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Coast Guard Museum Northwest, Seattle, WA

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Coast Guard Museum Northwest

A volunteer-run museum on Seattle's Elliott Bay waterfront that preserves Coast Guard and Northwest maritime heritage.

1519 Alaskan Way South, Seattle, Washington · Seattle, WA

About Coast Guard Museum Northwest

The museum sits on the grounds of Coast Guard Station Seattle at Pier 36 and covers the service's history in the Pacific Northwest. Its displays include lighthouse and buoy lenses, ship's wheels, uniforms, large cutter models, and items tied to famous vessels and wartime captures. It also holds a large collection of Coast Guard patches, thousands of photographs and slides, and research materials such as books, documents, and vessel plans. Coast Guard cutters docked at the base are not open for tours, and the museum is staffed entirely by volunteers.

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