Pacific Bonsai Museum

Collections: we remain an "admission by donation" Museum ensuring equitable access for everyone in our community. Pacific Bonsai Museum stewards a Collection of 150 Bonsai that are among the finest examples of Bonsai anywhere in the world. One of only two museums in the united states solely dedicated to Bonsai and one of only a handful of Bonsai museums worldwide. Pacific Bonsai maintains a Collection of 150 Bonsai which rotate regularly when new exhibitions are mounted. The Collection is also the most geographically diverse Bonsai collections in the united states, with trees from canada, china, japan, korea, taiwan and the united states featuring 60 trees on exhibit at a given time. Open to the public six days a week, this cultural gem offers contemporary and traditional Bonsai exhibitions, groups tours, education programs, field trips and public events.

Public programs: we partnered with puget sound Bonsai association to bring bonsaifest! To the Museum, a free community event focused on learning about the art of Bonsai and furthering our mission of connecting people to nature through the living art of Bonsai. Bonsai winter solstice event, a free community featuring a quiet stroll in the woods to explore Bonsai illuminated by soft lights. We held summer Bonsai solstice in june, an open-house style, free community event featuring taichi, live demonstrations and an opportunity to view the Collection. Events were free and open to the public.

Exhibitions & innovation: a gallery of trees exhibition - see the Bonsai that started our collections and follow their journey through today. Thirty-nine trees on display, some in their 1989 positions nestled among the (now taller) trees surrounding our exhibition area. This Collection represents some of the finest Bonsai in the world.