Tenino Depot Museum — Attraction in Tenino

Free (donations accepted) museum with wonderful displays. They have a printing press and sell wooden tenino bucks. There are many great period displays and especially tools and local lore and photos. The schoolhouse is very well done and has multiple displays of all the earliest schools in the Prairie areas of Washington State (which were some of the very earliest permanent settlements). My kids loved it. They rang the bell and played school a bit. The train car out front is beautiful and it's also a great photo opportunity. My girls are wanting to come back in their old fashioned dresses to play pioneers. Don't forget to go around the back of the museum and check out the vehicles tools, Sawmill, etcetera. If you happen to be there on a day when they are closed, there's still plenty to walk around and see. With a hiking trail, the brand new well designed and very exciting park, and the Quarry pool that's being restored as we speak, you could have entertainment here for a day or a...

Absolutely love this place. More a “house of local historic artifacts” than a museum full of information you read, this place has tons of interesting items inside and outside! In the quaint town of Tenino’s historic railroad depot, the museum also houses a 1920s printing press which is still used to this day to print which was the world’s first legal wooden currency! The town brought it back during the COVID pandemic and you can get it right there and some days even see it get pressed and made. An absolutely fascinating place. Highly...

I was disappointed with someone not responding to my calls. I am a visitor, and I am a national park freak and was dying to see inside to admire Tenino's history. No one bothers to pick up. I thought it was supposed to be open from noon to 4 pm. Very disappointing. Maybe I will contact the city to find out what...