Experience springtime in the 1850s at Fort Nisqually Living History Museum during Sewing to Sowing.
Tour the Fort’s gardens and sow seeds to take home. Learn hand sewing techniques from the Fort’s seamstresses and see demonstrations of one of the world’s earliest sewing machines, the Wheeler and Wilson. Play 1800s games, churn butter, and assist the laundress. Visit with several dozen re-enactors as they cheerfully cook in the kitchen, spin yarn in the Laborers’ Dwelling, or hammer in the blacksmith’s shop.
Located in Tacoma’s Point Defiance Park, Fort Nisqually Living History Museum is a restoration of the Hudson’s Bay Company outpost on Puget Sound. Guests experience life in Washington Territory during the 1850s. Nine buildings are open to the public, including the Granary and the Factors House, both National Historic Landmarks, and a Visitor Center with Museum Store.
