 The museum 's main gallery features a permanent exhibit titled " Ancient Shores – Changing Tides " that showcases drawings , documents , and historic photographs related to the Suquamish Tribe , contemporary and historic crafts , and interpretative panels and multimedia elements . The centerpiece of this exhibit is a 300 @-@ year @-@ old carved canoe that was last used in the 1989 Paddle to Seattle , the first of a now annual series of canoe journeys through the Salish Sea undertaken by tribal members . A second gallery is used to house rotating exhibits from the museum 's permanent collection , or items on loan from other museums , including traveling exhibits from the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service ( <unk> ) . Exhibits have included a <unk> display " Native Words , Native Warriors " , chronicling the history of Native Americans in the U.S. armed forces . 
