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    • Who was Job Carr?
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    2026 Events and Activities

    You can also find events information on our Facebook Events Page.

    Visit our Facebook Events Page
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    Up and Atom STEAM Days at Tacoma Public Library

    Friday, February 27

    4:00 - 5:30 p.m.

    Main Library

    Drop in at the Main Tacoma Library Branch for a craft workshop with a log cabin theme.

    Details on TPL event calendar - Link.

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    28th Annual Asia Pacific New Year Celebration at Tacoma Dome

    Saturday, February 28

    11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

    Tacoma Dome Exhibition Hall

    Celebrate the lunar new year featuring Cambodia at this FREE family event. This community-based arts and culture exhibition is filled with more than 20 exciting performances, cultural demonstrations and martial arts, culture and arts displays, authentic cuisine, and a variety of vendors and resource booths.

    Details on APCC event calendar - Link.

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    Creative Aging Women's History Month at Tacoma Art Museum

    Saturday, March 7

    10:00 - 11:30 a.m.

    Tacoma Art Museum

    Creative Aging (50+) is a free monthly program designed to inspire and connect. The 3/7 event focus pulls from Gossip: Between Us, featuring porcelain artwork by artist Saya Moriyasu, whose practice is inspired by her heritage. Our hands-on project will be kumihimo braided cords. Join Job Carr Cabin Museum at Tacoma Art Museum for a fiber arts craft using the traditional Japanese technique of kumihimo. This beautiful method of creating gathered threads has been used for hundreds of years.

    Register at TAM event calendar - Link.

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    History Pub at McMenamins Elks Temple

    Wednesday, March 18

    6:00 p.m. doors open / 7:00 p.m. program

    Spanish Ballroom @ McMenamins Elks Temple

    All ages welcome for this local history program: The Original Spirit of Grit City: The Carr Women of Tacoma presented by Karen Haas, Holly Steward & Kristin Luippold.

    Tickets available at McMenamins event calendar - Link.

  • Tacoma Fiber Fling

    Saturday, September 27, 2025!

    • Community Arts Activities
    • Fiber Arts Vendors
    • Local Music
    Thank you for helping us celebrate the rich heritage of fiber artistry in Tacoma.
    Featuring Live Music from Walker Sherman, Angie Lynn, and Raegan Leilani
    Thank you to our 2025 event sponsors:

    * Tacoma Creates

    * DaVita

    * Old Town Music Society: Music in Old Town Fund

    * Old Town Business & Professional Association

    * Puyallup Chocolates

    * Visual Options

    Find out all about the 2025 Tacoma Fiber Fling in this video clip from TV Tacoma!

     

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    Old Town Craft & Music Fest

    Saturday, May 17, 2025!

    • Heritage Crafts
    • Local Music
    • Fun for the Whole Family
    Experience a variety of heritage crafts, arts activities, demonstrations, and local music in Tacoma's Old Town Park.
    Featuring an incredible line-up of local musical talent!

    * Cas Nixon & EJ Crocker

    * Hunt Middle School Choir

    * Good Vibes Brigade

    * Silas High School Jazz Choir

    * Raccoon Carnival Band

    * Silas High School Show Choir

    * Steelhead Bluegrass Band

    Thank you to our 2025 event sponsors:

    * Tacoma Creates

    * DaVita

    * Umpqua Bank

    * Old Town Music Society: Music in Old Town Fund

    * Old Town Business & Professional Association

    * Bliss Small Batch Creamery

    * Puyallup Chocolates

    * Visual Options

    * Tacoma Little Theatre

    * Ted Brown Music Outreach

    Find out all about the 2025 Old Town Craft & Music Fest in this video clip from TV Tacoma!

     

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Hours

In January and February, the museum is open by appointment only.

Regular hours will resume 3/6/2026.

Location

2350 N. 30th Street

Tacoma, WA 98403

Old Town Park

Mailing Address

P.O. Box 7609

Tacoma, WA 98417

We gratefully acknowledge that this museum, and Job Carr's original cabin, were both constructed on the traditional lands of the Puyallup people,

where they make their home and speak the Lushootseed language.

© 2024 Job Carr Cabin Museum

Non Profit Tax ID # 91-2080541

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