WHATCOM MUSEUM

OLD CITY HALL
121 Prospect Street
Bellingham, WA 98225

LIGHTCATCHER
250 Flora Street
Bellingham, WA 98225

SYRE EDUCATION CENTER
PHOTO ARCHIVES
201 Prospect Street
Bellingham, WA 98225

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Bellingham's newest attraction, the Whatcom Museum, joins the Seattle Art Museum and Tacoma's Glass Museum as “must see” of art fans far and wide. The Museum occupies three distinctive and historically significant buildings in downtown Bellingham's cultural district: THE LIGHTCATCHER, named for its focal point and most innovative feature — a spectacular, translucent wall 37 feet high and 180 feet long, that captures the Northwest’s most precious natural resource, sunlight, by day and illuminates interior lights by night, a constant glow hovering over downtown. OLD CITY HALL, home to Whatcom Museum since 1941, which will now house both temporary and permanent history exhibitions. THE SYRE EDUCATION CENTER now home to a classroom space and permanent historical exhibits for group tours and school field trips.