Puget Sound Navy Museum Foundation

Puget Sound Navy Museum is one of ten official Navy museums across the United States funded by the Department of the Navy, but it also relies on its non-profit support foundation to make ends meet.

The Puget Sound Navy Museum Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, volunteer run organization with the sole mission of providing financial support to the Puget Sound Navy Museum. The PSNM Foundation provides vital support for the Museum's exhibits and education programs. Last year, the Foundation's transportation grant funded buses for more than 600 students from 28 classroom field trips to the Museum! The Foundation raised the funds necessary to build the Reverman Classroom in 2018, were the primary financial contributor to the museum's newest exhibit, A Salute to Style: Fashion and the U.S. Navy, and will be leading the development efforts for We Have the Watch, an exhibit commemorating the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Navy.

The Puget Sound Navy Museum collects, preserves, and interprets the Naval heritage of the Pacific Northwest for the benefit of the U.S. Navy and the general public.  In 2024, the museum welcomed over 64,000 visitors, held 185 educational programs that reached over 12,000 people, and 53 volunteers gave more than 4,800 hours of their time to make it possible.   

The Museum offers unique educational programs designed for families and kids of all ages.  These include:

• Set SAIL Fridays run from July 4 through Labor Day and are weekly programs designed for ages pre-K through elementary.   Subjects of exploration include light, robotics, circuitry, and more.  
• Navy STEM Days are a partnership between Puget Sound Navy Museum, Naval Undersea Museum, the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, and the Naval Undersea Warfare Center-Division Keyport designed to foster creative STEM learning in grades 4-6.   These are full day learning field trips where the museum busses in children from Kitsap County Schools and programs are taught by volunteers from Shipyard and Keyport.  Each year, hundreds of children are exposed to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math through the Museums programs.  
• The Museum also offers education workshops such as Robots vs. Machines, Simple Machines, as well as in-classroom programs.   
• Activities specialized to kids include Build Your Own Submarine, Buoyant Boats, Diving Bells, Knot Magin, Periscope Up, and many more.     

Please visit our website for additional information on our exhibits, activities, and educational programs.  https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/museums/psnm.html