AIHS - Anderson Island Historical Society
Preserve, Present, Engage
9306 Otso Point Rd, Anderson Island, WA 98303.   (253) 884-2135   aihsfarm@gmail.com

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Every Weekend

Gift Shop: Open Sat 10-4, Sun 12-4.
1912 Farm House, AI History Exhibit in Archival Building: open weekends June-Sept. By request call 253 884-2135.

Coming Events

  • Sat April 27: Potluck and Program.
    6pm: Member Potluck. 7pm: Public Program. Archival Building.
    Program: The Anderson Island Health Advocates. Info on efforts to bring health care to Anderson Island.

  • Tue April 30: Docent training.
    1 - 2 pm. Archival Building.
    Docent training.

  • Sat May 4: Annual Early Plant Sale.
    9am (members), 10am-noon (public), at the farm Greenhouse.
    Over 1,000 plants and starts ready for planting. Mostly flowers and vegitables. All raised locally by AIHS volunteers, and priced for island budgets. Cash and Credit cards.

  • Sat May 4: AIA Spring Concert
    7pm. Archival Building.
    The annual AIA Spring Concert, featuring island bands performing songs by the Beatles, in honor of their US visit 60 years ago. Tickets available in advance at the store for $20. Also available at the door.

  • Sat May25: Farm Day.
    10am-2pm, at the farm.
    Plant Sale: Over 1,000 plants and starts ready for planting. Mostly flowers and vegitables. All raised locally by AIHS volunteers.
    Kids activities: animals, a scavenger hunt, seed planting, and painting.
    Food: Kevin's beef and vegitarian chilis, hot dogs, chili dogs, and cinimon rolls.
    Exhibits: the 1912 farm house, archival building, 1917 barn, saw museum, and other exhibits will be open.

    • Volunteers are needed for all of these events; please share a few hours of your time. Contact Serena Frank at (361) 790-4174.
    Volunteers are also needed for the Silent Auction. Contact Jill Aschendorf at aihsAuction2@gmail.com.
    Join the AIHS DOCENT TEAM!
    Click for info. Training will take place on April 30 at 1pm.

    Anderson Island Assistant

    The FREE 'Anderson Island Assistant' phone app gives you instant access to a wealth of time-sensitive, up-to-the-minute Anderson Island Information: the current ferry schedule, ferry web cams, current ferry location, current tides, weather, coming events, burn-ban status and Tanner outage status.
    Click here to see the app on your web browser.
    Click here for more information.

    Andriod phone users: Install from the Google Play Store.

    iPhone/iPad users: >Install from the Apple App Store.

    PC/tablet/Window's Phone users:Set your web browser to "http://www.anderson-island.org".