• Free First Fridays at the Whatcom Museum!

    NEW in 2024! Enjoy FREE admission at both museum buildings, EXTENDED hours, and FREE programming every First Friday of the month at the Whatcom Museum! In February, we’re celebrating the reopening of the People of the Sea and Cedar...

  • Visible Mending Workshop with Ragfinery

    Ragfinery is delighted to present this Visible Mending Workshop in collaboration with the Whatcom Museum. Whether you're a novice or an experienced fiber artist, join us to explore the basic principles of visible mending and...

  • Whatcom Museum Gala: Archival Revival

    Cocktail hour courtesy of Chuckanut Bay Distillery, Kulshan Brewing, and Lone Birch Winery. Live music by The Unknowns. Dinner with locally sourced ingredients from Simply Sound Catering. Performances by The Upfront Theatre, Swil Kanim, Julie Trimingham, and ¡Casineros del Parque! Be a part of the revitalization of Old Fire Station No. 1, home to the Whatcom Museum’s archives! Your support will help fund the continued preservation of more than 200,000 images as we relocate them to a temperature-controlled wing and...

  • Classic Carols

    Enjoy the splendor of Old City Hall, festooned in its holiday finest, while listening to your favorite holiday songs sung by the students of the Brooke Bates Music Studio. Admission to Old City Hall is by donation through the month of December.

  • January Free First Friday at the Whatcom Museum

    Start the year off small with the Whatcom Museum! After a busy holiday season, join us at the Museum for a day of miniature crafts. Make your own wee world with like Shrinky Dinks and sculpting tiny clay masterpieces to making mini mugs, bags, and even plants. We’ll also celebrate miniature trains and railways with a pop-up wTrak Modular Wood Railway...

  • New Museum Opening

    MUSEO - Art & Archive 704 W. Holly St, Bellingham Saturday, March 15th 12pm-3pm The public is invited to celebrate the opening of a new museum in Old Town Bellingham. A sister museum to The Helen Loggie Museum of Art, MUSEO is an assemblage of several...

  • Heritage Flight Museum’s April Fly Day

    Heritage Flight Museum is back in the skies on April 26! Help us “knock off the rust” and start up the 2025 Fly Day series with our historic fleet of trainers and military aircraft. We’ve got amazing planes, exhibits on the Apollo Space Program and more, kids’ activities, flight demos and...

  • Natural Dye and Shibori Workshop with Serafima Zavorotny and Fiona Ferguson

    https://www.whatcommuseum.org/event/striking-scarves-natural-dye-and-shibori-workshop/ Brighten up the winter months with natural dyes. Learn how to use plants to create vibrant, wearable art in this introduction to dye making. Participants will explore common natural dyes like madder and weld, learn how to achieve long-lasting color, and experiment with making simple dyes using kitchen scraps, like avocado skins. Next, participants...

  • Provenance Tales of Three French Paintings from the National Gallery of Art

    https://www.whatcommuseum.org/event/how-they-got-here-provenance-tales-of-three-french-paintings/ Have you ever wondered how an artwork ends up in a museum? Provenance, or the history of an object’s ownership, can offer us a fascinating insight into the social environment in which art...