Past Exhibits


Coast Guard Art Program Exhibit

The Coast Guard Art Program uses fine art as an outreach tool for educating diverse audiences about the United States Coast Guard. Through displays at museums, libraries and patriotic events, Coast Guard art tells the story of the service's missions, heroes and history to the public. Art is also displayed in offices of members of Congress, senior officials of the executive branch of government and other military services and at Coast Guard locations throughout the country.

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Highlighners lined up at the wharf

Highliners: Boats of the Century

Highliners: Boats of the Century narrates the story of the historic power-schooners of Seattle’s longline fleet…

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Pacific Rim Institute of Maritime Artists (returns to cWB!)

The PRIMA mission is to celebrate human diversity through the lens of fine art with a specific attention to marine and maritime artists living on or near the Pacific Rim, the Pacific Ocean being our common thread.

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“Still Afloat: Historic Small Craft of King County”

This exhibit formerly our Floating Boathouse Gallery highlighted four unique and historic wooden boat designs that enjoy a permanent place in the CWB collection.

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Sailboats sailing on either side Lake Union Wooden Boat festival poster exhibit  text

Lake Union Wooden Boat Festival Poster Exhibit

40 years of art, community and boats!

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Painting of two tall ships sailing on a stormy sea.

Pacific Rim Institute of Maritime Artists

The artists cover a mix of marine subjects historical and modern in a variety of mediums including oils, watercolor, acrylic, gouache, and mixed media.

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Fish On exhibit wall

Fish On!

Fish On! A History of Recreational Fishing Boathouses & Resorts on Puget Sound

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Vintage boathouse with a hook or lift in front of a shed door

Persistent Work

For generations life in Western Washington and in King County particularly has been defined by what we do where the land meets the water.  Seattle’s history was shaped along its waterways. Maritime industries built structures to support boat shops and shipyards, canneries, and manufacturing of nets, sails and rigging.

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