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The Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center’s curatorial team is working on a project with Chelan County to install portraits of past Commissioners in an exhibit at the courthouse. The Museum is asking the public for help locating photographs of a number of Commissioners, particularly the earlier ones. If you would like to help with…

Sea of Hope is a stunningly filmed action adventure documentary that follows oceanographer Dr. Sylvia Earle, renowned underwater National Geographic photographer Brian Skerry, Author & Historian Maxwell Kennedy and their crew of young environmentalists around America’s Ocean hotspots to showcase the hidden ecosystems hidden beneath the waves. Deploying science and photography, they hope to inspire…

Saturday, April 20 10:00 PM – 2:00 PM FREE Meet local scientist, participate in hands-on projects, and build with LEGOS. This FREE event at the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center includes Lego Robotics and Apple Sorter demonstrations, earth science activities, a water filtration station, and much more!

Join us! The Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center embarks on a new decade by hosting a series of Community Listening Sessions. Part of a larger strategic planning process spearheaded by Executive Director Keni Sturgeon, the Community Listening Sessions will be fun, interactive discussions where the public will be able to express their individual and…

City of Wenatchee to present Civil Rights and Social Justice Awards The annual Martin Luther King Multicultural Fest will be held on Saturday, January 18 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center. This free event is held in celebration of the rich diversity of our region and sponsored…

*Article originally published in the Wenatchee World on October 29, 2019. Read the article (subscription may be required). A desk and chair, belonging to A. Z. Wells, was recently discovered at a local antique store. This beautiful partner desk is 63″ by 44″, made of Tiger Oak, and constructed without nails. The desk is only…

Searching the Okanogan Drainage for Multiple Ice Age Events and Catastrophic Flooding: A FOOLS Journey Wenatchee Valley Erratics Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute will meet at 7:00 P.M., Tuesday, October 8 at the Wenatchee Valley Museum. Glacial features of the Okanogan area have stories to tell, and a FOOL has come to tell…

While researching the ‘1st non-stop transpacific flight of October 5, 1931’, I entered “Pangborn Sabishiro” into YouTube’s search box and “UpsideDown Pangborn” popped out. I was acquainted with documentaries on Pangborn and Sabishiro but that title caught my attention.  At 41 minutes and 17 seconds into the film appeared a still photo of the two…

Eagle Creek Winery and Wenatchee Convention Center are teaming up with the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center to offer a Winemaker Dinner on Thursday, August 15, beginning at 6:00 p.m. Winemaker Paul Sharpe will host the evening and provide background commentary on the wines throughout the evening. Chef Lenord Silva has designed a menu…

World-Wide Ice-Age Megafloods Wenatchee Valley Erratics Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute will meet at 7:00 PM, Tuesday, August 13 at the Wenatchee Valley Museum. J Harlen Bretz established the science of megaflood paleohydrology with his 1920s studies of the Channeled Scablands of eastern Washington. It turns out, the Missoula Floods were not unique….

The Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 moon landing on Saturday, July 20th from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. This event is an open house with hands-on STEM activities and space-themed crafts. The event also includes snacks, NASA Apollo mission videos and more. Tickets may be…

The Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center (WVMCC) received the Washington Museum Association (WaMA) Award of Excellence in Exhibits for “Beyond the Frame: Inland Bounty” at a special presentation during the 2019 WaMA Annual Conference in Spokane on Thursday, June 20. The award was accepted by Kasey Koski, Curator of Exhibits, and Melanie Wachholder, Curator…