History Comes Alive at Harbor Island!

Join Harbor Island Studios, Invisible Histories and a star studded cast of artistic and cultural collaborators for an experience unlike any other. Immerse yourself in the layers of history within this unique space from time immemorial to modern day, and everything in between. Untold stories will be brought to life by creative artists, performers, filmmakers, storytellers, projectionists, musicians and more!

Harbor Island is like a peek behind the curtain at Seattle's secret history. 🚢 Join Invisible Histories for a spectacular two-night event bringing the hidden past of this iconic location to life! We’re activating the Harbor Island Studios—inside and out—with incredible art, sound design, live performances, and projections, all created by a diverse team of local artists. Come celebrate the island's journey, from time immemorial to the talent working there today.

🗓️ Two Nights Only: April 23-24 | 6–10 p.m.

📍 Location: Harbor Island Studios

Get ready to peel back the layers!

Tours begin at 6:30pm and finish at 9:30pm. There will be food and beverage for purchase plus a community table section with many of the cool things we love about the Pacific Northwest!

Some of the hidden secrets of Harbor Island that we'll share...

• Elise Olmstead and her husband Roy, the infamous bootlegging power couple, and their lineage to the Fisher broadcasting company and the Fisher Flour Mill

• Harbor Island was the location of the worst incident of sabotage from WWI, culminating with the detonation of a barge full of munitions bound for Russia to fight the Germans in WWI. 

• Did you know that Camp George Jordan was located near Harbor Island and used for embarkation for Black enlisted WWII soldiers before Fort Lawton was desegregated? 

• What we know as Harbor Island today was tide flats in the 1800s and was an inland sea thousands of years ago - travel back in time to witness these changes, and the people who made it happen!