Museum opens for free first Thursday

The prize winning Bainbridge Island Historical Museum is free on the first Thursday of each month.

The prize winning Bainbridge Island Historical Museum is free on the first Thursday of each month.

Featured are “Whales in Our Midst” chronicling Orca whales in Puget Sound; “The Overland Westerners,” an epic 20,000-mile trip by horseback 100 years ago; and “A Portrait of Manzanar,” by world famous photographer Ansel Adams.

The museum is at 215 Ericksen Ave. and is open daily from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

For more information, call 206-842-2773 or visit www.bainbridgehistory.org.