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The Olympic Peninsula's Art Museum

The Port Angeles Fine Arts Center is the westernmost center for contemporary art in the contiguous United States. Located in the shadow of Olympia National Park, its superlative physical setting provides an inspiring frame for cultural offerings.

Thought-provoking exhibitions with a Northwest flavor are imaginatively displayed in the semi-circular hilltop gallery, set against an awesome vista of marine and mountain views. The gallery is open year round and has presented over 125 gallery exhibitions since 1986 featuring recognized masters and innovative emerging artists using a wide range of art media and aesthetic approaches. Works by more than 500 artists, principally from the Northwest, have been featured in exhibitions curated by Port Angeles Fine Arts Center staff and, on occasion, by guest curators.

Webster's Woods is a five-acre "museum without walls" featuring over sculptures and site works seamlessly integrated into a unique sylvan setting that is a microcosm of nearby Olympic National Park. Since its inception in 2000 more than 175 works have been placed through the annual renewals of Art Outside. Visitors who walk the rustic trails will delight in discoveing the more than 100 artistic interventions that have accumulated over the years.

Lectures, concerts, readings, and other special programs complement the changing exhibitions of visual art. PAFAC hosts the Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts each Memorial Day weekend.