“Our People, Our Place,” a new permanent exhibit exploring the history of Wenatchee and East Wenatchee, officially opened at the Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center on Friday, Feb. 5. “This exhibit has been a long time in the making,” museum director Sandy Cohen said. “It includes photos and artifacts from the museum’s collection that…
Meet our Board: Karen Russell, Chairperson
In order to introduce our board members and volunteers to the NCW community at large, and to encourage others to get involved with the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center, we are embarking on a few new blog series in 2016. The first is our “Meet our Board” blog series, and we thought what better…
Winners announced for NCW Juried Art Show
Winners have been announced for the North Central Washington Juried Art Show, which opened Dec. 4 at the Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center. The show is sponsored by Community Foundation of North Central Washington. Judges Marita Dingus and Gregg Schlanger chose the following to receive awards: First place and $500, karen dawn dean of Wenatchee for three…
Throwback Thursday: Welcome To Wenatchee
#ThrowbackThursday to a view of a lighted “Welcome to Wenatchee” sign arched across the foot of First Street. The Griggs Building with The Wenatchee Department Store sign is visible. This photos was taken sometime between 1903 and 1909, when the railroad depot was still at the foot of First Street. From the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center Historic Photograph…
Juried Art Show & Beauty of Bronze Open in December
As part of Wenatchee First Fridays, the Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center always offers free admission all day, and a special reception with refreshments from 5 to 8 p.m. On Friday, Dec. 4, the museum will celebrate the opening of two new exhibits. The North Central Washington Juried Art Show, in the Main Gallery on the…
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 spots along the way, where students (we’ll have 2,500 of them in Oct-Nov!) are having the coolest field experience ever. Next to Douglas is Selina…
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Facebook has made some big changes to the way business pages reach their audiences recently. They changed the algorithm so posts reach fewer users organically. Headline version: they want to make organizations pay to reach Facebook users, even if those users have already “liked” that page. As you probably understand, a non-profit organization like the Wenatchee…
Museum Puppets Make a Splash at Taste of the Harvest
This past Saturday museum staff, volunteers and their families manned the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center booth at Wenatchee’s annual Taste of Harvest Festival downtown. The annual harvest festival is organized by the good people of the Wenatchee Downtown Association and during the day-long event the city shuts down part of Wenatchee Avenue and throngs…
Drive & Dine, Wings & Wine Historic Landmark Tour A Hit!
Last Sunday marked our epic Drive & Dine, Wings & Wine Historic Landmarks Tour that took place today. Take a look at the YouTube video for a little taste of what we experienced on the roads and in the skies of North Central Washington. Special thanks to the Wenatchee Valley Antique Auto Club, the Spirit of…
Museum Patrons To Fly, Drive, Wine & Dine in Historic Fashion This Sunday
Museum patrons and donors are set to take a wonderful drive and dine, wing and wine trip Sunday. The adventurers will arrive at 9 am at the Museum to be regaled by tales and legends by guide leader and local historian Bill Layman. This epic one-day venture was one of the silent auction items up for grabs…