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Bellingham's biggest party. This benefit event brings in local brewers (and some not-so-local) for a 5-hour-long beer tasting bash. Nearly two dozen brewers compete for judges' and people's choice awards. Proceeds go to the local Max Higbee Center, which provides recreational opportunities for the developmentally disabled.
Built between 1903 and 1908, it is recognized on the National Register of Historic Places.
Houses a collection of over 1,000 vintage radios and offers visitors the chance to listen to radio programs from the 1930s, and a glimpse into a replica of the Titanic's radio room.
The museum consists of three buildings. The Lightcatcher building at 250 Flora St contains art galleries, a family interactive gallery, a museum store, and a cafe. The Old City Hall, a major red-brick presence in downtown build in 1892 at 121 Prospect St contains permanent and rotating exhibits. Syre Education Center at 201 Prospect St contains photo archives.
A beautiful park at the center of the city with a depression-era sandstone bridge overlooking Whatcom Falls, a cascade of water that drops 20 feet directly towards the city, down to Whatcom Creek. Numerous paths connect to the city's system of bicycle and pedestrian trails. Part of this park was the site of a massive pipeline explosion in 1999.
A cooperative lending library and community arts center.