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Our History
We are the Highline Heritage Museum! We capture the stories of the Highline region and bridge the years from the earliest of times to the newest immigrant stories. We believe that exploring everyone’s heritage allows us to experience a personal journey that enriches us all.
Our passion is for our visitors to have access to a broad spectrum of information sources and cultural perspectives and experiences. We envision ourselves sitting at a round table where no one is the leader and stories are heard respectfully, regardless of gender, age, sexual orientation, disabilities, or ethnicity. We want our stories to spark discussions and to share differences and similarities. We are creating a place where visitors can connect with the stories and with each other globally or locally.
The Highline Heritage Museum opened its doors in June 2019, but this organization was founded in 1994 as the Burien Heritage Society and later as the Highline Historical Society. Although we are a new museum, we have been preserving stories, collecting artifacts, installing exhibits, and providing programs for a long time. Currently, the museum is recognized as the Nonprofit of the Year for the City of Burien.