Thursday, Jan 8, 2026: Gig Harbor Vintage Aero Museum

Vintage Aero Museum 

1108 26th Ave NW, Gig Harbor, WA  98335

Meet at 10:00 am near the front entrance.  There is an admission fee for this venue.

Vintage Aero Museum

Sketching at Watson's Nursery

We had a festive morning to sketch at Watson's Nursery.  There were plenty of indoor holiday decorations.  The outdoor areas were also holiday themed, including reindeer.

Watson's Nursery display

The throwdown

Urban Sketchers visit Watson's Nursery

Sketching at Point Ruston Public Market

We had a wonderful morning to sketch and explore the Point Ruston Public Market.  There were plenty of indoor decorations and vendor displays to sketch on a flooded December day.

The throwdown

 

Tacoma Urban Sketchers visit Point Ruston Public Market
Welcome Susan! 

Foss Museum

 We met at the Foss Waterway Seaport Maritime Museum today with one of the largest number of sketchers in many months.

I found the display of historic diving equipment interesting. Halley Diving Bell c 1690. Dr. Edmond Halley devised this system of weighted barrels that carried air from the surface. He is best known for the comet that bares his name. Both helmets are US Navy. The Mark V was introduced in 1915 but this one is labelled as 1941. The other helmet is obviously more modern but I did not find an exact date.

 I walked out to the dock and saw a freighter in the distance.

 

 

We're standing under the skeleton of a yearling female humpback whale that died near Gig Harbor in December 2015. After a year of decomposing the skeleton was articulated by students at Stadium High School, Tacoma.

Many more photos are here.