Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center
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.
Guest story teller Kevin McKee will read “King Bidgood’s in the Bathtub.”
The museum is partnering with the Chelan-Douglas Land Trust to offer a free Fire Ecology Forest Hike with research landscape ecologist Dr. Paul Hessburg as guide . The hike, a follow up to the recent Era of Megafires multimedia presentation, will take place on the new bike trail at Squilchuck State Park. Hessburg’s walk-and-talk program...
Fruit label collectors will meet and swap at the Wenatchee Valley Museum. This event will be followed by a social hour with light refreshments, heirloom apple tasting, and a no-host wine bar runs from 4 to 5 p.m. followed by an apple industry lecture and slide show by Dr. Don Elfving.
As part of the Environmental Film & Lecture Series, Kip Anderson explores the most destructive industry facing the planet today: Animal Agriculture. As Anderson approaches leaders in the environmental movement, he increasingly uncovers what appears to be an intentional refusal to discuss the issue of animal agriculture, while industry whistleblowers warn him of the risks...
This workshop is offered in conjunction with the museum’s Beacon of Friendship exhibit which focuses on the sister city relationship between Wenatchee and Misawa Japan and the world’s first trans-Pacific flight. Bailey, an experienced calligraphy artist, has led workshops for college level and elementary age students. All materials are provided.
Arnold Cleveland, a Wenatchi band descendant and member of the Colville Confederated Tribes, shares stories about growing up Native American on and off the reservation at 7 p.m. Oct. 25 at the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center. Wenatchee World publisher Rufus Woods facilitates this important, first-person account of history. The free talk includes original...
Family-friendly festival of invention, creativity and resourcefulness, and a celebration of the Maker movement.
Kelly Atwood will be the featured guest story teller for our "Different Kind of Story Time" series. She'll read The Nightmare Before Christmas, by Tim Burton. See more details here.
Live music, dancing, crafts, face painting and festive food marks Day of the Dead celebrations from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1 at the Wenatchee Valley Museum. The event is free and open to the public. This event is being sponsored by Wenatchee Valley Lutheran Latino Ministry
We hope you have been to see our newest exhibit, Beacon of Friendship: the Arts and Culture of our Sister City in the main gallery. Among the highlights are an interpretation of a Japanese tea house, a rock garden, kimonos, and huge selection of artwork. Notably, there are a series of prints telling the story of the 47...
Clyde Pangborn enthusiast Jake Lodato brings to life the aerial stunt pilot best-known for achieving the first nonstop trans-Pacific flight in a living history program. A $5 donation is requested. It’s a role Lodato first played earlier this year as part of the museum’s “People of our Past” program. A retired Air Force Reserve jet...
Guest story teller Matt Cadman will read "I Need My Monster." This free program is great for kids of all ages.
We are closed today for the Veteran's Day holiday.
Named one of the ten most popular Canadian films at the Vancouver International Film Festival, To Make A Farm asks: what might the future of local food and farming look like? This beautifully photographed documentary explores the lives of five young people who have decided to become small-scale farmers. This is an exceptionally hopeful film...
