Western State Hospital
Originally opened as the "Insane Asylum of Washington Territory," this mental health facility has it's fair share of tales from lobotomies to famous patients.
Allen Mason and the Mummy Ankh-Wennefer
Allen C. Mason was an important figure in early Tacoma history. He really encouraged and helped fund it's development in the late 1800s. Ankh-Wennefer was an Egyptian priest in the 500's BCE. Mason acquired the mummy which is still housed in Tacoma, in a fashion seemed as intriguing and fun at the time, but today might be protested.
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