Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center

The Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center was founded in 1939 as the North Central Washington Museum. It was originally housed in the small Carnegie Building on Chelan Avenue, then moved to the old post office when the City of Wenatchee purchased the building in 1976. The former post office and U.S. Department of Agriculture office, now the museum annex, are on the National Register of Historic Places.

Exhibit highlights include 11,500-year-old Clovis points discovered in a nearby orchard; petroglyphs; Native American trade history; Main Street 1910 with a general store, farm shop, house interior and vintage automobiles; early railroading; apple industry; and the Pangborn exhibit documenting the first nonstop trans-Pacific flight made in 1931 between Japan and Wenatchee.

Programs include an annual environmental film festival, geology and wine history bus tours, silent movies accompanied by the 1919 Wurlitzer pipe organ, children’s art and enrichment programs, and regional art shows. Guided tours are available by appointment. WVMCC is open Tuesday-Saturday, 10:00-4:00. The museum is operated by the City of Wenatchee and Wenatchee Valley Museum Association.

The Museum is located at 127 South Mission Street which is on the corner of South Mission Street and Yakima Street with the entrance on South Mission Street.