2010 Schedule of Events
page updated August 30, 2010
You've just gotta see this!
Join us in carrying the past into the future during our 43rd season!
Enjoy Living History performances each Sunday at 2:00 pm,
plus Saturdays June through August,
featuring soldiers, pioneers and Indian people from the region's past
Kids ages 4-9 will enjoy 'Tales o' the Trail' every 2nd & 4th Sunday's from 1:00 - 1:45
and everyone can enjoy 19th century popular music with the Museum's own
Oregon Trail Band each 1st & 3rd Sundays at 1:30 pm
preceding the Living History performance.
The Museum is open daily, 10 am - 5 pm through October 31.
Our 43rd season of service to the community from our location in beautiful Fort Walla
Walla
Park
is underway with the opening of our new Entry Hall & Exhibit Galleries!
You've just gotta see this! The new Entrance Building & Exhibit Galleries.
Through October 31
Practical Beauty: A Century of Quilts
Enjoy this popular annual sampling of the Museum's extensive heritage quilt collection.
The Museum's Cumberland Presbyterian Church Quilt, ca: 1873-1888.
September 5 Living History Performance
Area farmer Tom Williams portrays Husdson's Bay Company 'muscle' Sam Black in a Living History performance at 2:00 pm in the great outdoors of the Museum's pioneer settlement or in the climate-controlled comfort of the Grand Hall, weather depending.
Tom Williams portrays Hudson's Bay Company man Sam Black
September 12 National Grandparents Day
Fort Walla Walla Museum is proud to support and encourage the remarkable
relationship
between grandparents and grandchildren: Kids ages 12 & under admitted
free when
accompanied by a grandparent(s).
Celia Andrews with granddaughters Alandra Dalan (center) & Sophie Zumberis
September 12 Tales o' the Trail
Volunteer Dick Swenson reads aloud from Steven Kellogg's Johnny Appleseed: A Tall Tale to kids ages 5-9 at 2:00 pm in the Conference Room of the Entry Hall & Exhibit Galleries. An activity will be provided for busy young hands.
September 12 Living History Performance
Photographer Art Shinbo portrays his own forebearer Japanese immigrant & restaurateur Yuso Shinbo, in a Living History performance at 2:00 pm in thequiet peace of the Museum's pioneer settlement or in the climate-controlled comfort of the Grand Hall, as weather conditions determine.
Art Shinbo portrays Yuso Shinbo
September 19 Oregon Trail Band Performance
Sing along, get up and dance, or just relax and enjoy 19th century popular music with Bob Bohlman, Gordon Hare, Leroy Hogeboom and Neil Busby of the Oregon Trail Band! 1:30 pm preceding the Living History performance.
The Oregon Trail Band with (l-r) Leroy Hogeboom, Gordon Hare, Bob Bohlman, and Neil Busby
September 19 Living History Performance
Yellowhawk Tribal Health accountant J.R. Lieuallen portrays pioneer homesteader A.P. Woodward in a Living History performance at 2:00 pm in the pioneer settlement or the climate-controlled comfort of the Grand Hall, as weather conditions determine.
Image of A.P. Woodward courtesy of Woodward Canyon Winery
September 26 Smithsonian Museum Day
Fort Walla Walla Museum is proud to participate in the sixth annual Smithsonian Museum Day. Log into Smithsonian magazine to receive your free pass (good for
two people) to the Museum!
October 19 Fort Walla Walla Museum/Walla Walla Valley Historical Society
Quarterly Meeting 7:00 pm in the Grand Hallof the Museum's new Entry Hall & Exhibit Galleries.
Join our members in a meeting admission-free and open to the public. Explore the past
with
guest speaker Walla Walla University Professor of History Terry Gottschall,
whose topic
is "Baseball at Fort Walla Walla." Refreshments available.
Walla Walla University Professor of History Terry Gottschall
Living History
2:00 pm performances each Sunday, plus Saturdays June thru August
Delve into the history of real people from the Walla Walla region's past!
Jill Zagelow & Tom Williams portray Ed & Elizabeth Burlingame; Chloe Kohler portrays
their
daughter, Maybelle Burlingame.
Oregon Trail Band performances at 1:30 pm each first & third Sunday
throughout
the season.
Dance, sing along, or just relax & enjoy 19th century
popular music with the
Museum's own Oregon Trail Band!
'Tales o' the Trail' children's reading circle at 2:00 pm each second & fourth
Sunday
throughout the season
Kids can enjoy books of historical interest read aloud by Museum volunteers while their families enjoy
the day's
Living History performance at 2:00 pm.
Join us in celebrating our 43nd season of service to the community from our
location
in beautiful Fort Walla alla Park!
Your business, club, or organization
can be an event sponsor! Contact the Museum for more information.
Open Daily – 10 am to 5 pm, April through October. The Museum is closed to
visitation
November 1 through March 31; the Headquarters Art Gallery & Research
Library remain
open weekdays, 9 am - 4 pm. except Thanksgiving Day, Christmas,
and New Year's Day
so that staff members may enjoy time with their families.
Museum Headquarters remains open for business purposes weekdays
(except holidays)
November through March,
9:00 am - 4:00 pm.
Stop in to see the Museum's Research Library & Art Gallery.
The heritage of the Walla Walla region is colorful and varied, made of a wide assortment of people
from many cultural backgrounds.
Shifting and blending, sometimes creating new
identities,
but always
influencing one another in numerous ways, these diverse sources continue
to make
Walla Walla a special
place to live, work and play.
Pride of place is a hallmark of the region;
we treasure and celebrate
all the different
facets that define who we are.
Music, dancing, food, dress, language, religion … these and other aspects of culture make up the
identifiable
outer appearances of groups. More difficult to identify is the way people within a culture
think
and see the world. Much can be done to increase the understanding of different points of view
by sharing
your cultural celebrations
with neighbors and guests.
If your group is interested in participating with Fort Walla Walla Museum,
contact Operations Manager Don Locati at 525-7703.
Fort Walla Walla Museum is open for visitation 10:00 am - 5:00 pm daily,
April through October. Admission is free to Fort Walla Walla Museum members, Tamástslikt Cultural Institute's
Inwai Circle cardholders,
enrolled members of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, and all children under 6;
$3/children 6-12; $6/seniors (62+) and students; $7/adults.
Your admission today may be applied to a membership, priced beginning at $25. |
