Throughout the years, Tacoma-Pierce County has been fortunate to receive acclaim and publicity thanks to the national and international caliber of athletes and teams representing our area. Under the initial inspiration of the Tacoma Athletic Commission, which was founded in 1943 to celebrate amateur athletics and civic betterment, and generous contributions from benefactors, the museum became a reality when it opened in the Tacoma Dome in October 1994. Changes at the Tacoma Dome caused the museum to become a virtual experience, but our hope is that we will return to a physical presence for greater interaction with all we have to exhibit and the stories we have to share.
Support the Museum Today
When you support the museum’s efforts to preserve the rich sports history of Tacoma-Pierce County, your contribution helps maintain the virtual museum archives including:
- Photo and artifact catalog (with over 6,000 archived documents)
- Old-school sports programs (more being added from personal donations)
- The Locker Room Chat interview series (several new interviews to come in 2023)
- Tacoma-Pierce County Sports Hall of Fame (an excellent archive honoring our area’s best athletes)
- Sports Spotlite quarterly newsletter (quality writing about athletes and events that shaped Tacoma history)
- Clay Huntington Broadcast Center (listen and watch historic radio and TV clips)
- Scrapbooks (view decades-old histories via personal scrapbooks donated to the museum)
The 2023 Tribute to Champions recognizing Distinguished Achievement Award winners and a new class of Hall of Fame inductees was held May 16. The program from the event can be viewed here.
To view and purchase pictures from the event, visit this gallery from photographer Stacy Tyler and this gallery from photographer Mike Sage.
