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Yet another colorful mural by the talented Bill Mitchell now stands in front of the Anacortes Museum on 8th Street. Characters represented in the mural include the late Bill Lowman, commercial fisherman and author. Bill also achieved some level of fame for bringing “Bobo” the gorilla to the Northwest. In addition to Lowman, characters represented […]

Anacortes Museum on 8th Street was party central Saturday, September 20 as staff, foundation members and guests celebrated the museum’s 50th anniversary. Among those on hand were local historian (retired newspaper publisher) Wallie Funk and historian/artist Bill Lowman (pictured with Mayor Dean Maxwell). For details about the museum and its current display, visit www.museum.cityofanacortes.org. The […]

Anacortes history buffs including Betty Lowman Carey and Don McKee gathered at the downtown museum Saturday, September 20 for celebration of the museum’s 50th anniversary. Among features of the event was the display of Carey’s dugout canoe, a boat in which she journeyed alone to Alaska in 1937! McKee, an Anacortes native, is an architect […]

Check out the Anacortes Museum to see a cast of characters from the city’s history … some past, some still making their mark. For details see http://museum.cityofanacortes.org.

Anacortes Museum supporters and staff gathered Friday, Dec. 8 for the annual Foundation meeting and Holiday Reception. Among those in attendance were Mayor Dean Maxwell and his wife, Lisa. Laura Wynn, whose involvement with the museum dates back 20 years, was honored as Volunteer of the Year. She is pictured here with her parents, Tom […]

Fall colors provide a stunning backdrop for this “portrait” of the statue/fountain in front of the Anacortes Museum. The museum once served this community as a Carnegie Library.

For two days in a row, a team of volunteers from Shell Puget Sound Refinery gathered with paint brushes at the Skagit Children’s Museum in downtown Mount Vernon. Friday and Saturday project work at the children’s facility ranged from assembly of shelf units to drywall repair and painting. Little hands are busy hands, so there […]

I had the opportunity Tuesday to take a 400-minute run through the Seattle Museum of Flight at Boeing Field. Hadn’t been there since the year the museum opened, and it’s changed dramatically. These photos are from the Personal Courage Wing, a new 88,000-sq.-ft. addition that opened June 6, 2004. Twenty-eight rare World War I and […]

Anyone who’s ever taken the Keystone Ferry to Port Townsend on a sunny day has been welcomed by this sight: the impressive Museum of the Jefferson County Historical Society. Downtown was bustling with shoppers. Dad noted that historic downtown buildings such as this one are a major draw. There are many fascinating old buildings.

A major landscaping project was completed recently at the Anacortes Museum at 1305 8th Street. The museum is housed in a former Carnegie Library, just one block from the new city library. Landscape contractor was Simply Yards.

Looking back to 2021, when grandson Jake took a number of photos at Heritage Flight Museum including these great shots of vintage aircraft “Hog Wild Gunner.” As noted in graphic, the museum’s 2024 Fly Day schedule is pending. Can’t wait …

Few people know that the community of Anacortes was once honored with a 5-day visit by U.S. Frigate Constitution, affectionately referred to as “Old Ironsides.” The masted vessel dropped anchor in Anacortes in 1933 during a rare Pacific Coast tour. A program from the event includes a note from Chamber of Anacortes President Ed Schwartz. […]