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Silenced No More: Island Voices Near and Far
2025-04-10 17:00 - 19:00 UTC
Join the Orcas Island Historical Museums, in collaboration with the Orcas Island Library and Orcas Pride, for this LGBTQ+ story-sharing event. We will be highlighting a few historical figures in Island history, as well as encouraging attendees to submit their own stories and experiences about Orcas Island and their own sense of community and belonging.
This event is free and open to all ages and backgrounds – and there’ll be pizza!!
5pm on Thursday, April 10th, at the Orcas Island Library.

Orcas Island Historical Museum Opening
2025-03-20 11:00 - 15:00
The Orcas Island Historical Museum opens for the 2025 season on March 20th.
Spring hours are Thursday-Sunday, 11am-3pm.

The Art of Memoir: A Conversation
2025-02-21 18:00 - 21:15 | Orcas Island Library, 500 Rose Street, Eastsound, WA, 98245, United States
Join writers Edee Kulper and John Ashenhurst as they discuss their process writing memoirs of their time in the San Juan Islands. We’ll also explore the journals of Rachel Adams, a Crane and Orcas Islander who kept a daily journal for thirty years chronicling daily life.
The Library is happily partnering with the Orcas Island Historical Museums on this program. Special thanks also to the Office of the Secretary of State through the Washington State Library and the Institute of Museum and Library Services, who are making it possible to digitize Rachel Adams’ journals.
