Northwest Seaport

12/19/2025

2025 Maritime Heritage Hero

Roger Ottenbach

Celebrate this Sunday, December 21st, 2-4 aboard the Virginia V.

Northwest Seaport is pleased to announce Roger Ottenbach as our 2025 Maritime Heritage Hero Award winner! The award will be presented on December 21, 2025 onboard the Steamer Virginia V. The award celebration will run form 2:00 to 4:00. hors d'oeuvres, desserts and beverages will be available.

Roger has a long history in the maritime heritage community including years of service on the board of Puget Sound Maritime with a stint as President from 2010-2012. Roger has worked hard to engage youth in support of maritime workforce development efforts and runs a nautical antiques business in Port Orchard.

Please join us as we honor Roger and celebrate all of NW Seaports volunteers and programs to close out 2025 and get ready for a full year of activities in 2026. RSVP via

Please join us in celebrating the wonderful contributions to Maritime Heritage made by this year's winner: Wayne Palsson. Wayne has been the driving force behind Northwest Seaport's monthly Chantey Sings for over twenty years. Beverages, hors d'oeuvres &

12/13/2025

Tugboat cookie decorating is fun but they don't last long!

12/13/2025

FAMILY FUN DAY is here!
Come on down to the Historic Ships Wharf and decorate tugboat cookies (Noon to 4) on the Arthur Foss!
Take a free 1 hour ride on the Virginia V (11-Noon, 1-2)!
Selfies with Santa amd Mrs. Claus on the Fireboat Duwamish!
Right behind us, MOHAI is celebrating 125 Years of Motorcycling in the Pacific Northwest with some great hands-on bike demonstrations and other fun!

12/10/2025

Thanks to the staff and students from the Maritime Vessel Operations Class at Seattle Skills Center for visiting and taking a tour on some of our historic ships. It was a pleasure having you aboard.

11/24/2025

Every year thousands of mariners converge on Seattle for the . Did you make it this year? If you missed it, next year it will be at the Convention Center.

11/18/2025

What's better than singing old sailor chanteys on a boat with lots of people? Absolutely nothing. Come join us every second Friday for some sing-a-long fun. More details on our webpage found in our description.

10/29/2025

Craig Chambers joins Northwest Seaport at an exciting time of renewal and collaboration. Under his leadership, the organization will continue strengthening partnerships across the maritime community, expanding programming for youth and families, creating job skill development opportunities, and advancing preservation efforts for its historic ships.
Northwest Seaport Maritime Heritage Center invites the community to meet Craig Chambers at upcoming public events and to visit the Historic Ships Wharf to explore Seattle’s vibrant maritime history firsthand.

10/26/2025

You can tell a good day by the mess left behind.

10/26/2025

Come on down and see us! Happy Halloween!

09/11/2025

Hooking back up with National Park Service Klondike Museum--about to celebrate their 50th anniversary next year. In the "olden days" of the Alaska Gold Rush, the Foss was one of many taking people and supplies up to Alaska to prospect and bringing back both the winners and losers.

08/25/2025

Our final Tugboat Happy Hour tomorrow night, in the beautiful sunshine with a nice breeze. Time to gather your family or friends and come down to Lake Union and enjoy the Duck Dodge race, eat, drink, relax and enjoy our last days of summer! You can get your tickets here:

Eat, drink and be merry aboard the oldest tugboat still afloat in America (maybe the world). Enjoy an evening with friends and/or family and/or make new ones as you wa...

08/18/2025

Hmmm--who will show up on those Duck Dodge sailboats tomorrow night? Lady Guinevere? Sir Lancelot in pursuit? It's Medieval Knight Night and Tugboat Arthur Foss will be there to welcome you aboard. For food and drinks while you're at it, go to https://secure.givelively.org/event/northwest-seaport-inc/tugboat-tuesday-medieval-knight and sign up! See you there!

Eat, drink and be merry aboard the oldest tugboat still afloat in America (maybe the world). Enjoy an evening with friends and/or family and/or make new ones as you wa...