Eastsound2022_2023.22.3Looking East down Main Street, Eastsound. August 2002. Unknown.
EastsoundPruneAlley_1980.80Looking South, in Eastsound. Unknown.
EastsoundPropaneTank_2023.17.103Boys painting the Propane Tank, “Welcome to Shaw, but where’s Orcas?”. 1977. Bug Berglund.
EastsoundOrchard_2023.22.63Looking West down Main Street, in Eastsound. Unknown. Pre-1910.
EastsoundLehmanns_1980.376Looking South on North Beach Road, in Eastsound. 1939. Unknown.
EastsoundAirport_2022.24.9Aerial of Eastsound airport. 1979. Unknown.
MuseumGrounds7-4-78_2010.1.46Parade celebration in Eastsound, on what will later be The Village Green. Langell home visible in background. July 4, 1978. Appeared in The Islands’ Sounder.
EastsoundPurdueHill_1980.86Panoramic of Eastsound, taken from King Hill, later Purdue’s Hill, currently Victory Hill. Unknown.
EastsoundMethodistChurhc_2021.56.26Methodist Church in Eastsound. Unknown.
EastsoundShinola_2022.26.175People watching the 4th of July Parade in Eastsound. July 4, 1978. Tim Ransom.
EastsoundDocks_1980.64Looking North into Eastsound from Madrona Point. 1909. Unknown.
EastsoundNorthBeach_2022.26.151Looking North on North Beach Road, in Eastsound. Al Magnuson and unknown. July 4, 1978. Tim Ransom.
EastsoundLibraryFair_2022.3.18.4Library Fair on Main Street, in Eastsound. Last year it was held on Main Street. Unknown.
Michelle Hassebrock
Program Administrator
Michelle grew up in Whatcom County and has lived on Orcas Island since 2020. In the spring of 2022, she joined the Museums as a weekly docent. Within a year, Michelle decided to bite the bullet and become a full-time staff member. She now works as the Program Administrator, and is currently working on revitalizing the Oral History Project and designing new exhibits.
Debbie Durand
Museum Administrator
An Orcas resident since 2017, Debbie has family ties to what feels like half of Olga and beyond. She teases she knows more of her husband’s family history than he does. Debbie is our museum admin, but also bookkeeper for many island businesses, and treasurer to several non-profits beyond the park.
Nancy Stillger
Executive Director
Nancy has lived on Orcas since 2020 coming here as an empty nester with her avid sailor husband. Nancy is New Mexico born, raised in Singapore and then has had many other stints up and down the West Coast. She has over 30 years in the non-profit industry always working in the areas of arts, culture, literature and heritage. She has a BA degree in Economics from Scripps College and a MA in Urban Planning from UCLA with an emphasis on the history of the built environment.