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Tacoma Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (TCNRHS) was founded in April 1965 and incorporated in 1978 as a Washington non-profit corporation. The Chapter’s mission is to collect and preserve historical documents and artifacts of all kinds pertaining to railroads, educate the public about railroad history, and promote railroad transportation. Since April 1965, Tacoma Chapter NRHS members have operated rail history field trips to inspect intriguing railroad archaeology, sponsored experiential-learning excursion passenger trains, held membership meetings and published The Train Sheet newsletter. Chapter members assembled and currently maintain the 900-volume Donald C. Dietrich Memorial Library, which also contains original railroad archive materials, photos, maps, and related research documents available by appointment.

The Tacoma Historical Society began to take shape as early as 1989, but was formally established in 1990. The Washington State Historical Society was planning to build a new facility on Pacific Avenue. Tacoma historians and history buffs, realizing that Tacoma-centric artifacts would not figure prominently in plans for the new museum, formed the Society out of the need for a repository that would help Tacoma tell its story to visitors and future generations. Though the establishment of a Museum of Tacoma History has long been a goal for the Tacoma Historical Society, the organization focused mainly on educational opportunities during its early years. Monthly forums featured speakers who focused on a wide variety of topics ? all in an effort to stir excitement in the community for the many stories that were yet untold about Tacoma ? its� early years through the 20th century to present-day.

The Tacoma Public Library system serves residents of Tacoma, Washington. It operates eight library branches, which include a central library in downtown Tacoma, two regional locations in north and south Tacoma, and five neighborhood branch locations. Tacoma Public Library has nearly 150,000 registered users, and over 2 million items in circulation.