Photo caption: Children and a teacher play “two-by-two” outside the old Stevens School around 1910. Source: Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center, #58-9-11. Written by Chris Rader Since early Colonial…
Kids Learn in Forest Classroom
Meet Douglas, one of the Wenatchee Valley Museum’s “forest sprouts,” who greets kids every day at the forest classroom at Squilchuck State Park. Douglas and his 20+ cousins mark learning…
The Museum is on YouTube!
The Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center is making great strides on the digital media front! We’ve been actively posting new videos to our YouTube channel recently, thanks to our…
Super Summer Adventures Going Strong, And Not Over Yet!
Every summer, more than 1,000 schoolchildren from all over the Wenatchee Valley come to the Museum to take part in our fun, educational Super Summer Adventures sessions. This summer marks our 18th…
New Museum Director Takes The Helm This Week
Sandy Cohen started his new job on Monday as director of the Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center. The museum had been without a permanent director since December, when Brenda Abney resigned…
John Harmelt: The last chief of the Wenatchi
John Harmelt (c. 1847-1937) John Harmelt was the last chief of the Wenatchi band of Salish-speaking Indians who for millennia lived in the river valley that now bears their name….
Learning about Wenatchee’s Past
Local high school students frequent the Museum on field trips. Volunteers and our Curator Mark Behler gave these students a glimpse into the past by showing them historic clothes, automobiles…