Special Sections - Olympic Peninsula Visitors Guide Summer 2018

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Kelly Art Deco Light Museum

Located at 2000 Sims Way, the Kelly Art Deco Light Museum houses a grand history of art deco lights that graced the homes of a time when speakeasies were common and Prohibition was the law of the land. The museum gives a rare glimpse of the years 1928 to 1938. See over 400 fixtures, including chandeliers, wall sconces and table lights that graced the homes of the middle and upper class during the Great Depression. Museum opening hours are Mondays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free. Visit kellymuseum.org or phone 360-3799030 for more information.

Marine Science Center full of fun

PORT TOWNSEND MARINE SCIENCE CENTER

With exhibits on both the scenic pier and shoreline at Fort Worden’s expansive sandy beach, the Port Townsend Marine Science Center rewards residents and visitors alike with dynamic displays of intertidal plants and animals indigenous to the Salish Sea. The center, founded in 1982 as an educational and scientific organization, is devoted to inspiring conservation of the Salish Sea. The interactive natural history museum and hands-on aquarium feature countless animals, plants and exhibits to touch and discover, including colorful touch tanks filled with anemones, sea stars, urchins, hermit crabs and more. They also boast a hydrophone to listen to nearby whales, brand-new interactive

exhibits on glaciers and climate change, and one of only six fully articulated orca skeletons in the United States. Tiny plants and animals, known as plankton, are collected daily off the pier with the help of visitors, to be viewed under microscopes. Interactive oceanography-on-thedock activities are free and open to the public. Scheduled guided beach walks to nearby tide pools and live feeding of the animals in the marine exhibits are summer favorites for children and available with admission to the exhibits. Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for children and free for members. In the summer, the center is open daily from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. (except Tuesdays) and in the fall, winter and spring from noon to 5 p.m. Fridays through Sundays. For more information, visit ptmsc.org. KELLY ART DECO LIGHT MUSEUM

Haines Place Transit Center and Park & Ride 440 12th Street Port Townsend

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PETS ALLOWED ON JTA All pets must be on a short leash or in a carrier. Leashed animals must remain on the floor. Please check connecting agency policies.

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Route 2 Route 3 Routes 11A & B Routes 11A & B Routes 11A & B Routes 11A & B Routes 11A & B

Adults ride all day for

$1.50

Seasonal Events

Rhododendron Festival Centrum Fiddle, Jazz & Blues Festivals Jefferson County Fair Uptown Street Fair & Parade Wooden Boat Festival Port Townsend Film Festival Kinetic Sculpture Race

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360-385-4777 www.jeffersontransit.com 800-371-0497

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Fort Worden State Park Jefferson County Fairgrounds Farmer’s Market Shops & Antiquing Northwest Maritime Center Port Townsend/Coupeville Ferry Jefferson County Historical Society Museum

Haines Place Park-&-Ride is located near Safeway

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