Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center
Join us on Saturday, March 19 for a Drop-in MakerSpace program on Junk Bots between 10:30 AM and 3:30 PM. Create a vibrating and moving junkbot using everyday “junk” or items in your recycle bin. These tiny robots are powered by a vibrating motor, like the type found in cell phones. Design your own using...
THIS PERFORMANCE IS SOLD OUT - SEATS STILL AVAILABLE FRIDAY & SUNDAY Local history comes alive at the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center on March 18,19 & 20. Join us on Saturday, March 19 at 6 PM for our annual People of Our Past living history program where local actors portray real people whose lives...
Local history comes alive at the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center on March 18,19 & 20. Join us on Sunday, March 20 at 6 PM for our annual People of Our Past living history program where local actors portray real people whose lives were impacted by the Apple Yard Explosion in Wenatchee on August 6,...
Join us on Saturday, March 26 from 10 AM to 4 PM in the MakerSpace for a Basket Weaving Workshop. Come learn traditional basket weaving of the p'squosa and other Native American tribes. Instruction on how to make a Twined Sally Bag will be given by Julie Edwards, Bernadine Phillips and Brandon Finley, who have...
This event with feature 1920’s AZ Wells and Emogene talking about their life in Wenatchee and the beautiful Wells House, their home from 1919 until 1945. The Wells’ were early pioneers of this region and became prominent Wenatchee orchardists. Co-owner of Wells and Wade Hardware and Fruit Shippers, AZ made many contributions to Wenatchee and the surrounding areas.
Join us on Friday, April 1 for First Friday. The Museum will be open with free admission during extended hours from 4 to 8 PM on the First Friday of each month. Free admissions will be offered all day on the Saturday following First Friday for Family Saturday.
Join us on Saturday, April 2 for Family Saturday. Free admission will be offered at the museum all day on the Saturday following Frist Friday for Family Saturday. The museum is open from 10 AM to 4 PM.
Join us in the MakerSpace during the month of April for Science on Saturdays. Saturday, April 2 at 10:30 AM is our composting class! Join us together with Betsy and Jana from Sustainable Wenatchee for this class on vermicomposting. Vermicomposting is a great way to learn the basics of indoor composting, using Red Wiggler worms...
Do you think mammals are marvelous? Have you ever wanted to learn how to film, edit, and create your own YouTube videos? In this camp, 5th and 6th graders will learn about our local mammals and work in small teams to create media content. Join us for a fun-filled week of mammal explorations, media creation,...
Join us along with our sponsor North Central Washington Audubon Society on Thursday, April 7 PM for a virtual program with Paul Bannick featuring video, sound, stories from the field and several dozen new images from his award-winning and best-selling book: Owl: A Year in the Lives of North American Owls. Paul’s program will take us through the...
Join us in the MakerSpace during the month of April for Science on Saturdays. Saturday, April 9 is Owl Pellet Dissection. Owls swallow their prey whole, but cannot fully digest some items such as bones and teeth. These indigestible items are then compacted into a pellet that the owl spits out. We can learn a...
Join us on Monday, April 11 at 10:30 AM for Movement Mondays. Did you know music and dance can help with the development of math skills? Addition, subtraction, sizes, shapes and patterns are all important in dance and choreography. We hope to see you monthly on Movement Mondays for a fun way to reinforce math,...
Join us for an author talk and book sigining with Dr. Helen Knowles on Thursday, April 14, at 6 PM on her book Making Minimum Wage: Elsie Parrish versus the West Coast Hotel Company. Come meet the author and learn more about this local story that changed the course of history. The US Supreme Court’s...
Join us in the MakerSpace during the month of April for Science on Saturdays. Saturday, April 16 is Seed Paper. Have you ever wondered how to make your own paper? What about paper you can later plant to grow into flowers? Join us to learn how to make your own seed paper using recycled items...
Join us to meet two local authors who will discuss and sign copies of their recently published books of Wenatchee-area history on Wednesday, April 20, at 7 PM. Rod Molzahn, author of “What They Found: Stories of People in North Central Washington,” and Chris Rader, who wrote “Place of Plenty: A History of Wenatchee, in...
