museum located port madison indian reservation washington state preserves displays relics records related tribe including artifacts old man house site founded museum currently occupies facility opened history opened second tribal museum state washington tribe launched capital campaign construct new facility enlisting senator washington secretary state help lead effort new facility opened triple size original building constructed cost million square foot purpose built structure set small botanical garden port madison indian reservation consists galleries gift shop seat auditorium climate controlled storage room house artifacts display facility designed seattle architectural firm certified building received citation operations collection addition large photographs documenting tribal life 1860s present museum collection includes archaeological artifacts recovered site old man house massive meters long served capitol destruction late nineteenth century originally custody artifacts include points smoking pipes jewelry transferred tribe port seattle transferred additional artifacts museum including glass bottles discovered archaeological excavations 1970s site pre contact village located seattle neighborhood controversial transfer contested tribe historic rival claim ownership artifacts exhibitions museum main gallery features permanent exhibit titled ancient shores changing tides showcases drawings documents historic photographs related tribe contemporary historic crafts panels elements centerpiece exhibit year old carved canoe seattle annual series canoe journeys undertaken tribal members second gallery house rotating exhibits museum permanent collection items loan museums including traveling exhibits sites exhibits included sites display native words native warriors history native americans armed forces management governed member board directors appointed galleries auditorium museum open daily summer days week rest year museum storage vault open tribal members researchers weekly
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