On the third Thursday of each month, the Washington State History Museum is open late, with FREE admission from 3:00-8:00 PM. The October 20 third Thursday will be especially fun with the new exhibition The Animation Academy: From Pencils to Pixels on view! Visitors can explore The Great Hall of Washington History, see the museum's model railroad layout, and more. At 6 PM, guests can hear from a University of Washington Tacoma scholar about their latest research - details on that talk coming soon.