What is the KPHS?

The Key Peninsula Historical Society is dedicated to learning about and preserving our local history.
We hold meetings, publish a newsletter, and staff our local museum. Our meetings are held on the first Thursday evening of each month. Our newsletter comes out periodically.
Entry to our MUSEUM is free (donations are welcomed). We offer a 50 mile AUTOMOBILE TOUR linking several interpretive signs and
over 100 points of historical interest on the
Key Peninsula.

WHY is learning about history important?

Preserving the past helps current and future residents / visitors / researchers to this area understand the development of the Key Peninsula Area.

WHERE is the museum located?

Our museum is located at the Key Peninsula Civic Center in Vaughn (17010 South Vaughn Rd. KPN, Vaughn, WA. 98394) about a mile from Key Center.
Find Key Center by following State Highway #302, and then the Key Peninsula Highway. The map opposite provides directions from nearby Gig Harbor (just off Highway #16 across the "Narrows Bridge" from Tacoma).

WHEN is the museum open?

Admission to the museum is free (donations are appreciated). It is currently open twice a week and also by appointment.
Regular hours are 1:00 - 4:00 on Thursday and Saturday afternoons.

WHO runs the museum?

A yearly membership elected board and selected members at large.

HOW can I help?

VOLUNTEER: contact Leona Britt or Tim Kezele.
JOIN: membership fees are $10/per person per year. Family Membership: $25 per year.
DONATE: Time, artifacts pertinent to the Key Peninsula, memorials, bequests, tax-deductible cash gifts.