The Coast Artillery Museum at Fort Worden is located in Building 201 next to the State Park Office in Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend Washington. When you enter the Park turn right at the 4 way stop, the Museum is in the third barracks building on your left. Parking is across the street. There is handicapped access at the rear of the building, to get to it go straight at the 4 way stop (instead of right) and take the next right on the one way road. The Museum will be the third building on the right.
Help support Washington State Parks, purchase an annual Discover Pass. Passes are available at the Park Office, the Registration Desk in the Commons, and some kiosks within Fort Worden. Annual Passes are $45 or daily passes $10.00.
History
The Puget Sound Coast Artillery Museum is located in Fort Worden State Park in Port Townsend Washington. Fort Worden is one of three forts comprising the Triangle of Fire which controlled ship access to Puget Sound. Construction at Fort Worden started in 1898 with the first guns manned in 1902 and the majority of the structures on the Fort predate WWI.
The Puget Sound Coast Artillery Museum was established in 1976 to preserve and interpret Coast Artillery history with special emphasis on the Harbor Defenses of Puget Sound as they existed and functioned from the late 1800s to the end of World War II. The Museum also has exhibits showing the History of Fort Worden from it’s beginnings in 1897 through it’s use as a military base, a State Diagnostic and Treatment Center for adolescents, and finally as one of the premier State Parks in Washington.