What is the Youth Heritage Project (YHP)? The YHP is a FREE overnight field school for high-school students, focused on the history, culture, and nature of Washington’s special places. This…
Mark your calendar now for Saturday, January 24, 2026 as the date for the Olympia Historical Society & Bigelow House Museum Annual Membership Meeting and presentation of the Gerry L.…
November 8, 2-4pm, Madison Elementary School gym Mark your calendar for this free community event. We will learn about the history of the Legion Way trees from historian Jennifer Crooks,…
Visit the Bigelow House for a special event commemorating women’s voting rights. The 19th Amendment to the US Constitution was certified in August 1920 empowering most women nationally to vote.…
The Bigelow House Museum is now open all Sundays for tours at 1:00, 2:00 and 3:00 pm. In honor of Women’s History Month, March tours will feature information about the…
February 20, 2025. 6 – 8 p.m. Abigail Stuart House 1002 Washington St SE, Olympia, WA 98501 Free. Light refreshments will be provided. RSVP here. Join us for an evening…
The Olympia Historical Society & Bigelow House Museum hosts former WA Secretary of State Sam Reed and author John C. Hughes in this conversation about Reed’s three-terms as Washington’s Secretary of…
The Olympia Historical Society & Bigelow House Museum is participating in the Community Foundation of Puget Sound’s Give Local 2024 which begins November 11, 2024 and continues through November 22,…
The Olympia Historical Society and Bigelow House Museum is sponsoring the Holiday Tour of Historic Home on Sunday, December 8, 2024 from noon to 4:00 pm featuring six historic properties…
Featuring five homes in the South Capitol Neighborhood Historic District. Open house at the Bigelow House Museum
Be sure to save Thursday evening September 26th to hear Nicholas Vann give this fascinating talk on Chinese Exclusion and Resilience in the Built Environment. Former Washington Deputy State Historic…
The Olympia Arts & Heritage Alliance (AHA) is creating a new exhibit with a professional curator called Faces of Olympia, to display in the 48 windows on the east façade…
The Olympia Historical Society & Bigelow House Museum (OHS & BHM) seeks to hire a part-time staff person to coordinate and manage implementation of the society’s expanded tour, education, and outreach activities…
Visitors to the Bigelow House Museum can enjoy “The Bigelow House in Style” through August. The house is open for guided tours at 1, 2, and 3 pm on the…
Download the clue sheet here to redeem for a special prize on the first and second Sundays of the month from 1 to 4 pm during open tour hours or…
Olympia Arts + Heritage Alliance (AHA) in partnership with the Olympia Historical Society and Bigelow House Museum and City of Olympia are sponsoring a presentation and discussion about the compelling…
The Olympia Historical Society & Bigelow House Museum (OHS & BHM) hosted their 2024 Annual Membership Meeting on Saturday, January 27th at the Olympia Center. At the top of the…
Come join us on Saturday, January 27, 2024 for the OHS & BHM Annual Meeting. The meeting begins at 1:00 pm. This year, our program commemorates the 170th anniversary of…
The Olympia Historical Society & Bigelow House Museum invites the community to a Holiday Open House at the Bigelow House Museum at 918 Glass Avenue NE in Olympia on Sunday, December 10, 2023 from 1 to 4…
The Olympia Historical Society & Bigelow House Museum is participating this year in the Community Foundation of Puget Sound’s Give Local 2023 which begins November 6, 2023 and continues through…
The Olympia Historical Society & Bigelow House Museum will award a $2000 history grant along with a $500 teacher stipend in 2024, provided by funds from long-time Thurston County Teacher…
Join OHS & BHM Board Member Paul Parker for a tour of the Bigelow Neighorhood beginning at 11:00 am on Saturday, August 26, 2023 at the Bigelow House. The 45-minute…
Join OHS & BHM Board Member Paul Parker for a tour of the Bigelow Neighborhood beginning at 11:00 am on Saturday, August 26, 2023 at the Bigelow House. The 45-minute…
The updated and revitalized Bigelow House Museum will open for visitors starting June 4, 2023 on the first two Sundays of every month at 1, 2, and 3 pm. All…
The Olympia Historical Society-Bigelow House Museum (OHS & BHM) invites all to enjoy a program by longtime KGY radio host and South Sound personality icon Dick Pust. He will present…
Whodunit? The Olympia Historical Society-Bigelow House Museum (OHS-BHM) is seeking help to solve a 50 year-old local mystery of who pranked radio station KGY during the early morning hours of…
Brothers Joseph and H.R. Jeffers founded a photography business in 1904, at the southeast corner of Washington Street and 5th Avenue. Their original studio is shown in this 1908 photo…
Jill was born and raised in Aberdeen, Washington and graduated from Weatherwax High School (the historic building that burned down in 2002). She graduated from the University of California, Santa…
Vickie was born in Olympia, the first child of the fourth generation of her family to live in Thurston County. She attended Garfield Elementary, Jefferson and Washington middle schools, and…
This page is part of a collaboration between the Olympia Historical Society and Bigelow House Museum and the Thurston County Courts History Committee. Text developed by Thurston County Courts History…