November 21, 2024
Bellingham Band Baby Cakes to Ring in the New Year at Old City Hall

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 21, 2024 BELLINGHAM, WA — The Whatcom Museum is excited to announce its first-ever New Year’s Eve celebration. On December 31, 2024, historic Old City Hall — one of the museum’s two exhibition buildings — will be transformed. Ticketholders can dance to live music by local band favorite Baby Cakes while enjoying light appetizers and drinks from Tito’s Handmade Vodka and Structures Brewing. The festivies are perfect both for night....more

November 14, 2024
Call for Photos: Whatcom Museum Invites Bellingham to Be Part of the Art

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 14, 2024 BELLINGHAM, WA — In the Spring, the Whatcom Museum will present Not the Whole Picture, the first major museum exhibition for Bellingham-based artists Garth Amundson and Pierre Gour. The show will be a visual compilation of 35 years of photography, painting, and mixed media installation – work that often explores the arc of their collaborative partnership. Not the Whole Picture takes its name from a new, large-scale photography installation that....more

November 12, 2024
Whatcom Museum Executive Director Announces Retirement

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 12, 2024 BELLINGHAM, WA — Whatcom Museum Executive Director Patricia Leach announced she will retire March 31, 2025. She has been at the helm of the museum for the past 17 years and has enjoyed a 42-year career at the executive director level. Ms. Leach came to the Whatcom Museum in late 2007 after serving as CEO of The Hermitage, the 1,100-acre property and home of President Andrew Jackson in Nashville, TN. Before that, she was the executive director at the....more

October 2, 2024
October Free First Friday Honors Indigenous Peoples’ Day, and Museum Announces Free Lightcatcher Admission for Indigenous Visitors

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 2, 2024 Bellingham, WA – This week’s October 4 Access for All Free First Friday at the Whatcom Museum will honor Indigenous Peoples’ Day (formally observed on Oct 14), with programming that celebrates local Indigenous artists, storytellers, and musicians. 10:15 – 10:45 am: The morning will begin with Nooksack Elder and storyteller Tammy Cooper Woodrich sharing three stories of the animals and people who have always called this land their home. 11 am....more

August 26, 2024
Low Sensory Sundays Now Monthly at the Whatcom Museum

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 26, 2024 BELLINGHAM, WA — The Whatcom Museum’s Family Interactive Gallery announces that its Low Sensory Sundays program, which debuted last fall, will now be offered every month thanks to generous support from Hoagland Pharmacy. On Low Sensory Sundays, the Family Interactive Gallery opens early to offer a dedicated time, 10 – 11:30 am, for children ages 12 and younger with sensory processing and autism spectrum needs who prefer a quieter environment to....more
Edison from Oyster Dome, 2019. Oil on canvas, 32 x 40 in.

August 20, 2024
Thomas Wood Retrospective Under the Inspiration Tree Opens at the Whatcom Museum

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 20, 2024 BELLINGHAM, WA — The Whatcom Museum is proud to present Under the Inspiration Tree, a comprehensive exhibition celebrating the 50-year career of esteemed Bellingham painter and printmaker Thomas Wood. The exhibition will showcase nearly 300 original works, including paintings, sculptures, etchings, and pastels, as well as a recreation of the artist’s studio, featuring his 1976 Hunter Penrose printing press. The exhibition will be on view in....more