The Quinault Cultural Center and Museum is a
museum of culture in
Taholah, Washington
Taholah is a census-designated place (CDP) on the Quinault Indian Reservation, in Grays Harbor County, Washington, United States. Named for a Quinault chief in 1905, its population was 840 at the 2010 census. The headquarters for the Quinault ...
, owned and funded by the
Quinault Indian Nation. It contains artifacts, arts, and crafts of the Quinault, housed in a converted retail building.
[ Some of the art forms have been influenced by Polynesian cultural motifs, brought home by World War II veterans.][
The museum received a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services in 2012 to conduct research, publish a guidebook, and create a mobile museum exhibit on the tribe's ethnobotanical heritage.
In 2013, the Cultural Center hosted workshops on paddle- and drum-making for thousands of visitors to the Tribal Canoe Journeys.]
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{{Museums in Puget Sound
Ethnic museums in Washington (state)
Coast Salish museums in Washington (state)
Museums in Grays Harbor County, Washington
Cultural center and museum