Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center
Come see the Beauty of Bronze exhibit in the upstairs gallery. Beauty of Bronze is an annual collaboration between the Museum and Art on the Avenues to teach fifth-grade students from Wenatchee public schools about sculpture. This exhibit is a showcase of their work. Admission is free all day starting at 10:00 AM at the...
Come check out the holiday decorations at the Wells House and see the recent renovations and new displays. Tours available of the first and second floors. Light refreshments will be served.
William Wegman, an American artist best known for creating a series of compositions involving primarily his own Weimaraner dogs in various costumes and poses. Join us for a free art class on Saturday, December 8 and create Weimaraner art inspired by William Wegman. Children (4 to 11) and their guardians are encouraged to attend our...
On December 12th, from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm, come on down to the Wenatchee Valley Museum’s MakerSpace to learn how to incorporate circuitry into your sewing! Using batteries, LEDs, and conductive thread, you can create amazing crafts such as ornaments, bracelets and even patches that light up! This class will be for ADULTS ONLY. ...
$35 members, $40 non-members Join us for our Holiday Teas at the beautifully restored Historic Wells House. These will be the first teas held at the Wells House since its major renovation. The house will be decorated in festive vintage early 1900s style for the season. Don your hats and gloves, bring your friends and...
Join us for a book reading of the new book, Red Star and Blue Star Defeats Spexman by Randy Lewis and William Layman. The presentation will be held at 7:00 pm on Wednesday, December 19th at the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Culture Center. Books will be available for $15.00. Book signing to follow. The book was...
Take a break from winter and join wildlife ecologist and photographer, John Winnie Jr. for an hour of exotic birds, wildlife, and wild places. We’ll take a virtual natural history of Galapagos National Park above and below the water, then we’ll head up into Equador’s Andean Highlands, a region known worldwide for its incredible birding...
Admission is free all day starting at 10:00 AM at the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center on the first Friday of every month, and hours are extended to 8:00 PM with light refreshments and snacks offered after 5:00 PM.
Free! Join us at the Museum for a free art class to create a colorful confectionary still life like American painter, Wayne Thiebaud. Children (4 to 11) and their guardians are encouraged to attend our monthly art lessons with Artist in Residence, Rick Adams. This free class will be held in Coyote's Corner. Classes are...
Leavenworth’s Marlene and Kevin Farrell present a film they created while traveling with their two children via sailboat. The film highlights the advantages of raising children with an environmental ethic and sense of adventure. Program is free and open to the public. A $5 donation is suggested. Light refreshments will be provided along with a...
FREE The annual Martin Luther King Multicultural Fest will be held on Saturday, January 19 from 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM at the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center. This free event is held in celebration of the rich diversity of our region and sponsored by the Chelan County PUD and the City of Wenatchee’s...
Rex Buck, Jr., 61, chief of the Priest Rapids Band of the Wanapum, discusses the impact of displacement on his tribe and his hope for renewed connections to the land among future generations of Wanapum Indians in this hour-long talk and slide show. Buck grew up near the Manhattan Project site at Hanford along the...
Washington State University Associate Professor of Art History and Fine Arts Michael Holloman takes a critical look at the differing visions of Native American life as portrayed in the turn-of-the-century images of Seattle’s Edward S. Curtis and Okanogan’s Frank S. Matsura. Holloman is the former director of Plateau Cultural Studies at the Northwest Museum of...
Ceremonial Closing featuring members of the Blue Sunset Singers of the Paschal Sherman Indian School and Wenatchi/P’Squosa elder Randy Lewis. Sharing traditions of dance, song, regalia and percussion – Lewis and the Blue Sunset Singers close out the Edward S. Curtis exhibit with a message of hope for the future of cultural retention. Where Curtis’...
Join North Central Washington Audubon members, Susan Ballinger and Tim and Mary Gallagher, as they share stories and photographs of caribou, grizzly bears, birds, and plants from their adventures to the remote reaches of the coastal plain and Beaufort Sea of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Additionally, at the Wenatchee and Leavenworth presentations, Mark Oswood...
