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DuPont Museum

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DuPont Historical Museum
DuPont Museum in 2008

Established	1977
Location	207 Barksdale Avenue DuPont, Washington, USA
Coordinates	47°05′43″N122°37′42″W / 47.0954°N 122.6284°W /47.0954; -122.6284
Type	History
Curator	Linda Cumberbatch
Website	dupontmuseum.com

TheDuPont Museum is ahistorical museum inDuPont, Washington. It is located in theDuPont Village Historic District. The museum contains exhibits and artifacts relating to the city's history, including both when it was the locale of theHudson's Bay Company'sFort Nisqually as well as when it was acompany town for theDuPont dynamite plant.

The museum was opened in 1977 in the former DuPont City Hall building.^[1]^[2] In 1982 a non-profit foundation, the DuPont Historical Society, was formed to operate the museum.^[1] The museum continues to support the 8,000, and growing, citizens ofDuPont andPierce County.

The museum organizes the annual "Hudson's Bay Day" celebration commemorating the role of theHudson's Bay Company andFort Nisqually in local history.^[3]

References

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^^a ^bMuseum history, DuPont Museum, archived fromthe original on October 3, 2011, retrievedSeptember 13, 2011
^DuPont Museum, City of DuPont Public Works Department, archived fromthe original on August 20, 2011, retrievedSeptember 12, 2011
^Rolf Boone, staff writer (August 23, 2010),Bringing history alive at Fort Nisqually,The Olympian, archived fromthe original on February 5, 2013

External links

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Official website

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