Meet Douglas, one of the Wenatchee Valley Museum’s “forest sprouts,” who greets kids every day at the forest classroom at Squilchuck State Park. Douglas and his 20+ cousins mark learning…
“Our Dry Forests” Field Trip Teaching Resources
Pre-field experience teacher packet links: Eastside Cascades Dry Forests and Wildlife Eastside Cascades Shrub-steppe and Wildfire Script for the “Our Dry Forests” film The Visiting Squilchuck Guidebook. Classroom lesson options…
Museum Puppets Make a Splash at Taste of the Harvest
This past Saturday museum staff, volunteers and their families manned the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center booth at Wenatchee’s annual Taste of Harvest Festival downtown. The annual harvest festival…
Drive & Dine, Wings & Wine Historic Landmark Tour A Hit!
Last Sunday marked our epic Drive & Dine, Wings & Wine Historic Landmarks Tour that took place today. Take a look at the YouTube video for a little taste of what…
Museum Patrons To Fly, Drive, Wine & Dine in Historic Fashion This Sunday
Museum patrons and donors are set to take a wonderful drive and dine, wing and wine trip Sunday. The adventurers will arrive at 9 am at the Museum to be regaled by…
Super Summer Adventures Going Strong, And Not Over Yet!
Every summer, more than 1,000 schoolchildren from all over the Wenatchee Valley come to the Museum to take part in our fun, educational Super Summer Adventures sessions. This summer marks our 18th…
“Show Brazil” music fun on First Friday at the Museum!
The high-energy Brazilian band Show Brazil will play and dance at the Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center on Friday, June 5, at 8 p.m. The program is associated with the museum’s…
Super Summer Adventures
Registration continues for Super Summer Adventures, the museum’s enrichment classes for students entering grades 1 to 7. Choose from several different classes each morning or afternoon: art, science, cooking, computers,…
St. Joe’s 4th Graders Learn, Paddles In The Water
A few photos from our 4th grade field experience program highlighting early exploration and fur trading on the Columbia Plateau on Monday, May 18. Student’s from St. Joseph’s School learned…
Youth on the Columbia Field Experience
A few photos from Friday’s third grade Youth on the Columbia field experience. Students learned about Native American life on the Columbia Plateau and activities included paddling in voyageur canoes at…