Touch the Past, Toast the Future During a Night at the Museum
Enjoy award-winning wines and spirits, a magic show, and live oil-painting during the museum’s biggest fundraiser of the year!
Wenatchee, Wash. – (August 8, 2025) The Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center (WVMCC) invites you to a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to touch, play, and experience the Museum like never before during a Night at the Museum on Saturday, September 6, 6-9 PM.
Entrance to the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center’s Annex building, decorated with candles, rose petals, and a red carpet on Sep. 21, 2024. The “Coyote Reading a Candy Wrapper” statue is posed in the background.
Every year, the community is invited to this signature fundraiser, featuring talented chefs, tasty gourmet foods, award-winning wines, great beers, ciders, and live music and entertainment. This year, guests can sample drinks from Armour Wines, Watermill Winery, Norwood Wine Bar, Silver Bell Winery, Neu Flessenow Cellars, Silvara Cellars, Blue Spirits Distillery, and Set the Bar. Snack on a variety of bites from Szmania’s Catering, or nibble from Cafe Columbia’s desserts and “grazing boards,” large platters complete with cut fruit, vegetables, meats, cheeses, nuts and spreads.
“Grazing board” provided by Cafe Columbia. Grazing boards include a variety of meats, cheeses, fresh and dried fruits, pickles, and condiments.
Throughout the night, listen to live music by the Welter Brothers, Deep Green Sea, and Jazz Jam Quintet. Guests can also watch the Incomparable Jason Sims, the valley’s charismatic magician and comedian, and watch live oil painting from the award-winning artist Henry Stinson. The finished oil painting will be up for auction in our silent auction. Patrons can also bid on two floral bouquets provided by Fable Books + Blooms.
Deep Green Sea (Ron Evans and Sarah Sims) performs in the “Our People, Our Past” exhibit during A Night at the Museum on Sep. 21, 2024.
Funds from this event support the Museum’s mission-serving programs, including featured exhibits, MakerSpace, robotics clubs, field trips, student scholarships, community cultural events, film and speaker series, and collection restorations. We invite you to share your love for your local Museum by joining us as a sponsor!
Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center Executive Director Marriah Thornock and her husband Simon Thornock enjoying a Night at the Museum on Sep. 21, 2024.
Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center’s Curator of Educations & Programs Jamie Johnson (left) and Director of Operations Courtney Tiffany (right) selling bottles of wine during a Night at the Museum on Sep. 21, 2024.
Tickets are $75 for members and $90 for non-members. Patrons must be 21 years or older. Included in the ticket price are several sample tokens and unlimited food samples. Bottles of wine, beer, and spirits will be available for purchase and all sales benefit the museum. Pre-registration is required. Reserve your spot here or call our front desk at (509)-888-6240.
A Night at the Museum is supported by Entertainment Sponsor Gesa Credit Union, and Sustaining sponsors Goodfellow Bros., Cordell, Neher & Company PLLC, Apple Valley Honda, Town Toyota, Premier One Properties, and Crunch Pak.
About the Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center
The Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center’s mission is to gather, engage, and educate people to celebrate and preserve the history, arts, sciences, and rich diversity of our region. The Museum is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that operates with the support of the cities of Wenatchee and East Wenatchee.
