While Edward Curtis’ mission was to document the lives of American Indians, Wenatchee’s own Columbia River Archaeological Society focused on a singular island, destined to disappear behind the Columbia’s first dam in 1931.  Rock Island rapids was one of the great fisheries of the Columbia – a place of deafening sound that shook you to...

The museum will host an all-day weaving workshop led by Wanapum elder and master weaver Angela Buck. The workshop with feature the versatile tule, or bulrush, as raw material, to create a sitting mat that can be used for yoga, picnics or even as an insulating layer on the dining room table. Wanapum tribal elders skilled...

Award-winning journalist Andy Dappen shares the story of two Alaskan canoe trips undertaken by Dappen and his equally adventurous brother Alan. The first, undertaken in 1974 with a group of college buddies, was a 6-week trip spanning 800 miles of coastal waterways in wood-strip canoes constructed by the Dappen brothers. It was cut short in...

Paul Klee, a Swiss German artist, known for his important contribution to modern art in the form of his lectures on color theory. He was a printmaker and draftsman but his paintings, which are at times fantastic, childlike, or witty, display his unique style that is influenced by expressionism, cubism, and surrealism. Join us for...

Join Haunted Theater Wenatchee at the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center for a mysterious tour. This will be a story-driven, live, interactive, dark, and spooky walk through the Museum, including some areas normally off-limits to the public. Get your tickets at the Museum Gift Shop, $10 per person through October 24th or $12 at...

Join Haunted Theater Wenatchee at the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center for a mysterious tour. This will be a story-driven, live, interactive, dark, and spooky walk through the Museum, including some areas normally off-limits to the public. Get your tickets at the Museum Gift Shop, $10 per person through October 24th or $12 at...

Join Haunted Theater Wenatchee at the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center for a mysterious tour. This will be a story-driven, live, interactive, dark, and spooky walk through the Museum, including some areas normally off-limits to the public. Get your tickets at the Museum Gift Shop, $10 per person through October 24th or $12 at...

Join Haunted Theater Wenatchee at the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center for a mysterious tour. This will be a story-driven, live, interactive, dark, and spooky walk through the Museum, including some areas normally off-limits to the public. Get your tickets at the Museum Gift Shop, $10 per person through October 24th or $12 at...

Join Haunted Theater Wenatchee at the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center for a mysterious tour. This will be a story-driven, live, interactive, dark, and spooky walk through the Museum, including some areas normally off-limits to the public. Get your tickets at the Museum Gift Shop, $10 per person through October 24th or $12 at...

Join Haunted Theater Wenatchee at the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center for a mysterious tour. This will be a story-driven, live, interactive, dark, and spooky walk through the Museum, including some areas normally off-limits to the public. Get your tickets at the Museum Gift Shop, $10 per person through October 24th or $12 at...

Admission is free all day at the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center on the first Friday of every month, and hours are extended to 8pm with light refreshments offered after 5:00.

  Len Sherrard – Nature’s Needles Join pine needle basket maker Len Sherrard for a two-day workshop to learn his craft. Sherrard’s contemporary baskets include found objects like stones and antlers as well as gourds. His vibrant work also incorporates beads and dyed threads along with pine needles and other natural materials in the traditional...

Respected Native American historian E. Richard Hart talks about the current status of Wenatchi Fishing Rights on the Wenatchee River. His newest book "American Indian History On Trial: Historical Expertise in Tribal Litigation" includes information on the history of the Wenatchi fishing reservation and the Wenatchi trial for fishing rights. His talk will also include...

David Hockney, an English painter, draftsman, printmaker, stage designer, and photographer is known as an important contributor to the pop art movement of the 1960s. Join us for a free art class on Saturday, November 10 to learn how to create a photo collage like his work in the 1980s, compiling a ‘complete’ picture from...

Emily Washines, Yakama tribal member and scholar, talks about the intrinsic link between culture and food and the heartbreaking consequences to a community when those links to the past are broken. Washines uses the reintroduction of the Wapato plant as an example of the connection of indigenous foods to the health and culture retention of...