On March 1, 1910, the deadliest avalanche in North American history swept down the snowy Cascades, burying two trains and killing 96 people. The Wenatchee Valley Museum is offering a guided tour of the Wellington site. The tour also will visit four other sites between Leavenworth and Stevens Pass that played important roles in the...

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The Wurlitzer Theater Organ concert will be held on August 25th at 6:30pm.  A special silent film and Liberty Theater pipe organ concert.  $15 concert admission includes light snacks and beverages. Click here to reserve your tickets now!

Summer Saturdays at the museum.  These hour long art classes are FREE for children age 4+ and their caregivers to do together.  Only 20 spots are available, so make sure and reserve your spot now!  Come to 1 or all 4. All classes start at 10:00 am and will be taught by local artist, Natalee...

Ice Age Floods using the Grand Coulee and the Upper Crab Creek drainages, filled the Quincy Basin at a rate up to 16.5 million cubic meters of water per second. This tour will examine the incredible erosive consequences of the floodwaters escaping the Quincy Basin, via Lynch, Potholes and Frenchman Springs Coulees. In addition, we...

Bigfoot researcher Paul Graves entertains, educates and intrigues with his many stories related to his quest to find evidence of this Northwest icon. Mixed with slide show images and original songs by Graves, this program explores centuries-old Sasquatch lore along with contemporary sightings. Guests will have an open-mic opportunity to share their own experiences.  

Don Fox reads The Pout-Pout Fish

Historian E. Richard Hart and biologist/musician Ken Bevis team up to deliver a fun, scholarly program on the history of the Methow tribe, the Columbia Reservation and the beautiful valley and river system that sustained indigenous hunter/gatherer populations for centuries. Hart will use slides of newly discovered images featured in his book “Lost Homeland,” while...

Fruit label collectors will converge on the Wenatchee Valley Museum from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7. The free swap meet is a great opportunity to add to existing collections or just to peruse an art form that died out after the advent of the cardboard box in the late 1950s. Fruit labels...

Rob Spradlin reads Dog Breath by Dave Pilkey

There is still room on the Fire and Ice Geology Tour slated for 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 14. Tickets are $40 for members, $45 for nonmembers. Tour guide and geology enthusiast Ken Lacy leads this all-day excursion through the Lower Moses Coulee, Waterville Plateau and Brewster’s Grand Terrace. Lacy will talk about...

In late July of 2016, four men from Wenatchee pushed off from the short of Point Lake in Canada’s Northwest Territory and launched down the Coppermine River. The group will share highlights of this grand adventure Tuesday, Oct. 17 at the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center. Their talk is part of the Wenatchee Valley...