The Washington Museum Association Conference at Seattle Center, June 13-15, is shaping up to be an exciting event. From the opening reception and exhibit, Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs, at Pacific Science ... Continue
Heritage and Arts Team Up for Olympia
Once again, Washington’s arts and heritage communities are combining forces to take their message to Olympia on Arts & Heritage Day, February 1, 2012. For a second collaborative year, the Washington State Arts Alliance... Continue
innovation, inspiration & sustained futures
In early 1962, as the Space Needle’s structural steel climbed to the sky, the Northwest eagerly awaited the opening of the Century 21 Exposition, the futuristic World’s Fair that would put Seattle on the world ... Continue
remembering the future on stage
Chutzpah and doggedness typified the community movers and shakers who planned and launched the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair. Now, fifty years later, the characters who made the fair a reality are in the limelight once ... Continue
haunted history tour is dying to take you away
October is here, and that means it’s time to get out your history primer, walking shoes and best fall haunt outfit and join in the Georgetown Haunted History Tour. Presented by the Friends of Georgetown... Continue
immersed in local history at annual conference
Walking around Richmond, Virginia, during the mid-September annual meeting of the American Association for State and Local History [AASLH], I experienced the city’s multilayered past through its historic buildings, public art, and museums. Being there ... Continue
looking forward to the future remembered
The Future Remembered: The 1962 Seattle World’s Fair and Its Legacy is a new book about the history of the 1962 World’s Fair and Seattle Center. Developed in a partnership between The Next Fifty and HistoryLink.org... Continue
let’s move! museums & gardens
Let’s Move! is a comprehensive initiative, launched by First Lady Michelle Obama, dedicated to solving the problem of obesity within a generation. Through the Let’s Move! Museums & Gardens initiative, museums, zoos, public gardens, historic ... Continue
collections assessment opportunities near
The release of the 2012 Conservation Assessment Program (CAP) application is less than two weeks away! If your museum is in need of an up-to-date assessment of preventive conservation practices and procedures, then the CAP ... Continue
the future remembered as historical performance
In six short months in 1962, ten million people passed through the gates of the Century 21 World’s Fair in Seattle and the city and region would never be the same. Book-It Repertory Theatre brings ... Continue
free online conference for AKCHO members
Here’s an exciting added benefit for members of the Association of King County Historical Organizations [AKCHO] – free access to the American Association for State and Local History Online Conference. Normally, $55 for individuals, or ... Continue
funding opportunity for cultural facilities
4Culture is trying something new this year. We are combining the “big ticket” facilities requests of over $30,000 for both Arts and Heritage into one combined panel review. What does that mean for you? If ... Continue
