2019 Events and Activities
Join us on Saturday, December 14, 2019
10am - 1pm
to celebrate the season at Tacoma's birthplace!
* Santa Photos * Cookies and Cocoa
* Holiday Choirs * Children's Crafts
Refreshments available while supplies last
Food Connection
Please bring a donation of non-perishable foods to fill our collection box for Food Connection.
Recommended items include: baby food and infant formula, as well as canned proteins, soups, fruits and vegetables.
The St. Leo Food Connection has been a consistent source of nutritious food and caring for people in need throughout Pierce County since it began in Tacoma's Hilltop neighborhood in 1982.
Digital Photos with Santa
Provided by Lena Porter at Salt and Ink Photo.
Available for free download within 1 week after the event.
Our cozy cabin fireplace is the perfect setting for your keepsake Santa picture! Bring the whole family and make a memory.
Holiday Choirs
Volunteers needed! Contact our Program Manager for more information
Learn more about the Santa Visits Old Town event
in this 2018 segment from City Line on TV Tacoma.
Seasonal Closures
Please note the Museum is closed on the following dates:
Drop by the Cabin for fun arts and crafts activities designed for children ages 3-9 and their families.
2020 dates to be announced in January.
Details available on our Facebook events page.
Schedule a guided group tour of Old Town Tacoma.
We invite your civic organization, senior club, or tourism group to explore Tacoma history with our friendly guides. We’ll visit Old Town Tacoma’s historic sites and share tales about the people who lived here as the city was just starting. We can explore the neighborhood on foot or aboard your group tour bus.
We offer several variations including Tacoma firsts, Tacoma women, Old Town's historic homes, or Migration and immigration.
To schedule a visit for your group of 8+, contact us by email or at 253-627-5405.
Find out more about our school tours for students.
Explore the history of the Old Town Tacoma neighborhood with our summer guided walking tours. Our 2019 history walk series featured four unique themes and routes
(June - September)
#WalkTacomaHistory
Stories, games and crafts for kids ages 3-9 and their families
Gingerbread Storytime
Friday, December 6 at 11am
Who can resist the smell of gingerbread? Join us on 12/6 for gingerbread stories and activities designed for children ages 3+ and their families.
Summer Storytime at the Cabin
Fridays, 11am-12noon
June 28 - August 30, 2019
Thank you for joining our amazing guest storytellers for fun stories, games and crafts
designed for kids ages 3-9 and their families.
Pioneer Storytime at Tacoma Public Libraries
We returned to visit all 8 branches of the Tacoma Public Library in Summer 2019
for a special pioneer storytime.
Want to know more about Summer Storytime?
Read this 6/29/16 review by ExperienceTacoma.com
Thank You to our 2019 Sponsor:
Saturday, September 14, 2019 12-4pm
This community event showcases Job Carr Cabin Museum and Tacoma's frontier history with an afternoon of fun for the whole family.
Experience hands-on pioneer demonstrations and enjoy live music in Tacoma's Old Town Park.
This video from TV Tacoma's CityLine tells about Pioneer Days Festival (recorded 8/29/2019).
Thank you to Corona Steel, Old Town Business & Professional Association, Humanities Washington, Neil Walter Company, Laboratories Northwest, Collision Specialists, Belina Interiors, Slavonian Hall, and Sprague Pest Solutions for sponsoring our 2019 festival.
Book Signing with Dorothy Wilhelm
Saturday, November 30, 1-4pm
Dorothy Wilhelm
Author, broadcaster, columnist
Nearly four decades ago Dorothy Wilhelm was a widow with six children and as far as she knew, no employable skills. She could not even drive her car on the freeway.
Today she still has six children, but everything else has changed. She is a columnist, humorist, speaker and broadcaster, she has spoken to audiences from Bangkok to Nashville.
Dorothy hosted Beacon Award winning My Home Town on Comcast TV for a decade and Dorothy now does an internet radio broadcast on the SOB Radio network. (That stands for Spunky Old Broads. All the hosts are women over fifty.) She does Tai Chi three times a week, including Sword Form – and she drives anywhere she wants.
Dorothy spent ten years as Creativity Expert for KIRO radio and TV in Seattle, sometimes sharing the microphone with Dave Ross who has written the Foreword for her book.
True Tales of Puget Sound
by Dorothy Wilhelm
True Tales of Puget Sound has been officially named this year’s best seller for The History Press.
Filled with warm, quirky, vignettes of the history of Puget Sound, True Tales really are, as Dorothy guarantees, stories you never heard before.
Signed books will be available for $20, with a generous portion of the proceeds benefiting Job Carr Cabin Museum.
"Eureka!" Breakfast
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