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
giving voice to saar’s pioneers
A 4Culture Heritage Special Projects & Site-Specific collaboration at Saar Pioneer Cemetery.
For two days on a mid-July weekend, personalities from Saar ... Continue
scholarship student reports from the front
4Culture’s hosting of the Collections Management and Practices workshop on June 23-24, provided the agency the opportunity to give a full scholarship to one participant through the American Association for State and Local History. That ... Continue
denny cabin restoration
News from 2010 4Culture Heritage Cultural Facilities recipient
With a funding award from Heritage Cultural Facilities, the Historical Society of Federal Way is restoring an 1889 two-story log cabin originally built as a real estate ... Continue
more workshop, less travel
There is still time to register for the June 23-24 Collections Management and Practices workshop presented by the American Association for State and Local History, and hosted by 4Culture at the Wing Luke Museum of ... Continue
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museums meeting in wine country
Walla Walla, now a wine taster’s mecca, is the site for the 2011 Washington Museum Association Conference, June 15-17. With the theme, “Museums as Gathering Places,” the annual meeting will be headquartered on the Whitman ... Continue
memories & stories of immigrant youth
News from 4Culture Heritage Cultural Education recipient
On Thursday April 28th, Joan Rabinowitz of Jack Straw Productions and I visited Foster High School in Tukwila for a presentation by students enrolled in the English Language ... Continue
