Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center
Learn about electrical circuits, engineering, design challenges in this Makerspace Wenatchee camp for students in grades 1-8. Design a T-shirt in our screen printing workshop, make a car from scrap junk. You will be amazed at what you can create! Camp is taught by veteran educators Karen Rutherford, Rosa Eilert and Debbie Sawyer. Choose morning...
We live in a geological wonderland! Come explore with our experts. Guided bus tours take you to all the best sights. Each tour is unique. Register today to come exploring with us! Members: Sign in with your Museum-registered email to get a $5.00 discount on this tour.
Professional art instructor Chester Ferrell will teach a seven-week series of art classes for children in 2nd through 7th grades. Each child receives individual attention while working at his or her own level. Mr. Ferrell uses the works of great Masters to explore different styles of art. Children can be registered for one lesson, a...
We live in a geological wonderland! Come explore with our experts. Guided bus tours take you to all the best sights. Each tour is unique. Register for all seven to get an overview of the area.
The Wells House will be holding an afternoon tea inspired by Downton Abbey. Enjoy "High Tea" in an historic and elegant setting!
Wendell George shares “The Indian Side of the Story” at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 17 at the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center. The presentation will include rarely seen tribal photographs and George’s unique perspective as the grandson of chiefs who became the first of his family to graduate from college.
Although cultures fade and die, dedicated artists help preserve their stories and works of art. International world flute master and cultural storyteller Gary Stroutsos is one of those individuals. On May 26, he shares the stories of cultures dead and gone at a 7 p.m. at the Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center.
Come join us for First Friday! Admission is free and it is a great time to check out our newest exhibit, "Everything Skookum."
We live in a geological wonderland! Come explore with our experts. Guided bus tours take you to all the best sights. Each tour is unique. Register for all seven to get an overview of the area.
Our annual enrichment classes for kids entering grades 1 – 7, Super Summer Adventures offers interesting experiences in arts and sciences at Wenatchee Valley Museum and off-site locations. Classes take place Monday – Thursday from 9 a.m. to noon and 12:30-3 p.m. weekly starting in June 13th and going through August 25th. Take a look at...
In the steampunk studio, instructors Castilla Cava and Julia Dominguez will lead a workshop in creating original steampunk works of art that will serve as backdrops in the performance lab. Super Summer Adventures has a morning session and an afternoon session. Take a look at our complete catalog. Sign up for morning classes here and...
We will look closely at how and why animals move a certain from the swaying stick bugs to stalking lions. In the fossil dig, we will examine bones and teeth and use our detective skills to determine diet, habitat and develop theories about cause of death. Super Summer Adventures has a morning session and an...
Discover 3-D printing, different types of 3-D printers and how 3-D printing is changing our future. With the help of our team of experts, we will follow the same process an industrial designer goes through to create a product: sketch your ideas on paper, build a model and then print your design on a 3-D...
Take part in an American Folk Art tradition. In 1914, Mary McAboy actually patented her line of Skookum dolls. Join us in the Makerspace for a hands on workshop to create your own apple head and doll. This two-part workshop will include materials, instruction and plenty of inspiration! Children welcome, but they must be accompanied...
Students in this camp will build a variety of contraptions that model how objects with mass like the sun can warp space time by creating gravity wells. Using science, math and art students will dig into the concept of string theory: the first rule of physics that tries to explain everything. Super Summer Adventures has...
