Bellingham Spark Museum Tour, Saturday October 10th.

Registration in IEEE Vtools  for this event opens August 3rd

Topic: Spark Museum of Electrical Invention, Bellingham

Date:  Saturday October 10, 2026

Time: 9:45am – 12:00 PM, Museum Tour

Place: 1312 Bay Street, Bellingham, WA 98225

Agenda

9:45 am – 10:00 Arrival – Don’t be late.  Doors will be closed after 10 am.

10:00 am – 10:45 am – MegaZapper Electrical Show

11:00 am –  2:00 pm – Museum is open for you to wander and visit with docents and demonstrations available.

Museum of Electrical Invention offers an exciting and educational experience for audiences of all ages. Compelling, interactive exhibits spanning four centuries of scientific achievement and cultural heritage are featured in a world-class collection of unique objects. The Spark Museum displays the inventions and innovations that changed the course of human history. Spark Museum Website

MegaZapper: The Museum is offering an awesome exclusive and private MegaZapper Electrical Show for IEEE PES members and their guests. The Show features the MegaZapper, one of the largest Tesla coil “lightning machines” in the country, where, for a donation, adult visitors (18 years of age and older) can enter the Lightning Cage and get up close

and personal with 4 million volts of loose electricity!  The show is not suitable for children under the age of 5.

If you have never seen this museum it is a wonderful place to look at electrical equipment in its early beginning.

Other things to do:

• Stay afterwards and go visit the historic Fairhaven District for great food or visit one of Bellingham’s micro brews.
• Visit Bellingham’s Saturday Farmers Market.
• If the weather is good, you can even bicycle the waterfront.
• Stop by Edison, yes there is an Edison with a great Breadfarm Bakery or Farm to Market Bakery by taking Chuckanut drive on the way in or the way home.

RSVP Instructions:  Space for this event is limited to 70 attendees.  Each person in your group must be individually registered.  Arrange your own travel to be there at 9:45am.   You need to be on time as there is a private MegaZapper show ahead of the Spark Museum general audience opening at 11:00am.

• To sign up for this event, please register directly using the IEEE Vtools registration system located at:  https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/563735.  You will receive an email verification of your registration.
• IEEE PES will pay for the General Admission and Group Tour costs.
• IEEE members and their families are free.
• Undergrad students registering with a *@.edu email address are free.
• There is a small $5.00 fee per person for friends and colleagues.
• Each person in your group must be individually registered. Sorry, no refunds.  This is an indoor event.

Parking: Most parking is by pay station in this area.  See Downtown Parking

Address: 1312 Bay Street, Bellingham WA, 98225

Non-IEEE PES members, students and guests are welcome to attend.

Contact: Contact Max Emrick memrick@ieee.org  for information on this event.