Downtown Tacoma’s Washington State History Museum and the KeyBank Foundation have partnered to offer free admission on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

The museum has organized special programming to honor the late civil rights leader.

Becoming Bridges invites visitors to join in the American story of the struggle for human and civil rights in the United States. It provides a multimedia theatrical journey where the words of Dr. King, Langston Hughes, and other authors, activists, and human rights pioneers are brought to life. This includes the story of Ruby Bridges, the first grader who helped integrate Louisiana schools in the 1960s. The program will begin at 3 p.m. on Mon., Jan. 20.

The museum will also play continuously the film Tacoma Civil Rights Project: Remembering Our Past, Reshaping Our Destiny, produced in partnership with the Tacoma Civil Rights Project.

The museum, located at 1911 Pacific Ave., will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Mon., Jan. 20.

More information is available online at washingtonhistory.org.

To read the Tacoma Daily Index‘s complete and comprehensive coverage of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. events and activities in Tacoma, click on the following links:

• Tacoma to host 26th Annual MLK Birthday Celebration (Tacoma Daily Index, Jan. 6, 2014)
• UW Tacoma to host 8th Annual MLK Unity Breakfast (Tacoma Daily Index, Dec. 31, 2013)
• City of Tacoma accepting nominations for MLK Community Service Award (Tacoma Daily Index, Nov. 7, 2013)
• 2 downtown Tacoma events will mark MLK Jr. Day (Tacoma Daily Index, Jan. 7, 2013)
• New edition of UW Tacoma professor’s book of MLK’s speeches (Tacoma Daily Index, Jan. 9, 2012)
• Tacoma celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Jan. 16 (Tacoma Daily Index, Jan. 3, 2012)
• UW Tacoma professor earns Guggenheim award (Tacoma Daily Index, April 13, 2011)
• UW Tacoma professor’s book offers forgotten layer of MLK legacy (Tacoma Daily Index, Jan. 11, 2011)
• Celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Jan. 17 (Tacoma Daily Index, Dec. 28, 2010)
• Civil rights leaders visit UW Tacoma Wednesday (Tacoma Daily Index, Oct. 25, 2010)
• Celebrate “Unity in the Community” Jan. 18 (Tacoma Daily Index, Jan. 11, 2010)
• City to host 21st annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebration (Tacoma Daily Index, Jan. 16, 2009)
• City offices closed Jan. 19 (Tacoma Daily Index, Jan. 16, 2009)
• UW Tacoma civil rights, MLK historian reflects on Obama presidency (Tacoma Daily Index, Nov. 10, 2008)
• Audition for the City of Tacoma’s Martin Luther King Jr. celebration (Tacoma Daily Index, July 10, 2008)
• UWT professor earns Kennedy Book Award (Tacoma Daily Index, May 28, 2008)
• UW Tacoma history professor earns civil rights award (Tacoma Daily Index, March 31, 2008)
• City offices closed Jan. 21; garbage, recycling, yard waste collection on regular schedule (Tacoma Daily Index, Jan. 18, 2008)
• City, TV Tacoma celebrate MLK holiday Jan. 21 (Tacoma Daily Index, Jan. 11, 2008)
• Open auditions underway for the 2008 Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration (Tacoma Daily Index, June 25, 2007)
• City to host 18th annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration (Tacoma Daily Index, Jan. 9, 2006)
• Entertainers needed for MLK celebration (Tacoma Daily Index, Sept. 21, 2005)
• Performers wanted for MLK celebration (Tacoma Daily Index, Oct. 16, 2003)
• MLK birthday celebration at Tacoma Dome (Tacoma Daily Index, Jan. 14, 2002)
• City of Tacoma News: –His dream in their hands – this Monday (Tacoma Daily Index, Jan. 11, 2000)
• City of Tacoma News –City’’s MLK Day Celebration Set (Tacoma Daily Index, Dec. 14, 1999)