Vashon Island Heritage Museum

Vashon Island Heritage Museum The Vashon Heritage Museum is an Island treasure, the place where you can connect with your history. Award winning outdoor gardens.

While our Gala is sold out you can still support the Museum.⁠We have a wonderful silent auction with many items generous...
05/27/2026

While our Gala is sold out you can still support the Museum.⁠
We have a wonderful silent auction with many items generously donated by friends of the Museum. ⁠
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Please browse and consider a bid. Online bidding will close on May 28th. We will continue the auction in person at the Gala. If there is an item you have to have, use the buy-it-now button.⁠
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Every dollar raised supports the Vashon Heritage Museum and the many programs we bring to our community. ⁠
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Thank you for your support! ⁠
https://givebutter.com/c/2026-gala-1970s-aphxpm/auction
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So many flags, so many Veterans laid to rest at Vashon Cemetery. Somber reflections and great stories, thanks to all who...
05/26/2026

So many flags, so many Veterans laid to rest at Vashon Cemetery. Somber reflections and great stories, thanks to all who attended our drizzly cemetery tours. Our great volunteers are preparing for another tour on July 4th. ❤️

Memorial Day Events:Vashon Cemetery Program - 11 amHeritage Museum Tours - 1 pm and 2:30 pmThen head to the Senior Cente...
05/25/2026

Memorial Day Events:

Vashon Cemetery Program - 11 am
Heritage Museum Tours - 1 pm and 2:30 pm

Then head to the Senior Center, 12 - 3 pm

Memorial Day is Monday, May 25th, and we’ll be at the Museum and the Cemetery. Have you attended one of our cemetery tou...
05/21/2026

Memorial Day is Monday, May 25th, and we’ll be at the Museum and the Cemetery. Have you attended one of our cemetery tours? They are truly an educational experience. Our volunteers are great storytellers; you’ll walk away knowing your community far more deeply. We will be learning about Vashon Veteran Robert Bennedsen, who died in service in Afghanistan, and Donald Holke, who perished in service in Vietnam. We’ll hear about work on the home front during WWII, and we’ll even learn about Vashon Veterans who served during the Civil War. The tours are offered at 1 pm and 2:30 pm at the Vashon Cemetery. The Cemetery Memorial Day program honoring all veterans begins at 11 am.

Also on Memorial Day, the Senior Center is hosting a BBQ in its restored Bacchus Memorial Garden. We are pulling out some lawn games, and the Fire Department is pulling out an engine. 12 - 3 pm. We are usually closed on Mondays, but the Museum will be open for this holiday.




Family Day is 10 am - 4 pm this Saturday, May 16th, and depending on the weather, we might take the show out to the fron...
05/14/2026

Family Day is 10 am - 4 pm this Saturday, May 16th, and depending on the weather, we might take the show out to the front lawn. Our wonderful volunteers will be celebrating spring with May flower crafts. The whole family is welcome.⁠
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Be sure to head out back and look for the eagles. They are often in the trees above the Roger Stanley Hydro Boathouse. ⁠
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This is tomorrow!Get to Zero Waste Vashon for electronics recycling. Visit Vashon Farmers Market, see Ramona. Maybe mix ...
05/09/2026

This is tomorrow!

Get to Zero Waste Vashon for electronics recycling. Visit Vashon Farmers Market, see Ramona. Maybe mix a quick museum trip in! We are open 1 - 4 pm Saturday and Sunday.

May 5 is Museum Lovers Day, and GiveBIG is this a coincidence?⁠⁠GiveBIG is live and all around Vashon (and beyond), folk...
05/05/2026

May 5 is Museum Lovers Day, and GiveBIG is this a coincidence?⁠
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GiveBIG is live and all around Vashon (and beyond), folks are organizing and fundraising for causes great and small. It is heartening to see all the great work happening on Vashon and it makes for a very full inbox.⁠
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We are fundraising for our next special exhibit, Sealth: Camp of Our Dreams. It is a great community story about kids growing leadership skills and self-knowledge in the great outdoors. We are pleased to share it! ⁠
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GiveBIG, give small, we welcome all gifts. ⁠
Thank you!

https://www.wagives.org/organization/vashon-maury-island-heritage-association-1⁠
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A woman with years of monumental activism and leadership is visiting our Island a week from today.⁠⁠Ramona Bennett Bill ...
05/02/2026

A woman with years of monumental activism and leadership is visiting our Island a week from today.⁠
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Ramona Bennett Bill is sharing stories from her book "Fighting for the Puyallup." Ramona will share stories from her life, discuss the history behind the fight for tribal rights, and read from her book. Books will be available for purchase and signing.⁠
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You will be so glad you spent part of your Saturday with her. We are proud co-sponsors of this event. Thank you Vashon Island Unitarian Universalists for inviting this living legend.⁠
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Saturday, May 9, 1:30 - 3:30 PM at Lewis Hall, behind the Burton Community Church, 23905 Vashon Hwy. SW. ⁠
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Somehow it is May! ⁠Which means our Gala is around the corner.⁠⁠Celebrate our Heritage, the 70s on Vashon Island.⁠Saturd...
05/01/2026

Somehow it is May! ⁠
Which means our Gala is around the corner.⁠
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Celebrate our Heritage, the 70s on Vashon Island.⁠
Saturday, May 30th. ⁠
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Tables are selling quickly, a couple are left, and some single seats are available too! Thank you, early purchasers. ⁠
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Lovely images from our 60s Gala courtesy of the talented Yui Holbrook. ⁠
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This night is made possible with the support of our sponsors. Thank you to our Presenting Sponsor, Thriftway, and Supporting Sponsors Andrew Will and Vashon Pharmacy.⁠
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https://www.vashonheritagemuseum.org/events/celebrate-our-heritage-gala-2026

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Great to be in Kuni Mukai's garden for the 7th Annual Haiku Festival. Dancing third graders, lovely short poems, and che...
04/28/2026

Great to be in Kuni Mukai's garden for the 7th Annual Haiku Festival.
Dancing third graders, lovely short poems, and cherry blossoms.

The haiku are on view through May, but the cherry blossoms will not last until the end of May.

The continual care and attention to this important place is wonderful. It is a joy to be part of an island of thoughtful, creative people preserving our history. Thankful for all the stewards past and present.

Mukai Farm & Garden is open dawn to dusk.

Arbor Day!Glad for all our Museum trees. Particularly our sweet little cherry in the back.It is a descendant of the 100 ...
04/25/2026

Arbor Day!
Glad for all our Museum trees.
Particularly our sweet little cherry in the back.

It is a descendant of the 100 trees that were gifted in 1932 by the Vashon Japanese Society to Vashon High School. It was to express their gratitude for the fine public education their children had received.

Read a little more on the memorial sign Chantal Uto illustrated and designed at Vashon High School. The sign and trees stand as a tribute to the children of Vashon’s pre-war Japanese community.





Address

10105 Bank Road SW
Vashon, WA
98070

Opening Hours

Wednesday 1pm - 4pm
Thursday 1pm - 4pm
Friday 1pm - 4pm
Saturday 1pm - 12pm
Sunday 1pm - 4pm

Telephone

(206) 463-7808

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