Our extraordinary exhibitions highlight the best in craftsmanship and scholarship, from both our own collection and from distinguished institutions around the world.

Under the relentless sun in Egypt’s Nile Valley, lie row upon row of bright red, freshly cut Roma tomatoes. In two weeks’ time, the tomatoes will shrink in size yet grow in importance – their market value increasing by m…

Our 2025 exhibition Jaws at 50 was one of the Museum’s most popular shows ever, celebrating the Vineyard’s starring role in Steven Spielberg’s classic. Because of that excitement, we’re keeping the story alive with Jaws…

Learn about coquilla nut snuff boxes, a Black Brazilian maritime carving tradition from the 1800s

Caroline Monnet’s (Algonquin-Anishinaabe and French; b. 1985 in Ottawa, Ontario) site-responsive installation for the Sandra and Gerald Fineberg Art Wall accompanies An Indigenous Present, a thematic exhibition spanning…

Experience the Art Coast Something storied is well-known, sometimes even legendary. This exhibit explores the stories embodied in the remarkable art and artifacts of the Lakeshore, some familiar, others exceptional, more…

Through newly recorded and archival interviews, artifacts and other material, the exhibit “Hoosier Voices from Vietnam” features the stories of those who participated in Vietnam during the war. This allows our guests at…

In the 20th century, Japanese printmakers moved away from the collaborative tradition of woodblock printmaking to embrace sōsaku hanga 創作版画, or “creative prints,” in which artists became the sole creators...

Exhibition on view September 27, 2025 – September 26, 2027.

Exhibition on view September 28, 2025 — August 1, 2027.

The challenge of being bicultural and bilingual is that I live concurrently in two different worlds. I adapt to both worlds, but adapting involves losing some part of myself in order to grow. I embrace these two worlds i…

The 50th anniversary of the Bellingham Symphony Orchestra was the perfect opportunity to exhibit a selection of photographs from the Whatcom Museum Photo Archives documenting key moments in Bellingham’s fascinating music…