 The Suquamish Museum opened in 1983 as the Suquamish Museum and Cultural Center , then only the second tribal museum in the state of Washington . In 2009 the Suquamish tribe launched a capital campaign to construct a new facility , enlisting Senator Patty Murray and former Washington Secretary of State Ralph Munro to help lead the effort . The new facility opened in 2012 and is triple the size of the original building . Constructed at a cost of $ 6 million , the 9 @,@ 000 @-@ square @-@ foot ( 840 m2 ) purpose @-@ built structure is set in a small botanical garden on the Port Madison Indian Reservation and consists of two galleries , a gift shop , a 50 @-@ seat auditorium , and a climate @-@ controlled storage room used to house artifacts not on display . The facility was designed by the Seattle architectural firm Mithun and is a LEED Gold certified building . In 2013 it received a citation from the Washington Council of the American Institute of Architects . 
