CARNEGIE GALLERY

The Anacortes Museum was originally designed as a Carnegie Library. The cornerstone was laid in 1909, and the building opened to the public as a library on Dec. 26, 1910. The Carnegie Library became the home of the Anacortes Museum in 1968, and in 1977 was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The first floor, once used as a social and musical center, now houses the Museum’s offices, research library, and archives. The Carnegie Gallery on the second floor is handicapped-accessible and contains permanent exhibits on the history of Fidalgo and Guemes Islands as well as regular special exhibits, including quarterly exhibits focused on the special collections of local residents.

Current Exhibit
Island plants — they’re wonderful, and worrisome. We love them, fear them, use them and abuse them. They stabilize the soil, purify the air and provide us with food, shelter, headaches and heartaches.

Island Plants & People: A Twisted Path, which continues through May 2013 at the Anacortes Museum’s Carnegie Gallery, showcases the changing and sometimes uneasy relationship between people and plants. We look at how native peoples and settlers used plants, the impact of invasive species, the blossoming of island parks and gardens, and the local controversies and conservation efforts.

Be sure to leaf through the hundreds of beautiful images of local plants.

Admission is free!

Location/Hours
1305 8th Street, Anacortes, WA 98221
Open Monday through Saturday, 10-4 PM
Sunday 1-4 PM
Closed Wednesday

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Last Updated: February 01, 2012