Bigelow House in the News

 

· 3/4/2009:                  Shanna Stevenson - Suffrage Exhibit at WSHS

· 2/19/2009:                Bigelow House Open House, 2/21

· 12/11/2008:             Bigelow House Takeover by State Parks Put On Hold

· 12/7/2008:                Peer Inside History

· 6/19/2008:                Bigelow House Museum Relives Washington's Past

· 6/8/2008:                  Cheryl Hougham - Volunteer of the Week

· 4/19/2008:                Bigelow House Gains Support

· 4/11/2008:                Washington State to Take Over Historic Structure

Directions & Map

 

918 Glass Ave NE

Olympia, WA  98506

 

 

From Interstate 5:

 

· Take Exit 105 to Plum Street

· Continue approx 1 mile north on Plum which becomes East Bay Drive.

· Right on Glass Avenue.

· Travel up three-quarters of a block. The house is on your left, surrounded by a wrought-iron fence.

· Parking:Parking is available on the street in front of the Museum and along East Bay Drive.

 

 

From Capital Campus:

 

· Travel north on Capital Way

· Right on Fourth Avenue.

· Left on Plum Street (which becomes East Bay Drive).

· Three blocks to Glass Avenue and turn right.

· Travel up three-quarters of a block. The house is on your left, surrounded by a wrought iron fence.

· Parking:Parking is available on the street in front of the Museum and along East Bay Drive.

 

 

An ADA parking area is available – call for directions.

2009 Annual Fund Drive

 

Help us reach our funding goal of $30,000 in 2009! Click here to make your tax-exempt donation online to Bigelow House!

Update- As of May 2 we’ve raised $4,435. Thanks to all who’ve given so far!

 

See our support page for more information and other ways to donate.

 

Also– please visit our volunteer page for other ways you can become a part of Bigelow House Museum.

Site Updated 9 May 2009

 

Museum Information

 

Start your heritage tour of Olympia here!

 

Our volunteers and staff are active in a number of history organizations including the Washington State Historical Society, Olympia Historical Society and the South Sound Heritage Association.  They are happy to offer guidance and answer questions free of charge on the many historical attractions in Olympia and the South Puget Sound area.

 

 

Hours

 

Open Weekends Memorial Day through Labor Day, 12:00 to 4:00pm

 

Open for tours by appointment all year.  Please call or email for reservations.

 

Interior tours are guided and take around 45 minutes.

 

 

Admission

 

Our entry hall exhibit and information center are open to visitors free of charge. 

 

Guided interpretive tours of the house interior are $3 for adults, $1 for age 12 and under.

 

 

Group Tours

 

Group and School Tours Available - call or email for rates and scheduling.

CONTACT

 

By Mail:

 

BHPA

PO Box 1821

Olympia, WA  98507

 

 

Phone: 360.753.1215

Email: bigelowhousemuseum@gmail.com

 

Thanks to our 2009 Sponsors!

Bigelow House Museum

Washington’s History in a House.

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Bigelow House Museum & Information Center

The Bigelow House: Witness to History

The Bigelow House Museum is dedicated to preserving and interpreting the early history of Olympia and Washington Territory.  It is the oldest residence in Olympia, Washington, and one of the earliest still standing in the Pacific Northwest.

Pioneer lawyer and Territorial Legislator Daniel R. Bigelow and his schoolteacher wife Ann Elizabeth White Bigelow built Bigelow House in the 1850s.  The Bigelows were pivotal figures in early Washington history and the struggle for women’s rights and public education.

The house is a rare surviving example of the Carpenter Gothic style popular in rural America during the mid-1800s and is still surrounded by more than an acre of the family’s original land claim.  The home displays original documents, artifacts, and furnishings representing 150 years of the family’s participation in important causes on the community, state and national levels.