The first exhibit was at the Bank of Sequim. For several months the museum shared space with Sequim's post office until, in May of 1979, a new post office building was purchased where it currently stands at 240 S. Sunnyside Ave. Museum president Bob Clark welcomed visitors, including pioneers Ray Cays and Gertrude Baker, Brick Johnson of the S'Klallam Indian Tribe and John Haller of the Pioneer Association. Museum visitors then found items such as a buggy, pump organ, old school desks, a theater bench and farming and logging equipment. Guests now can view Civil War artifacts, old medicine bottles, woodworking tools and a lavish bedroom decorated to the style of John Cowan's pioneer family, donated earlier this year.
Guests can often view works by local artists.
And local is a big point, too. De Witt said the displays change often, sometimes lasting up to three or four months. I see people with the pamphlets in their hands. Clare and Emanuel Manis moved to Sequim in 1975. Emanuel planned to build a home, a large garden and to raise some cattle.