Take your family and friends on a magical journey through the marvelously detailed world of model railroads at the Washington State History Museum! Friday, December 22, 2023 – Monday, January 1, 2024 Closed Sunday and Monday, December 24 and 25. Included with admission. The Model Train Festival brings railroad clubs from around Puget Sound to > Continue Reading
Take your family and friends on a magical journey through the marvelously detailed world of model railroads at the Washington State History Museum! Friday, December 22, 2023 – Monday, January 1, 2024 Closed Sunday and Monday, December 24 and 25. Included with admission. The Model Train Festival brings railroad clubs from around Puget Sound to > Continue Reading
Take your family and friends on a magical journey through the marvelously detailed world of model railroads at the Washington State History Museum! Friday, December 22, 2023 – Monday, January 1, 2024 Closed Sunday and Monday, December 24 and 25. Included with admission. The Model Train Festival brings railroad clubs from around Puget Sound to > Continue Reading
Take your family and friends on a magical journey through the marvelously detailed world of model railroads at the Washington State History Museum! Friday, December 22, 2023 – Monday, January 1, 2024 Closed Sunday and Monday, December 24 and 25. Included with admission. The Model Train Festival brings railroad clubs from around Puget Sound to > Continue Reading
Take your family and friends on a magical journey through the marvelously detailed world of model railroads at the Washington State History Museum! Friday, December 22, 2023 – Monday, January 1, 2024 Closed Sunday and Monday, December 24 and 25. Included with admission. The Model Train Festival brings railroad clubs from around Puget Sound to > Continue Reading
Take your family and friends on a magical journey through the marvelously detailed world of model railroads at the Washington State History Museum! Friday, December 22, 2023 – Monday, January 1, 2024 Closed Sunday and Monday, December 24 and 25. Included with admission. The Model Train Festival brings railroad clubs from around Puget Sound to > Continue Reading
Join Indigenous educator Owen Oliver (Quinault/Isleta Pueblo) for our "How Does a Place Get a Name" workshop, October 19th from 6-7:30pm. In the workshop we will explore how a place gets a name and what the names of specific locations can teach us about values held by communities. Participants will consider how we can use > Continue Reading
Washington State Historical Society invites you to come hear from some of the talented contributors to "Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry", October 3, 2023 from 5:30-7pm. The guide brings together art, poetry, and stories holding scientific, sensory, and cultural knowledge to celebrate and illuminate Cascadia, the diverse ecoregion stretching from Alaska’s Prince William Sound > Continue Reading
Washington State Historical Society presents the second annual Henry R. Fenbert Challenging History Lecture. Historian Monica De La Torre will discuss her first book, Feminista Frequencies: Community Building through Radio in the Yakima Valley. De La Torre's book tracks the emergence of Chicano community radio in rural farmworker communities in the 1970s. Her presentation will > Continue Reading
Join Washington State Historical Society for Family Saturdays – Story Time, September 9, 10:30-12pm. Explore how history connects us all as we read "Imagine", written by Juan Felipe Herrera and illustrated by Lauren Castillo. Herrera was the first Latino U.S. Poet Laureate (2015–17). After the reading, we’ll engage in a hands-on investigation of a related > Continue Reading