No charge for admission but donations are welcome.

Photographic exhibits:

Stanwood High School Class Picture Gallery & Schoolhouse Photographs

East Stanwood Street Views

Story of the Stanwood Waterfront

For history of the Stanwood Camano area, see our bibliography
and new stories on www.historylink.org
Search Stanwood, Camano, Railroads, dikes, parks  or the keyword of your interest.
 
See also the History of the Utsalady Ladies Aid
For more historical information, try www.snocoheritage.org google search

MISSION STATEMENT:
The Stanwood Area Historical Society seeks to discover, preserve, and display any materials which help to establish, illustrate, and interpret the economic, social, and cultural heritage of the greater Stanwood area, including if financially possible and appropriate, historic sites and properties. 
The Stanwood Area Historical Society is a 501c3 non-profit organization, charitable donations are deductible.

Click here to see our new Virtual Exhibit of the Cama Beach Historical Photograph Collection

In the late 1990s, when Cama Beach Resort on the west side of Camano Island was sold to Washington State Parks, historical photographs and some of the artifacts found at the resort at that time were donated by Karen Hamalainen & Sandra Worthington (owners) to the Stanwood Area Historical Society.  This online exhibit features a searchable database of the Cama Beach historical photographs to learn more about what it was like in the 1930s, 40s and 50s when resorts were a large part of the Stanwood Camano local economy.  Many of the photographs were on the wall of the resort store for over 60 years showing fish catches, boating and other activities at the resort. This exhibit is a work in progress - updates and improvements are planned, contributions of information, personal accounts and more photographs are always welcome, especially those that might include boathouse operations!  Contact Us  or Cama Beach State Parks or Center for Wooden Boats staff.

Thanks to Island County Heritage (HB 1386) funding (Commissioner John Dean) for supporting this project and to volunteers Bill Blandin, John Custer, Pat Bronson, Candy Trautman, and Karen Prasse for their parts in cataloging, boxing, scanning, data entry, inventorying and project management the collection for this ongoing exhibit.
The online exhibit was produced by using Past Perfect Virtual Exhibit Museum Software

Family History Researchers! Camwood Genealogy Workshop meets the FIRST Monday of each month at 1 p.m. on the 2nd floor of the Stanwood Area History Museum. 
For more information, 360-387-9220
New Project - the Camwood Obituary Project

Floyd Norgaard Cultural Center Proceeds from rentals and events benefit the continuing preservation and rehabilitation of the Public Hall and SAHS educational and historical projects and programs. Click to rent hall