New Exhibits at MAC Exhibit Center
January 2010: The Hoh River traveling exhibit from the Burke Museum, and a new Featured Artist exhibit featuring the works of local artists Marlien Hennen, Gordon Day, and Victor Judd, are now on display at the MAC Exhibit Center. Please note that the Jamestown S'Klallam Longhouse exhibit remains under construction, and is expected to be completed in February.
Whatton Resource Room: Now Open!
January 2010: The reorganization of the Whatton Resource Room for Historical and Genealogical Research is complete! A big thank you goes to Bev Majors for the floor plan and organizational supervision, and to Bev, John Majors, Larry Wing, Vince, and Mike Vollenweider for the labor. The project included moving out the entire Whatton Library contents, moving the large library shelves to the south end of the room, and reorganizing the entire library collection. A new Archive Room was formed out of the under-utilized front lobby, and a door made to access the MAC Archive Room from the library. Great thanks goes to Larry Wing, who showed up on an early Monday morning with a saw that "could cut the building in half"!
This reorganization resulted in a much more spacious Whatton Library, but the purpose goes far beyond aesthetics. The positioning of the Archive will allow staff to more easily access archival material for the public. Currently the material is stored in another part of the DeWitt Building, so this is a big step in our development of our research programs services.
Help the MAC Archives Grow
If you have material that relates to families or life in the Sequim-Dungeness Valley and would like to preserve it into perpetuity, we can scan the information for the Archive. Of course, we also would be glad to accept actual documents, diaries, photographs, and more for this great resource. Call (360) 681-2257 for more information.
UPCOMING HISTORY COURSE:
Olympic Peninsula History Course Begins January 2010
Class will be moving upstairs to the auditorium due to the high attendance this year!
Facilitators: Helen Bucher, Gretha Davis & Priscilla Hudson
Register through Community Education at Peninsula College
Hosted by Sequim Museum & Arts Center through Peninsula College. Class meets on Fridays, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. at the historic Dungeness Schoolhouse on Sequim-Dungeness Way & Towne Road in Sequim; except on 2/5, which meets at the MAC Exhibit Center.
S-SF 041 MUSEUM LECTURE SERIES
Local historians lecture on a variety of topics with a focus on Sequim and the Olympic Peninsula. Information on topics and presenters is available online at www.pencol.edu/ce (click on "Museum Lecture Series")
S955 S 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. F ODS2 Vollenweider Class fee = $46.80
Class meets 1/8 to 2/26/2010.
Guest Presenter and Topics (as of 10/20/09 and subject to change):
• Jan. 8: Doug McInnes, "Early Sequim"
• Jan. 15: Jacilee Wray, "Olympic Peninsula's Nine Tribes: Their History of Trade, Religion, Warfare & Kinship"
• Jan. 22: Catherine Bennett with pioneer Bob Clark, "Barns & Farms: The & Now"
• Jan. 29: Steve Hauff, "History of Railroads in Clallam County"
• Feb. 5: Clare Hatler, "Manis Mastodon: Archeological Site" (*class meets at MAC Exhibit Center, 175 W. Cedar St.)
• Feb. 12: Robert Beebe & Alice Bebee (Lloyd's grandson & daughter-in-law), "The Life of Lloyd Beebe and how Olympic Game Farm came to be"
• Feb. 17: Terry Buchanan, "Triangle of Defense: Fort Casey, Fort Worden & Fort Flagler"
• Feb. 26: Sequim Pioneers, "Pioneer Recollections of Early School Days"
Please note: There has been some confusion in the past about registration for this class, but it is very easy. You can call and register/pay with credit card over the phone. This is not the same type of registration that a degree-seeking student does.
Congratulations Tristan!
August 14, 2009: Congratulations go out to our summer co-worker Tristan Marti for recently completing the 2009 Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP). Tristan made great strides at the MAC this summer in helping catalog the Harriet Fish Collection, transcribing historical documents, and assisting MAC staff wherever and whenever needed. Thank you, Tristan!
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Tristan Marti working on the Harriet Fish Collection.
Photo by Katherine Vollenweider.
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MAC Summer Internships
June 25, 2009: The Museum & Art Center is happy to announce that our summer internship positions have been filled by two returning students from Seattle Pacific University, Kira Hendricksen and Mickey Yeager. They will be assisting in exhibit work and also continuing the Northwest Tribal Stories puppet show for children, held on Saturdays during the Sequim Open Aire Market. Thank you all for your interest, and if you have any further questions, contact MAC Executive Director Katherine Vollenweider at (360) 681-2257 or
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Kira Hendricksen and Mickey Yeager performing the Northwest Tribal Stories puppet show for children at the MAC Exhibit Center. Photo by Katherine Vollenweider.
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