Preserving Washington State history from the 1880s through the 1940s as it pertains to the Steam Era of Logging through photographs, paintings, artifacts and equipment.

The Karpeles museum is one of several branches nationwide featuring extremely rare and important historical documents.

Feel the heat as artists create their art from molten glass in the Hot Shop Amphitheater. Elsewhere experience outstanding exhibits from internationally known artists of contemporary art highlighting glass.

The only combined zoo and aquarium in the Northwest lets you see seahorses, sharks, peacocks, penguins, wolves and walrus (plus many more) in one place.

A landmark 1911 railway station with Romanesque architecture and striking copper dome is now the federal courthouse. A public rotunda exhibit features glass sculptures by Tacoma native Dale Chihuly.

The museum features framed views of Mt. Rainier, Northwest Art, Dale Chihuly, glassworks and traveling exhibits.

Discover the stories of Washington's past. Explore and be entertained while you learn about Washington's unique people and places and their impact on the country and worldwide.

235,625 acres containing outstanding examples of old growth forests and sub alpine meadows. The "mountain" is an active volcano encased in over 35 square miles of snow and ice.

Tacoma's eclectic destination for food, fun and unique shopping providing access to the downtown and Tacoma's West End.