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127 S. Mission St – Wenatchee
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First Friday

Join us for First Friday. The Museum offers free admission during extended hours from 4 PM to 8 PM on the First Friday of the month. For guests 21 and older we will have a Beer Garden in our parking lot, which offers the perfect view to watch the concerts in Centennial Park. Beer from...

Beer Garden in the Museum Parking Lot

Join us at the Museum’s Beer Garden every Friday between July 8 and August 12.  Our parking lot offers the perfect view to watch the concerts in Centennial Park. Beer from Wenatchee Valley Brewing will be available for purchase and there is a $1 cover fee.  You must be 21 to enter.

Family Saturday

Join us on the first Saturday of the month for Family Saturday. The Museum offers free admission from 10 AM to 4 PM on the first Saturday of every month. Visit the Museum and the newly upgraded Coyote's Corner on Saturday, August 6! Thanks to funding from Wenatchee Area Rotary clubs, Central Lions Club and...

Super Summer Adventure Camps: Session 5

Join us for a week of Artistic Creations at our Super Summer Adventure Camps. We offer weekly enrichment classes for kids with a wide variety of classes for students entering K-6 grades in the Fall of 2022. Grades K-1: Petite Picassos 9 AM - 12 PM Learn about the techniques of famous artists like Pablo Picasso,...

Free Concert on the Wells House Lawn

The Wells House and the Wenatchee Valley Symphony Orchestra present Concerts on the Wells House Lawn.   Featuring: August 10 - WVS Strings September 14 - WVS Flutes and Clarinets   Bring a chair or a blanket and enjoy an evening of music. We will have wine available for purchase. All concerts start at 7:00...

Beer Garden in the Museum Parking Lot

Join us at the Museum’s Beer Garden on Friday, August 12.  Our parking lot offers the perfect view to watch the concerts in Centennial Park. Beer from Wenatchee Valley Brewing will be available for purchase and there is a $1 cover fee.  You must be 21 to enter.

First Friday

The Museum and Wells House are open free to the public from 4 to 8 PM on the First Friday of the month. On September 2, join us at the Museum at 6:30 PM for a presentation by Randy Dasho on the Wellington Train Disaster, the deadliest avalanche in North Amercian history. Meet us at...

First Friday Talk – Wellington Train Disaster

Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center 127 South Mission Street, Wenatchee, WA, United States

On March 1, 1910, the deadliest avalanche in North American history swept down the snowy Cascades, burying two trains and killing 96 people.

Randy Dasho will be at the museum to talk about the historic event as part of First Friday.  This is a free event.  No registration is required.

Free

Family Saturday

Join us for Family Saturday each month on the Saturday following First Friday. The Museum offers free admission on Family Saturday from 10 AM to 4 PM. Explore the exhibits, listen to the pipe organ, follow the model train over its tracks, and discover more history, arts, and culture of our region. Visit the museum...

Environmental Film & Speaker Series: Eating our Way to Extinction

Join us on Thursday, September 8 at 7 PM  as we partner with Wenatchee Confluence Rotary Club for our Environmental Film and Speaker Series to show "Eating our way to Extinction." This film takes audiences on a cinematic journey around the world, from the depths of the Amazon rainforests to the Taiwanese Mountains, the Mongolian...

Native Heritage Tours with Randy Lewis

Native Heritage Tour, The Plateau Through Native American Eyes - Explore culturally significant locations with Native American guide, Randy Lewis.

$55 – $100

Zoo in You: The Human Microbiome Exhibit Opening

You and your microbes are invited to the public opening of Zoo in You: The Human Microbiome on Saturday, September 10 from 10 AM to 4 PM. Trillions of microbes make their homes inside our bodies, and we wouldn’t be able to survive without each other! Zoo in You, invites guests of all ages to...

Free Concert on the Wells House Lawn

The Wells House and the Wenatchee Valley Symphony Orchestra present Concerts on the Wells House Lawn.   Featuring: September 14 - WVS Flutes and Clarinets   Bring a chair or a blanket and enjoy an evening of music. We will have wine available for purchase. All concerts start at 7:00 and are free. All groups...

Zoo in You Members’ Only

This members' only event gives our members exclusive access to the Zoo in You Exhibit and hands-on programming. All ages are welcome and encouraged to attend. Join us on Friday, September 16 for a night of microbe themed food and drinks, a fun talk from local Research Molecular Biologist Tracy Somera and an exhibit scavenger...

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