With both nationally touring and locally produced museum exhibits, art galleries, and outdoor sculpture collections, Bellingham and Whatcom County features a varied year-round calendar for arts related activities.
Browse this page to see all the ways you can enjoy different types of artistry on your next visit to Whatcom County!
We are curating different themed experiences that serve as a free guide to discover everything Whatcom County has to offer.
Ignite your imagination while touring museums and admiring murals, eat at farm to table restaurants, explore different waterfront destinations, shop at local businesses, plus so much more!
Check in at participating locations to earn points for locally inspired prizes.
Whatcom Museum offers three state-of-the-art venues:
Visitors of all ages will feel a zip of excitement while exploring the museum's world-class collection of artifacts and objects that highlight the history and development of electricity, radio, and early technology.
On weekends, catch the MegaZapper Electrical Show, featuring one of the largest Tesla coils in the US!
Allied Arts has been in Bellingham and Whatcom County for decades. Support them by visiting their art gallery in Downtown Bellingham.
The gallery on Cornwall Avenue hosts rotating installations and exhibits by local artists. While you're there, learn about the organization's mission. They also host the annual Holiday Festival of the Arts.
Stretch your legs and your mind during a guided Bellinghistory walking tour from local, highly knowledgeable, tour guides the Good Time Girls!
They offer off-beat, educational tours that reveal Bellingham's lesser-known history.
The Whatcom Art Market is a co-op gallery & gift store composed of almost 50 local artists from Whatcom, Skagit and Island Counties, and located in Fairhaven Village.
Featuring fine art paintings, photography, handcrafted jewelry, textiles, shampoo & lotion bars, wood work, and so much more!
Learn about the history of Lynden and Whatcom County at the Lynden Heritage Museum. The museum showcases various memorabilia and slices of life to help capture what it felt like back in the late 19th century, when Lynden was first established.
View horse-drawn buggies, explore a blacksmith shop and farm implement store, and visit the souvenir shop.
Explore Jansen Art's Centers art galleries and rotating exhibits, or sign up to take an art class. The museum, located in the heart of Lynden, also hosts various performances and concerts.
The Center's gallery shop is a great place to find the perfect locally-made souvenir to remember your time in Whatcom County. You'll find artwork, pottery, jewelry, and more, all handmade by local artisans.
On the north side of Bellingham, the Cordata neighborhood surrounds Whatcom Community College. Tucked into an expansive low-rise building is the impressive Cordata Gallery featuring works by the artist David Syre and rotating exhibits.
Explore paintings, sculptures, and installations rooted in Syre's fascination with travel, nature, and the subconscious.
