Access the Museum Remotely

Anacortes Museum Closure Effective March 17

Anacortes Museum will close effective Tuesday March 17, 2020 with staff access only. Museum staff will be available by phone and email during normal business hours. Many museum resources are available on our website.

Here is a list of Anacortes Museum activities you can do from home or anywhere:

  • Our Newspaper Exhibit is now free to access online.
  • Our photo database has over 55,000 keyword searchable photographs, representing the artifacts in the Online Anacortes Museum Collection. You can browse random images or search for “salmon cannery” or “Anacortes veneer” and fine tune your results. Also, you can help us identify, add to and correct our photo descriptions by clicking the “send feedback” tab on website photographs.
  • The new Anacortes Museum Channel on YouTube has local historic films and new museum features.
  • Anacortes High School Rhododendron yearbooks are available to browse online.

 Visit our Research Page on the website. If you don’t find the answer you are looking for then send an email to coa.museum@cityofanacortes.org

CHECK OUT SOME MORE FUN LINKS BELOW

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Click on a picture and explore the Museum!

Enjoy some of our displays of old. Now Online!

  1. Island Communities - (2002)
  2. Colorful Characters and Local Lore - (2008)
  3. Murals Unmasked - (2009)
  4. 1910 Exhibit - (2010)
  5. 1910 Exhibit (No Pictures) (2010)
  6. Island Plants and People - (2011)
  7. 6th Grade: Drawing on History - (2013)
  8. Great Depression in Anacortes - (2014)
  9. Anacortes Then and Now - (2014)
  10. Antique Machinery Show History - (2015)
  11. Anacortes at 125 - (2016)
  12. At Home in Anacortes - (2017)
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Check out the latest episode of our new series with local Anacortes musicians!

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Explore the worker owned plywood mill - Anacortes Veneer Inc!