Upcoming Events
April 2020
CANCELED – Travelogue: The Border Project— Exploring the Mexico/US Border by Bicycle
Update: In response to the evolving COVID-19 outbreak, this public program has been canceled. Bikepacking has brought a whole new meaning to backcountry adventures as it continues to grow internationally. Bikepackers all over the globe are creating new routes, and connecting dirt, gravel, and other somewhat questionable ‘roads’ together to form long-distance adventure routes via bicycle. Jenny Schmidt spent six weeks traveling from San Diego, CA, to Corpus Christi, TX, connecting the first series of gravel/dirt roads along the Mexico/US…
Find out more »CANCELED – Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day Live!
Update: The Smithsonian is canceling this event in light of the evolving COVID-19 outbreak. We apologize for any inconvenience. In the spirit of the Smithsonian Museums, which offer free admission every day, Museum Day Live! is an annual event hosted by Smithsonian magazine in which participating museums across the country, including the Whatcom Museum, open their doors to anyone presenting a Museum Day Live! ticket—for free! Usually held in September, this year’s Museum Day Live! will be celebrated in April…
Find out more »Canceled – Old City Hall History Tour
Take a fun, informative docent-led tour of Old City Hall on Sundays at 12:30pm. Our trained guides take participants down to the basement of Old City Hall to see the historic jail rooms, including a padded cell from the days of prohibition! They share insights into the early use of the basement as the city jail, as well as tell unique stories. Tours include an overview about the architecture of the venerable building, as well as the history of the…
Find out more »Canceled – Sea Stories of a Lifetime Love Affair with Boats, Ships, and the Ocean
Join Capt. Debbie Dempsey for a talk about being a merchant mariner, as well as to share information about the Community Boating Center. Dempsey is a lifelong professional mariner whose non-traditional career has been documented in film, books, and articles. She is also the recipient of numerous awards. Dempsey recently retired as a pilot on the notorious Columbia River Bar. 11:30am Museum Advocates meeting, noon program
Find out more »Canceled – The History of the Camp Glacier Civilian Conservation Corps Project
Join local author Michael Impero for a presentation and photos about Camp Glacier F-12, a project of the Civilian Conservation Corps, established during Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s presidency in the 1930s. Camp Glacier F-12 in Whatcom County was established between Maple Falls and Glacier, just east of Boulder Creek on the Mount Baker Highway. The camp was administrated under the leadership of the U.S. Army. The presentation will cover the history of this camp, from its start in 1933 to its…
Find out more »Canceled – Old City Hall History Tour
Take a fun, informative docent-led tour of Old City Hall on Sundays at 12:30pm. Our trained guides take participants down to the basement of Old City Hall to see the historic jail rooms, including a padded cell from the days of prohibition! They share insights into the early use of the basement as the city jail, as well as tell unique stories. Tours include an overview about the architecture of the venerable building, as well as the history of the…
Find out more »Canceled – Toward a More Perfect Democracy Panel Discussion: Diversity and Demographic Change
The Whatcom Museum is partnering with the League of Women Voters and the Ralph Munro Institute of Civic Education to offer presentations on the third Thursday of each month, from March through June, focusing on the continued struggle for suffrage, voice, and equal representation by those who were left out of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote 100 years ago. This month’s presentation will look at how increasing diversity poses challenges and creates opportunities in Bellingham…
Find out more »Canceled – In Conversation with Justice Raquel Montoya-Lewis
Join special guest Washington Supreme Court Justice Raquel Montoya-Lewis for a conversation about her career, in honor of our exhibition Moving Forward, Looking Back: Washington’s First Women in Government. Justice Montoya-Lewis was appointed to the Washington State Supreme Court by Gov. Jay Inslee in December 2019 and took the oath of office on Jan. 6, 2020. She is an enrolled member of the Pueblo of Isleta and a descendant of the Pueblo of Laguna, two federally recognized tribes in New…
Find out more »Canceled – Old City Hall History Tour
Take a fun, informative docent-led tour of Old City Hall on Sundays at 12:30pm. Our trained guides take participants down to the basement of Old City Hall to see the historic jail rooms, including a padded cell from the days of prohibition! They share insights into the early use of the basement as the city jail, as well as tell unique stories. Tours include an overview about the architecture of the venerable building, as well as the history of the…
Find out more »Canceled – Film Screening and Discussion of “An Ocean Mystery: The Missing Catch”
As a Smithsonian Affiliate, the Museum is proud to partner with the Smithsonian Channel to host a screening of the Smithsonian Channel’s documentary, An Ocean Mystery: The Missing Catch, followed by a discussion. Hosted in honor of the Smithsonian Earth Optimism Summit, this film asks if the world is running out of fish. According to an unconventional and comprehensive study by marine biologist Dr. Daniel Pauly, we have drastically underestimated the true number of fish caught globally and must change…
Find out more »Canceled – Old City Hall History Tour
Take a fun, informative docent-led tour of Old City Hall on Sundays at 12:30pm. Our trained guides take participants down to the basement of Old City Hall to see the historic jail rooms, including a padded cell from the days of prohibition! They share insights into the early use of the basement as the city jail, as well as tell unique stories. Tours include an overview about the architecture of the venerable building, as well as the history of the…
Find out more »Canceled – Fourth Sundays: Audubon at the Museum
Join volunteers from the North Cascades Audubon Society in the John M. Edson Hall of Birds to learn about migration, conservation, birds in peril, and the importance of studying bird specimens today. The exhibit provides a variety of interactives, including video and audio files, and hands-on activities for children. All ages welcome.
Find out more »Canceled – The Great Goat Roundup: Translocation of Olympic National Park Mountain Goats
In 2013, the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife began formally cooperating with Olympic National Park to eliminate non-native mountain goats and to augment the remnant native populations in the Cascades, which have declined by 70% or more since the 1950s. Since the summer of 2018, this project, which involves collaboration with numerous tribes as well as students and faculty from Western Washington University, has translocated nearly 300 goats to the Cascades. Dr. David Wallin will review the years of…
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