More than 600 fifth-graders, about three classrooms a day, have been working with sculpture Kevin Pettelle as part of the Beauty of Bronze program to learn about the art of bronze sculptures.

One of the most interesting things to me about museum work is its constant blend of intellectual work with physical labor. There’s the conceptual work of creating new exhibits with…

When I tell people that I intern at the Wenatchee Museum, their initial response is always one of surprise. No one expects a twenty-two year old to have an interest in museum work…

Bernice Bacharach was the first woman on the Chelan County Bar Association. She was a woman who defied conventions of her day and in the late 70s she helped break the back of one of the most powerful, corrupt churches in North Central Washington – Bethesda Christian Temple.

When Arcadia Publishing approached Wenatchee Valley Museum director Brenda Abney a year or two ago to ask who in Wenatchee might be able to write a history of the town…

Thanks to grants from the Icicle Fund, Community Foundation of NCW and community donations, open space, natural lighting and easy access are some of the benefits of the new renovations now concluding at the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center.

In the weeks prior to our new baseball exhibit June 1, The Wenatchee Valley Museum is looking back at Wenatchee Chiefs baseball team history. Guest curator Gary Looney has tracked down a handful of guys who settled in Wenatchee after being associated with the Chiefs in the ’40s and ‘50s and they told us a few stories…

The economic and social upheaval in Cuba after the fall of the Soviet Union and a national peak oil crisis serves as a good model for what could happen to the rest of the world. Because Cuba is an island, its people know better than most that ALL resources are finite.

A short photo slideshow with historic photos from the Museum’s archives. It’s a broad brushstroke of Wenatchee – a true American township with a rich and diverse history.

Nearly 60 people gathered to hear Chris King, the voice of the Wenatchee AppleSox, talk about Wenatchee baseball history at the Museum today. King recounted the Wenatchee area’s more than 100-year…