Making a Home The pioneer cabin tells the story of the Mattoon family, whose cabin was built in 1869 and still stands today. The interior of the exhibit includes many artifacts relating to early life in the Yakima Valley.
Time TunnelThe Time Tunnel provides a glimpse of the Yakima Valley 10,000 to 25 million years ago. This was when our present local landscape was formed in a drama of lava flows and great glacial floods.
SPECIAL EXHIBITS
 Head over Heels over Heels: One Collector's Love Affair with Shoes.Opening the evening of February 11, 2011. Over 700 pairs of fabulous high heels from the collection of David Childs, spanning the years from the late 19th century to the present. |
 Land of Joy and Sorrow: Japanese Pioneers of the Yakima ValleyOpening the evening of October 2, 2010 This exhibition traces the story of the Japanese families who settled in the Yakima Valley and made a new life in a new land. It also chronicles the forced relocation of these families to Heart Mountain, Wyoming in 1942, and their re-emergence as a community in the Yakima Valley after World War II. |
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