Puget Sound Navy Museum

Specialties

The Puget Sound Navy Museum collects, preserves, and interprets the naval heritage of the Pacific Northwest from 1840 to the present for the benefit of the U.S. Navy and the people of the United States.

The vision of the Puget Sound Navy Museum is to make the Museum a preferred destination for naval personnel and their families, as well as visitors to Bremerton and the Puget Sound region.

The Puget Sound Navy Museum is FREE and open to the public. It features engaging, family friendly, interactive exhibits and programs about the history of, life in, and work of the U.S. Navy — past and present.

Open Hours:

Monday — Saturday 10:00 — 4:00

Sunday: 1:00 — 4:00

*Closed Tuesdays October — April

History

Established in 1954.

The Puget Sound Navy Museum began operation as a not-​for-​profit on December 3, 1954. Named the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Museum, it was established by the U.S. Navy with Shipyard employees staffing the Museum.

In 1964, the City of Bremerton accepted custody of the Museum’s collection, and the Kitsap County Historical Society agreed to staff the Museum. The Museum reopened in 1967 as the Naval Shipyard Museum and operated in the WA State Ferry Terminal’s lobby until 1986 when it was demolished.

From 1986 until 2007, the Museum was referred to as the Bremerton Navy Memorial Museum as well as the Naval Museum of the Pacific. Volunteers staffed the Museum as it moved between several Bremerton locations.

In 2007, the Museum was renamed the Puget Sound Navy Museum and re-​opened in the restored Building 50 located between the Shipyard and the WA State Ferry Terminal. At that time, the Museum became one of ten museums administered by the US Navy’s Naval History and Heritage Command.