DuPont Museum

The DuPont Museum is a historical museum in DuPont, Washington. It is located in the DuPont Village Historic District. The museum contains exhibits and artifacts relating to the city's history, including both when it was the locale of the Hudson's Bay Company's Fort Nisqually as well as when it was a company town for the DuPont dynamite plant.

DuPont Historical Museum
DuPont Museum in 2008

Established	1977
Location	207 Barksdale Avenue DuPont, Washington, USA
Coordinates	47.0954°N 122.6284°W / 47.0954; -122.6284
Type	History
Curator	Linda Cumberbatch
Website	dupontmuseum.com

The museum was opened in 1977 in the former DuPont City Hall building.[1][2] In 1982 a non-profit foundation, the DuPont Historical Society, was formed to operate the museum.[1] The museum continues to support the 8,000, and growing, citizens of DuPont and Pierce County.

The museum organizes the annual "Hudson's Bay Day" celebration commemorating the role of the Hudson's Bay Company and Fort Nisqually in local history.[3]

References

Museum history, DuPont Museum, archived from the original on 2011-10-03, retrieved 2011-09-13
DuPont Museum, City of DuPont Public Works Department, archived from the original on 2011-08-20, retrieved 2011-09-12
Rolf Boone, staff writer (August 23, 2010), Bringing history alive at Fort Nisqually, The Olympian, archived from the original on February 5, 2013

External links

Official website

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