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New Exhibits

Fort Walla Walla Museum is always working on new exhibits and upgrading existing displays. While the Museum portrays the past as part of our mission to preserve and share the heritage of the Walla Walla region, we offer more than a static snapshot of history. Our visitors have asked for more interpretation of regional heritage and we respond appropriately. With an artifact collection numbering more than 42,000 items, Fort Walla Walla Museum constantly works at sharing more of the region’s past with people from across the country and around the world. New exhibits help keep the days of long ago vibrant and alive for Museum new and returning patrons.

Boy Scouts

This year, the Museum features three new exhibits. The Boy Scouts have a long and venerable presence in the Walla Walla region. Unveiled in early September, 2008, this exhibit features photographs from Charles Tompkins' 1937 trip to the Boy Scout Jamboree in Washington, D.C., the boyhood uniforms of local men Tompkins, Robert Korfhage, and Norman Adams. Also showcased is Adam's art that appeared in Boys Life magazine.

How it was without Bikinis & Jeans
How it was without Bikinis & Jeans displays children’s clothing, toys, and furniture from the 1890s through the 1940s. The exhibit includes both boys and girl’s apparel. Among the most unusual items are the boy’s dresses. In bygone days, young boys often wore dresses for their early years.

Another exhibit, Wear Your Closet, shows the many layers of clothing and accessories worn by a woman of the late 19 th century. The black outer garments formed part of the wedding trousseau of Viola Kellough. Her husband, George Kellough, owned a real estate and insurance business in Walla Walla until the 1950s.
The Wedding Ensembles exhibit

The Museum’s popular Wedding Ensembles exhibit debuted late in the 2007 season and remains available through the 2008 season. Also displayed is The Lloyd Indian Artifact Collection: Positive Interaction between Cultures in Southeast Washington. The exhibit tells the story of more than eight decades of friendship between three generations of a pioneer family and their friends among the Homeland Tribes. Many fragile items in the exhibit were replaced with previously unseen items for the 2008 season.

Endowment opportunities are availbale for exhibits, the capital campaign, and other facets of FortWalla Walla Museum. You can help by clicking DONATE NOW. For more information contact the Museum at (509)525-7703 or info@fortwallawallamuseum.org.

The Museum is located in Fort Walla Walla Park along Myra Road in Walla Walla. Regular admission is $7/adults; $6/students and seniors (62+); $3/children 6-12; and free to members and children under 6. Through a reciprocal agreement, Tamástslikt Cultural Institute’s Inwai Circle cardholders and enrolled members of The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation are also accorded free admission. For more information, contact Fort Walla Walla Museum at 509-525-7703, or email: info@fortwallawallamuseum.org.