Monday will be the final day to see the Rothschild House Museum's current exhibit on Depression-era clothing in Port Townsend.

Monday will be the final day to see the Rothschild House Museum's current exhibit on Depression-era clothing in Port Townsend.

Jefferson museums ready for seasonal conversion

PORT TOWNSEND — The Rothschild House Museum will close for the season Monday, while the Commanding Officer’s Quarters will change hours in October, and the Jefferson Museum of Art & History will remain open daily through December.

All three are managed by the Jefferson County Historical Society.

Monday will be the last day to see the Rothschild House Museum’s current exhibit, “Clothing of the Depression Era,” which draws on the Jefferson County Historical Society’s textile collection.

The house will reopen in May with a new clothing exhibit.

The house on the bluff at the corner of Franklin and Taylor streets is open for tours from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily.

The Commanding Officer’s Quarters at Fort Worden, 200 Battery Way, is open from noon to 5 p.m. daily through September.

Beginning in October, it will be open only on weekends from noon to 5 p.m. each day.

The Jefferson Museum of Art & History at 540 Water St. will remain open daily through December. Hours are from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Currently featured is “Maritime Art: 1880-2013.”

Exhibits are in the former municipal courtroom, fire hall and jail spaces of the historic City Hall.

Admission to each of the sites is $4 for adults, $1 for children younger than 12.

Historical walking tours of Downtown and Uptown Port Townsend are offered through this weekend.

Tickets are $10.

Downtown tours are at 2 p.m. Saturdays beginning at the Jefferson Museum of Art & History.

Uptown tours are at 2 p.m. Sundays. They begin at the Rothschild House Museum.

For details, visit www.jchsmuseum.org or phone 360-385-1003.

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