Tour Historic Fort Steilacoom

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Tour Historic Fort Steilacoom

Fort Steilacoom Museum in the city of Lakewood will be open on the first and third Sundays of the month during summer. Learn about daily life in the 1850’s in buildings that actually saw daily life in the 1850’s. These are some of the oldest buildings still standing in Washington.

Visitors can walk through and tour four buildings from 1857 and 1858 that witnessed key events in the early U.S. settlement of Washington Territory. Soldiers from the fort went on to serve in the U.S. Civil War. You can walk on the same floors that Civil War generals walked on. 

Guests of all ages can explore the military life of enlisted soldiers, officers, the families of soldiers and civilians that worked for the garrison and those that visited from the community. As you tour the four buildings that remain from two dozen, museum interpreters will help you connect with those that came before us and their everyday lives.

The three cottages and interpretive center that remain from the original complex will be open for tours from 1 to 4 p.m. on the first and third Sundays you can book a tour at the fort’s Eventbrite site.

Families pay $10. Fort Steilacoom is a Blue Star Museum, so active duty military and their immediate families are welcome to drop in without reservations and tour the buildings for free. The last tour is at 3, but earlier arrival is suggested to allow more time to experience the buildings.