Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center
As part of Wenatchee First Fridays, the Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center will host a free reception for the opening of its new exhibit “Take a Hike” on Friday, Aug. 7, from 5 to 8 p.m. Refreshments will be served. The exhibit, upstairs in the Blue Gallery, uses photographs, paintings and sporting gear to highlight...
Register your child for an awesome morning or afternoon class this week. Kids can plan moon colonies, take a time machine adventure, enjoy art and robotics, cook delicious treats, and more. Sign up in person or by calling 888-6240. SSA catalog
Looking for something different for your child to do this week? Sign him or her up for a morning and/or afternoon enrichment class at the museum! This session's classes include art, dance, wizardry, engineering, and "Olympics of the mind." Register in person or by calling 888-6240. SSA catalog
This final session of morning and afternoon enrichment classes for kids entering 1st through 7th grades will get your child ready for the start of school while providing plenty of fun. Choose from art, botany, music, physics and "detective work." Register in person or by calling 888-6240. SSA catalog
This timely exhibit uses 3-D objects and large photos, mostly by Wenatchee photographer/wildlife biologist John Marshall, to illustrate the role of wildfire in eastern Cascades ecosystems. Walk along a “forest trail” to see how animals and plants adapt to fire, how forests have become vulnerable, and how landscapes can be managed. Refreshments available. Free admission...
The event is a gathering of vintage auto buffs, the Cruizers, who welcome others to see their antique autos and enjoy fellowship. The historic Wells House will be open for tours and lunch is available for purchase. To attend, turn on Nelson Street from 9th Street. Vintage cars will park in the upper lot and...
As part of Wenatchee First Fridays, the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center invites you to a free reception where you can enjoy the artwork of Ginger Reddington. This talented Methow Valley artist and her husband survived the Carlton Complex Fire of 2014. Part of her survival therapy was painting the fire experience. Several of...
Landscape ecologist Paul Hessburg and biologist/photographer John Marshall will lead this tour of fire-prone forest environments. Participants will meet at the museum, then board a bus that will make two stops for short interpretive hikes near Cashmere and Leavenworth. Hessburg and Marshall will show how repeated wildfires maintain dry forest, how plants and animals respond...
The Big Burn is the dramatic story of an unimaginable wildfire that swept across the Northern Rockies in the summer of 1910. The fire devoured more than three million acres in 36 hours, confronting the fledgling U.S. Forest Service with a catastrophe that would define the agency and the nation's fire policy for the rest...
Come view rare and never-seen-before photographs of Wenatchee treasure W.T. Clark and his family at this fundraising event for Wells House restoration work! Clark was the mastermind behind the Highline irrigation canal and pipeline bridge across the Columbia, and built the "pebble castle" now known as Wells House. Find out why he was so important...
Residents acknowledge that wildfires are an inevitable part of life in North Central Washington, but we can take meaningful action to reduce the odds of catastrophic loss. Summit presenters are committed to developing a comprehensive, collaborative regional approach to reducing the risks of wildfire loss. Come explore what steps must be taken and how you...
The film reveals the human cost in our food supply and the complicity of large buyers of produce like fast food and supermarkets. Fast food is big, but supermarkets are bigger – earning $4 trillion globally. They have tremendous power over the agricultural system. Over the past three decades they have drained revenue from their...
Hear a panel of experts talk about the art scene in North Central Washington – artists, venues, styles, how to get involved – at this free program co-presented by Wenatchee Valley College and Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center. Speakers are WVC art department chair Scott Bailey, art instructor Natalie Schmidt Dotzauer, artist Robert Wilson,...
Popular organist Brad Miller will help you welcome the holiday season with a lively program of Christmas tunes, sing-alongs and silent films accompanied by the museum’s 1919 Liberty Theater Pipe Organ. Browse through the museum while you’re here! Brad will perform on Friday and Saturday. Regular museum admission: $5 adults, $4 seniors/students, $2 kids 6-12, free...
Popular organist Brad Miller will help you welcome the holiday season with a lively program of Christmas tunes, sing-alongs and silent films accompanied by the museum’s 1919 Liberty Theater Pipe Organ. Browse through the museum while you’re here! Brad will perform on Friday and Saturday. Regular museum admission: $5 adults, $4 seniors/students, $2 kids 6-12, free...
