a new way. Instead of “dead objects in cases,” the new exhibit, This Is Native Land uses contemporary work by thirty Native artists – working in glass, basketry, forged steel, and neon -- to focus attention. This rich exhibit fabric allows visitors to explore how our region’s tribal nations met colonization and settlement with acts of sovereignty that promoted endurance. Areas called “teaching circles” allow visitors to explore themes of place, power, and sovereignty. One hundred members of 60 tribes have contributed to the exhibit.

Elsewhere in the museum, temporary exhibits on clothing in the Gilded Age and contemporary stage set design by Carey Wong explore how fashion served as a symbol of identity, status, and political ideology, and how design moves from concept to finished work.

The long-term exhibits in the Great Hall have been radically refreshed since our last PSA-PBK visit to the museum pre-COVID. You will have the opportunity to visit all of the exhibits at your leisure.      

Please register for this event at https://forms.gle/yWtX4praMReUL7By7 and include the names of your guests. There is no pre-payment for this event. You will pay for your museum admission upon arrival at the museum.

If you have any questions, you can contact Linda Willenberg at willenberglinda@gmail.com or call her at 425-641-1606 or 425-445-5676.

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Past Events

• 2025 

  • ​January 15: Young Phi Bete: Boba and Board Games on The Ave

  • January 25: Community volunteer event at Food Lifeline

  • January 30: Young Phi Bete: No-host dinner at Rhein House, Capitol Hill

  • February 8: Young Phi Bete: Husky Ice Skating at Kraken Community Center

  • February 10: Framh-Lewis Trio Virtual Live Performance

  • February 23: Young Phi Bete: Weekend Dinner at Alibi Room, Pike  Place Market

  • March 29: Tour of the Northwest African American Museum

  • May 15: Spring Luncheon with Professor Margaret O'Mara

  • May 24: Free docent tour of the Bellevue Botanical Garden

  • June 21: Free guided tour of Streissguth Gardens

  • October 22: Fall Luncheon with Elisabeth Farwell-Moreland, Union Arts Center

• 2024

  • January 27: Young Phi Bete self-guided tour of the UW Biology Greenhouse followed by a no-host lunch at Shultzy’s

  • February 17: Coffee meet-up in West Seattle

  • February 24: Tour of Henry Art Gallery

  • March 9: Olympics-themed event: Gold Medal Rowing – Presentation by Karrin Klotz about her husband rowing in the 1956 and 1960 Olympics

  • March 23: Young Phi Bete event at Oasis Tea Zone with board games

  • April 6: Volunteer community service event at Food Lifeline packaging food for the homeless

  • April 20: Tour of the Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI) and coffee

  • May 2: Young Phi Bete event: Burke Museum tour and coffee

  • May 15: Spring Luncheon at Seattle Yacht Club — PBK Secretary and CEO Frederick Lawrence, speaker

  • June 22: Guided tour of Bellevue Botanical Gardens

  • June 22: Young Phi Bete picnic and games at Gas Works Park   

  • August 22: Picnic at Luther Burbank Park on Mercer Island

  • September 14: Tour of UW Biology Greenhouse followed by a no-host luncheon at Shultzy’s Bar and Grill

  • October 3: Young Phi Bete event: Key Connections at Big Time Brewery and Alehouse

  • October 19: Tour of Seattle Aquarium

  • November 20: Fall Luncheon: Jevin West, UW Information School, speaker. Presentation of Pathfinder Awards and recognition of 2024 scholarship winners.

  • November 2: Young Phi Bete Event: Indoor bouldering experience and lunch

  • December 5: PBK 247th anniversary celebration event at Big Time Brewery and Alehouse

  • December 19: Young Phi Bete event: No-host dinner at BaBar at South Lake Union