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For Teachers

The Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center is a treasured resource for teachers and students in our region. During the school year, many school groups schedule museum visits and Field Trips to explore our exhibits and participate in special hands-on programs such as Youth on the Columbia and Beauty of Bronze. Teachers also use our Museum-to-You boxes and borrow from our extensive library of science, environmental, historical and cultural films to enhance classroom instruction.

To make a field trip reservation please email the Field Trip Request Form to [email protected].

Culture and Traditions of the Wenatchi People 

Students learn about the culture, customs, and traditions of the Wenatchi/P’Squosa, first people of the Wenatchee Valley, in this interactive, virtual program. This program includes pre and post trip materials to share with your students, as well as live instruction time with educators from the museum.  

Explorers and Early Settlers 

In addition to the Wenatchi/P’Squosa people, explorers and early settlers also made an impact on what would eventually become Wenatchee and East Wenatchee. Learn about early explorers like David Thompson and early settlers like Sam Miller and the contributions they and others made to our valley. This program includes pre and post trip materials to share with your students, as well as live instruction time with educators from the museum.  

STEAM Lab 

Need help integrating hands-on STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and math) programming into your curriculum? Let us help! Drawing on the Museum’s MakerSpace staff and activities, these programs can be custom designed to help you implement fun, creative STEAM learning into your lessons.  This program includes pre and post trip materials to share with your students, as well as live instruction time with educators from the museum.

MobileMakers

Mobile Makers Program

The Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center’s online Mobile Makers Program provides virtual hands-on STEM lessons for elementary aged students – 3rd thru 5th grades. These lessons and activities, aligned with the Washington State Science Learning Standards, deliver materials and projects designed to build task-oriented problem-solving skills, teamwork and collaboration, and critical thinking skills through an age-appropriate exploration of invention and discovery. The themed projects and activities build in complexity throughout the five-week program, encouraging students to draw on skills learned to deepen their knowledge and understanding.

Teachers, please submit a Mobile Makers Program Request to schedule a program for your class.

Museum to you Boxes

These self-contained educational kits contain objects and activity guides for hands-on learning, designed to supplement classroom curricula or provide a club activity. Each Museum to You box contains an Educator’s Guide. The Museum offers 10 boxes on natural history and 5 boxes on cultural history. Teachers may reserve these boxes for up to three weeks by calling (509) 888-6243 or emailing [email protected]. Two weeks’ notice is suggested, as reservations are made on a first-come, first-served basis. The fee is $15.00 per week.

Thanks to our Community Sponsors

Please join us in thanking our donors

The Wenatchee Valley Museum’s donors and sponsors help ensure that every child has access to our educational programs. Learn more and join us at: https://www.wenatcheevalleymuseum.org/donate/