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When the underdog rowing team from the University of Washington won a gold medal against the shoe-in Nazi Germany team in the pre-war 1936 Olympics,

The Port Townsend Foundry is a unique partner of the Maritime Washington National Heritage Area, specializing in vessel parts and housing a historic archive of designs.

Find a list of news, community events, screenings and more to celebrate the release of Boys in the Boat, directed by George Clooney, and visit with Washington’s Maritime history.

Meet the Maritime Washington partner advocating for waterfronts and the people who make them work.

Maritime Washington National Heritage Area is pleased to offer the Inaugural Maritime Washington Grant Program. In this grant cycle, we will offer two kinds of

By Angela Hewitson, Associate Director of Maritime Partnerships at Northwest Maritime Center and Maritime High School

Sunday, September 17 from 12:30 – 5:00 pm | Pier 62, Seattle | Free

We’re hiring! Join the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation team and support our outgoing grants—including a new grant program for the Maritime Washington National Heritage

August 26, 2023 | Foss Waterway Seaport, Tacoma | Free

by Alex Gradwohl, Program Director. This is the second of a two-part series about Orca Action Month. Head over to our friends at the Mountains

Through preservation efforts on the Shenandoah, we can see into a past of massive forests, abundant salmon runs, and family enterprise.

On July 4, master shipwright and third-generation commercial fisherman Michael Vlahovich set out to build a boat in Gig Harbor. Although the vessel was small,

by Erich R. Ebel, author. Editor’s note: In spring 2023, local authors Erich Ebel and Chuck Fowler published a new travel guide to Washington’s coastline,

by Alex Gradwohl, Program Director. In October 2022, the Management Plan for the Maritime Washington National Heritage Area was approved by the Secretary of the