Capital Campaign

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It’s time we built our own!


Great cities around the world have great children's museums that contribute to their creative citizenship, civic growth and pride. It's time we built our own!

The Children's Museum of Tacoma is poised to launch a capital campaign for a purpose-built facility in a city park setting that allows for exploration of our natural world, transportation systems, urban environment and diverse community. With help from the community, the Museum can positively impact the social, emotional and cognitive abilities of our Pierce County's children, families and communities for generations to come.

Site Planning Process Continues


The Museum is outgrowing its storefront location and has been looking for a new home for over two years. We have done considerable research on this front, and as a result were asked by our elected officials to participate in the Waterway Park planning process.

Taking into consideration both the proposed plans for the site and the stakeholder viewpoints presented to the Museum this past week, we respectfully removed the Museum from the Waterway Park public process.

The Museum will its continue efforts to find the ideal home. Check back for details or sign-up for email updates about the continued site selection process.

Learn More


Check out the Capital Campaign FAQs to learn about the Museum, the site selection process and our site criteria. You can also read the Museum's official statement about the withdrawl from Waterway Park.

Our website's News section offers insights from the media into the Waterway Park planning process.

Sign up to recieve site selection progress updates from the Museum.

We invite you to contact us about the site selection process, the campaign or for a personal tour of our current home.

Sara Inveen, Associate Director 253.627.6031