Welcome to the Fox Island Museum!
There are more than 3000 artifacts on display in Dioramas, Showcases, and free standing exhibits. Among them is a display describing the life of former Governor Dr. Dixy Lee Ray, a Mosquito Fleet display, Indian artifacts, rotating exhibits, a reference room, farm room, Book Nook, and Museum Store.
Museum Open on Saturdays & Sundays 1-4 PM
The museum is currently only accepting book donations on Saturdays during our open hours of 1-4 pm. Please do not leave books at the museum when someone is not there. Thanks
- The 2026 Fox Island Garage Sale
The 2026 Fox Island Garage Sale
It’s time for the 2026 Fox Island Garage Sale!
9AM-3PM this Saturday, September 12th at the Fox Island Museum, 1017 9th Avenue, and at Home Sites throughout Fox Island. Rain or Shine.
Maps and Hot Dogs at the Museum
We will be selling our delicious hot dogs at the Museum from 11am to 2pm. Be sure to come by and check out the Garage Sale items and get a quick bite to eat. Printed maps to the Garage Sale Home sites will be also available for purchase ($1.00 each) at the Museum at 9:00am on Saturday morning.
The Online Map for All of the Garage Sale Sites are listed on the link below. Please be respectful and wait until 9:00am on garage sale day to arrive at the Museum and the Home Sites.
https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1UOVLw_-idIg-21xeCm55oHRMZ9mYonE&usp=sharing
- 2026 Fox Island Troup 27 Scout Project
2026 Fox Island Troup 27 Scout Project
Eagle Scout candidate Joss Cox headed up a team of scout volunteers Saturday, August 29th to install a new gravel pathway behind the Atchison cabin to help direct people to our farm equipment display which had become overrun with weeds and bushes. There’s probably a lot of you out there that didn’t even know we had farm equipment behind the cabin.
Awesome job Troop 27 and special congratulations to Joss Cox for completing his Eagle Scout requirements. The Fox Island Museum thanks each and every one of you for a job well done.
- Native American Exhibit
Native American Exhibit
In an ongoing effort to correctly display our Native American items we are constantly updating our displays. It will continue to be a work in progress over a significant period of time.
Our focus is to identify the tribes that have had a direct connection with Fox Island and share their individuality as well as common beliefs.
They repeatedly use the term “resilience” on their websites and by showing items from the past and present we hope to emphasize this in the exhibit.
We will have four display cases in the exhibit. The 2 display cases shown above are Chehalis on the top and Puyallup & Nisqually on the bottom.
Please stop by the museum to check them out.