Registration is now open for our 2026 History Hikes programs. Each year, the North Olympic History Center and Jefferson County Historical Society team up to offer guided hikes at historically significant sites around the North Olympic Peninsula. Led by NOHC Executive...
Exhibition March – December 2026 Minerva E. Troy has left an indelible mark on Port Angeles. Her guidance as cultural leader from the late 1880s until her death in 1960 was pronounced. She was a singer, a musician, teacher, entrepreneur, newspaper editor,...
Press Release – For Immediate Release June 12, 2025 The NOHC Board of Directors have declined the City’s offer to purchase the North Olympic History Center property located at 8th and C streets. Our primary reason is that doing so would require abandoning our artifact...
We are excited to announce An Introduction to the Archaeology of the Northwest Coast from the perspective of Western Washington with Gary Wessen, PhD. Gary has 51 years of archaeological fieldwork experience in western North America – most of his experience...
“As a historian, what I really try to do in my day to day life is take a broader perspective than what’s presented with an idea or theme. To me, whatever where talking about, it’s tied to history.” David Brownell is executive director of North Olympic History Center...
Port Angeles resident Dona Cloud of Port Angeles on March 11 received a Women in American History award from Michael Trebert Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). Cloud has been a volunteer at the North Olympic History Center (NOHC) — formerly...
