Cultural Tacoma

The Museum of Glass  boasts an iconic structure standing near the Thea Foss Waterway; the steel cone of the hot shop is one of the most recognizable structures in the city.

Tacoma Art Museum was founded in 1935 and reopened in 2003 in a new building on Pacific Avenue in Tacoma – now one of three organizations forming the “museum district” (others are Museum of Glass and Washington State History Museum). It is considered a model for mid-sized regional museums.

The Broadway Center for the Performing Arts is the home to three theaters, two of which are on the National Historic Register. Performing within the three theaters are several performing arts organizations, including the Tacoma Opera, Tacoma Symphony Orchestra, Northwest Sinfionetta, Tacoma City Ballet, Tacoma Concert Band, Tacoma Philharmonic, Tacoma Youth Symphony, Theatre Northwest, and Puget Sound Revels, one of ten Revels organizations nationwide.  Tacoma’s Pantages Theater, a remnant of the vaudeville circuit founded by Alexander Pantages.

Shakespeare in the Parking Lot celebrated their 10th anniversary in 2009. Their motto is “taking the fear out of Shakespeare”.  They offer both educational opportunities and inspired theater in and around Tacoma.

Tacoma hosts part of the annual four-part Daffodil Parade, which takes place every April in Tacoma, Puyallup, Sumner, and Orting.

The Tacoma farmers’ market runs every Thursday, from May through September, in the Theatre District.

Fort Nisqually is a prominent local attraction featuring historical reenactments.

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