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A 19th Century Party!

Looking Forward from the Past

Perspective is a wonderful thing and is a significant reason behind the study of history and the existence of museums. Knowing what the past gave to the present and how people of the past dealt with problems is critical to making informed decisions about the future. As the Walla Walla region grows and changes, knowing where we came from provides us with the perspective to choose well regarding our own tomorrows.

2009 is the sesquicentennial anniversary of the founding of the town of Walla Walla. At Fort Walla Walla Museum, where keeping track of the region’s shared yesterdays helps everyone in the community to understand today as well as to build better tomorrows, the Living History Company will be looking forward from its perspective in the past. On Sunday, October 31 members of the Company will reminisce about the community beginning in 1859.

The Living History Company represents a wide selection of the soldiers, pioneers and Indian people who built a community in the area we call home. From the days of the fur trade into the mid-20 th century, the Company includes Hudson’s’ Bay Company factors and traders, politicians and sheriffs, preachers and teachers, firemen and nurserymen, farmers and ranchers, progressive women and a bordello madame. Visitors are encouraged to interact with the performers and enjoy the heritage of the region.

This is the final performance of the season for the Living History Company and the last weekend the Museum’s national award-winning Lloyd Family Indian Artifact Collection: Positive interaction between cultures in Southeast Washington exhibit. At the close of the visitation season on October 31, the exhibit is scheduled to be dismantled and be made available for inter-museum loan or in other Museum exhibits.

Visitors are encouraged to interact with the performers and enjoy the heritage of the region. Museum hours are 10 am to 5 pm daily. Admission is free to members, children under 6, and through a reciprocal agreement Tamástslikt Cultural Institute's Inwai Circle cardholders and enrolled members of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation; $3 for children ages 6-12; $6 for seniors (62+) and students; and $7 for adults. Your admission cost can be applied to a membership, which includes free admission to all Living History performances, priced beginning at $25. For more information, contact Fort Walla Walla Museum at 509-525-7703 or email: info@fortwallawallamuseum.org.