Open Daily, April through October
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Autumn color has come to
beautiful Walla Walla!
McCaw windmill on the Museum's upper level
It's a great opportunity to pack up the kids (or grandkids!),
call your friends and tell 'em,
Meet me at the Museum!
Maintaining the unique character of a changing community
means preserving its heritage.
See our future: Community at a Crossroads
You can be a part of carrying the past into the future!
Learn about the Museum's
'Enhanced Services, Programming,
and Related Facilities Project!'
Friday, October 10 -- This Day in History:
Italian Heritage Week (Oct. 5-12) in Walla Walla
Double Tenth Day
National Cake Decorating Day
Tuxedo Day
UN World Mental Health Day
Muslim invasion of Europe halted at Tours, France, 732.
France declares war on Austria over an issue of Polish succession, 1733.
James Guillotin first advocates his humane execution device, 1789.
Lewis & Clark 'Corps of Northwest Discovery' enters what will become
Washington State, 1805.
US Naval Academny founded at Annapolis, Maryland, 1845.
First telegraph line to Denver completed, 1863.
Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer buried at West Point, New York, 1877.
Tuxedo dinner jacket maked its American debut, 1886.
Chinese revolution led by Sun Yat-sen begins; last emperor soon to abdicate, 1911.
Panama Canal opened, 1911.
President Franklin Roovelt adopted 'good neighbor' policy for Latin America, 1933.
George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess opened on Broadway, 1935.
Soviet troops halted German advance on Moscow, 1943.
Spiro Agnew resigned as Vice-President over income tax evasion; President Richard Nixon nominated Gerald Ford as new VP, 1973.
Birthdays today:
English physicist Henry Cavendish, 1731,
American painter Benjamin West, 1738,
composer Giuseppe Verdi (Aida), 1813,
actress Helen Hayes, 1900,
Swiss sculptor/painter Alberto Giacometti,
1901,
United Negro College Fund founder Frederick Douglass Patterson, 1901,
jazz pianist/composer Thelonious Monk, 1920,
novelist James Clavell (Shogun), 1924,
and quaterback Brett Favre, 1969.
Time is running out! Don't miss this award-winning exhibit!
Soldiers, Pioneers and Indian People:
see the Lloyd Indian Artifact Collection
On display only through October 31, 2008
Winner of the American Association of State & Local History's
2008 Award of Merit
Soldiers, Pioneers and Indian People
The award winning book accompanying
the Lloyd Indian Artifact Collection:
Positive Interaction between Cultures in Southeast Washington
Own a copy of this dazzling full-color book!
Washington Museum Association's
2008 Award for Publication Excellence
"an unprecedented standard of accomplishment"
-WMA Awards Committee
American Association of State & Local History's
2008 Award of Merit
Living History performances at 2:00 pm every Sunday,
plus Saturdays, June through August
Meet Robert Wolfe,
Walla Walla's First Professional Fireman,
Sunday, October 12
Enjoy 19th century popular music with the Museum's own Oregon Trail Band at 1:30 pm each first and third Sunday
every month, April through October.
Enjoy the Museum's Art Gallery,
weekdays 10:00 am - 4:00 pm throughout the year
There's always something new to see at
Fort Walla Walla Museum!
Give the gift of heritage!
Give your loved ones a membership in Fort Walla Walla Museum
Volunteers are needed. Many opportunities to help share the fabulous heritage of the Walla Walla region with visitors from across the country
and around the world are available.
Call (509)525-7703 to join the fun!
site updated October 10, 2008
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