Arts and Culture

The Gig Harbor Peninsula Museum is located at the north end of Gig Harbor Bay and allows visitors a place to experience the history of Gig Harbor and the surrounding area. A permanent display is augmented with rotating specific and traveling exhibits. The Museum will be relocated in the future to a new multi-million dollar facility, highlighted by the Shenandoah, a purse seiner built in a Gig Harbor shipyard and the Midway schoolhouse. (www.gigharbormuseum.org)

Both Fox Island and Key Peninsula house their own exhibits in local museums, relating early days in the area.

While Gig Harbor was once most known for its fishing and logging, it is now also known for its numerous art galleries, art walks and art shows. There are over a dozen galleries. (www.GHKP-CulturalArts.org) The well-known July art festival showcases local and regional artists who work in stained glass, oils, pottery, watercolors, wood and other mediums.

Two theatre companies located mostly in downtown Gig Harbor, provide entertainment year-round, including dinner theatre and summer outdoor theatre.

Pierce County Public Library is located off Highway 16 in Gig Harbor and offers complete web-based services. Research can be done online with just a library card. (www.pcl.lib.wa.us)

Newspaper—The Peninsula Gateway is published weekly on Wednesdays. (www.gateline.com)