Museum Closed
The museum will be closed in observance of Veterans Day. We will reopen on Friday, November 12 at 10 AM.
The museum will be closed in observance of Veterans Day. We will reopen on Friday, November 12 at 10 AM.
Join us on Saturday, November 13 for a MakerSpace program on Automaton. Have you ever wondered what makes a Jack-in-the-Box jump out of its box? Or how a player piano can play such beautiful music? Come explore automata at the Museum and see how people have built self-moving machines for hundreds of years! In...
Join us for a concert featuring the GladSong Choir. Formed in June 2021, GladSong is a collection of singers from North Central Washington. Their mission is to encourage through singing, to inspire listeners with positive messages, and to benefit communities by helping raise money for charitable cause. Selections you will hear include: Dry Bones, I...
The Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center is located on the traditional homelands of the p’squosa (wenatchi). We acknowledge the traditional lands, and offer respect and gratitude to the p’squosa, and to the diverse Indigenous peoples that reside in North Central Washington today. In recognition of the Thanksgiving Holiday the museum is closed on Thursday, November 25. We will...
Join us along with our sponsor Cascade Unitarian Universalist Fellowship for our Enviornmental Film & Speaker Series for a conversation about the film "Gather" on Thursday, December 2 at 7 PM. "Gather" follows the stories of Natives on the front lines of a growing movement to reconnect with spiritual and cultural identities that were devastated...
Join us on Friday, December 3 for the opening of our new exhibit "Connecting Communities: Link Transit Celebrates 30 Years of Service!" Admission is free on First Friday and the Musuem is open from 10 AM – 8 PM. We will have a special reception and ribbon cutting ceremony from 6 PM to 8 PM.
Catch the holiday spirit and join us on Saturday, December 4 from 10 AM to 4 PM for our annual Holiday Family Fun Day! Make crafts, write and send letters to Santa and do your holiday shopping in our gift shop! Link Transit will also have a booth where you can vote in their “Gingerbread...
Travel back to a gentler time and have afternoon tea with Emogene Wells. The Wells House, located on the Wenatchee Valley College campus, is the perfect location for a Holiday Tea. Join Emogene, played by Julie Kuntz, on December 5, from 12 to 2 PM. Fine teas will be brewed, and delicate finger sandwiches and...
Santa is coming to the Wells House. The Museum and Parsons Photography have made arrangements with the big guy for photos to be taken Saturday, December 11 from 10 AM to 2 PM. All registrants receive a complimentary 5×7 photograph. Additional photos and photo gifts are available for purchase through Parsons Photography.
Join us on Saturday, December 11 at 10:30 AM for a Holiday House MakerSpace workshop. We are putting a spin on gingerbread houses this year while exploring electric circuitry and how we can use them to light things up or make things move. In this MakerSpace program, you will learn the basics of circuitry, including...
Santa is coming to the Wells House. The Museum and Parsons Photography have made arrangements with the big guy for photos to be taken Saturday, December 11 from 10 AM to 2 PM. All registrants receive a complimentary 5×7 photograph. Additional photos and photo gifts are available for purchase through Parsons Photography.
Join us on Saturday, December 18 from 12 to 2 PM for our annual Ugly Sweater Cookie Decorating & SingAlong. Wear your ugly sweater and decorate ugly sweater and other holiday sugar cookies while singing along to Christmas carols! Prizes will be given for the ugliest sweater. Cost is $2 per adult, kids are free...
The museum will close at 1 PM on Friday, December 24 and remain closed all day on Saturday, December 25. We will reopen at 10 AM on Tuesday, December 28. We wish all our members, donors, supporters, and friends a safe and happy holidays.
The museum will close at 1 PM on Friday, December 24 and remain closed all day on Saturday, December 25. We will reopen at 10 AM on Tuesday, December 28. We wish all our members, donors, supporters, and friends a safe and happy holidays.
POSTPONED Join us on Thursday, January 6 at 7 PM for a viewing of "The Winter's Tale" as part of our Environmental Film & Speaker Series. Warm your spirits with the epic storytelling of Randy Lewis who shares his traditional native Wenatchi stories alongside the geologic icons of our region. Randy, flutist Arnold Chambers, and geologist Nick...