MOHAI Partners

MOHAI has many important community partnerships. Two key affiliate organizations are Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society (PSMHS) and the Black Heritage Society of Washington State (BHS). The majority of the collections of both of these organizations are housed at MOHAI. For more information about access to those collections, please contact PSMHS or BHS directly.

Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society

http://www.pugetmaritime.org/

The Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society (PSMHS) is a private, not-for-profit organization with a current membership of 750. The Society was founded in 1948 with the ongoing mission of collecting, preserving and interpreting the Pacific Northwest region’s maritime artifacts, monographs, photographs and other documentary evidence. PSMHS’s primary goal has been to educate the public about our region’s maritime past by making the maritime history of Puget Sound accessible to all Seattle and Washington state residents. Since 1953, the Society has housed a significant portion of its artifact collection and its entire library of maritime research materials (books, photographs and manuscript collection) at MOHAI.

Black Heritage Society of Washington State

http://www.blackheritagewa.org/

The Black Heritage Society of Washington State, Inc. (BHS) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the acquisition, preservation and exhibition of materials relating to the history and culture of African-Americans in the State of Washington. To fulfill its mission, the Society solicits, collects, and preserves family and organization memorabilia, prepares and presents exhibits for local special events and recognizes, annually, African-American pioneers in their fields of endeavor