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