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Moving the Museum to the Wenatchee Post Office – 5/21/2024

With the museum’s collections growing far beyond the Carnegie Building’s capacity, museum Executive Director Beulah Davenport and Museum Association Board member Richard E. “Dick” Bell work together to move operations…

With the museum’s collections growing far beyond the Carnegie Building’s capacity, museum Executive Director Beulah Davenport and Museum Association Board...

Curiosities from the Museum: Lady Jeffery – 10/16/2024

Over the years at the Wenatchee Valley Museum, there have been some odd and strange things that have been donated to the collection. While some get displayed on exhibit, the…

Over the years at the Wenatchee Valley Museum, there have been some odd and strange things that have been donated...

Spend a Night at the Museum – 09/21/2024

Wenatchee Valley Museum’s Signature Fundraiser of the Year  Wenatchee, Wash. – (August 23, 2024) The Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center’s Night at the Museum returns on Saturday, September 21,…

Wenatchee Valley Museum’s Signature Fundraiser of the Year  Wenatchee, Wash. – (August 23, 2024) The Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural...

Dentures from WVMCC collections

Curiosities from the Museum: Dentures – 08/22/2024

Over the years at the Wenatchee Valley Museum, there have been some odd and strange things that have been donated to the collection. While there is currently a screening process…

Over the years at the Wenatchee Valley Museum, there have been some odd and strange things that have been donated...

First Wenatchee School Opened in 1885 – 08/02/24

Photo caption: Children and a teacher play “two-by-two” outside the old Stevens School around 1910. Source: Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center, #58-9-11. Written by Chris Rader Since early Colonial…

Photo caption: Children and a teacher play “two-by-two” outside the old Stevens School around 1910. Source: Wenatchee Valley Museum and...

Coming Soon: The 2024 Summer Art Series – 07/31/2024

Beat the Heat at the Wenatchee Valley Museum  Wenatchee, Wash. – (July 26, 2024) The Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center is partnering with NCW Arts Alliance to bring you…

Beat the Heat at the Wenatchee Valley Museum  Wenatchee, Wash. – (July 26, 2024) The Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural...

Curiosities from the Museum: Mr. Nibbles – 07/31/2024

Over the years at the Wenatchee Valley Museum, there have been some odd and strange things that have been donated to the collection. While currently there is a screening process…

Over the years at the Wenatchee Valley Museum, there have been some odd and strange things that have been donated...

Merritt Field Built a Grand Hotel – 7/25/2024

Photo caption: The Field Hotel in Stehekin was a destination resort from the 1890s until 1926, when it had to be dismantled prior to the raising of Lake Chelan’s water…

Photo caption: The Field Hotel in Stehekin was a destination resort from the 1890s until 1926, when it had to...

Wenatchee Has the ‘Biggest Little Circus in the World’ – 07/23/2024

Photo Caption: A young man juggles and balances plates as he rides a unicycle on the tight wire in the late 1960s. Source: Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center #007-37-470…

Photo Caption: A young man juggles and balances plates as he rides a unicycle on the tight wire in the...

Rolls Razor at the Wenatchee Valley Museum

Curiosities from the Museum: Razors – 07/18/2024

Over the years at the Wenatchee Valley Museum, some odd and strange things have been donated to the collection. While there is currently a screening process and procedures for donating…

Over the years at the Wenatchee Valley Museum, some odd and strange things have been donated to the collection. While...

Downtown Wenatchee Burned in 1909 – 07/13/2024

Photo caption: The fire ignited in a barn behind Emil Frank’s Central Market on North Mission Street, and soon spread to nearby buildings. Source: Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center…

Photo caption: The fire ignited in a barn behind Emil Frank’s Central Market on North Mission Street, and soon spread...

Curiosities from the Museum: The Headstone – 07/12/2024

Over the years at the Wenatchee Valley Museum, there have been some odd and strange things that have been donated to the collection. While currently there is a screening process…

Over the years at the Wenatchee Valley Museum, there have been some odd and strange things that have been donated...

Curiosities from the Museum: Iron Spider – 6/26/2024

Over the years at the Wenatchee Valley Museum, there have been some odd and strange things that have been donated to the collection. While currently there is a screening process…

Over the years at the Wenatchee Valley Museum, there have been some odd and strange things that have been donated...