Museums

Shelton/Mason County Museum
360.426.1020 • The museum is located in the historic old library building at Fifth Street and Railroad Avenue in downtown Shelton. This building, built in 1914 as a town hall and library, is on the National Register of Historic Places and is well suited to serve as a museum for Mason County.

Squaxin Island Museum and Research Center
360.432.3853 • http://www.squaxinisland.org/frames.html •  The museum tells the story of the People of the Water through a series of exhibits and displays depicting the relationship between Squaxin Island Tribal members and the seven inlets of Southern Puget Sound.

Home of Sacred Belongings
360.426.9781 • Squaxin Island Indian Tribe Museum Library and Research Center, next to tribal center off Old Olympic Highway in Kamilche, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday.

Mason County Logging and Farming Museum
360.426.1020 • County fairgrounds, open during major special events at fairgrounds and by appointment.

Matlock Historical Museum
360.482.3382 • Mary M. Knight School campus on Matlock-Brady Road, call Jill Hall at 482-3382 for appointment.

Skokomish Tribal Center
360.426.4232 • Located on Tribal Center Road off Highway 106, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays.

Stretch Island Maritime Museum
253.858.7971 • Stretch Island Drive in Grapeview, open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. weekends from May to October, otherwise call curator Bill Somers at (253) 858-7971 for group visit.

Public Art

More than a dozen artworks grace the streets and buildings of downtown Shelton. A detailed description (by artist) appears in The Journal's Visitor's Guide to Mason County . There is also indoor and outdoor art at Mason General Hospital and Olympic College Shelton.

Visual Art

The Peninsula Art Association sponsors two major shows each spring, one for high-school artists and the other an open competition, at the Reed Library in Shelton.
Art lovers can also view works at the Mason County Fair in July and OysterFest in October and at the displays at the Squaxin Tribe's museum and the Skokomish Tribal Center.