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Permanant Exhibit

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All Ages

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114 E 3rd Ave, Ellensburg, WA 98926

Ellensburg Blue Agate

Permanent Exhibits

Permanant Exhibit

Over 50 samples of Ellensburg Blue Agate are featured in the ongoing Rock and Mineral display, which is the largest collection held by a museum. These beautiful stones range in size, style, and vary from being raw to polished.

The first record of Ellensburg Blue Agates was in March 1905 when Austin Mires, Ellensburg’s first mayor, found a set of stones and sent them to jewelers in Seattle to be set into rings for his wife – and over 100 years later, the beautiful stones continue to fascinate seekers from all across the world.

More to Explore at the Museum

Medical

Permanent Exhibit

This exhibit covers the history of many of those local institutions, from general and maternal hospitals, medical offices, and dentists through veterinarians, eye care professionals, and funeral parlors.

Intoxicating Elixirs

Permanent Exhibit

Come see unique pieces of local soda bottling equipment, a wide variety of pioneer medicines, and tales of moonshining, bootlegging, and disasters that unfolded afterward.

Cedar Basket Weaving

March 29, 2025 9 AM - 12 PM & 1 PM - 4 PM

On Saturday, March 29 (9am-12pm / 1pm-4pm) & Sunday, March 30 (10am-1pm), join us for one-of-a-kind workshop to learn Cedar Basket Weaving with three traditional artists and over lunch on March 29 (12pm-1pm) to hear about the cedar weaving journey taken by Janine Bufi and Sia Aronica.