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Presentation: Big Apples, Big Business
2025-09-05 16:00 - 17:30 UTC
Join the Museums the Orcas Island Public Library for this FREE presentation on Washington’s historic apple industry, given by Dr. Amanda Van Lanen.
September 5th at 4:00pm.

Crow Valley School Closes for 2025
2025-08-30
August 30th is the last day of the season for Crow Valley School Museum. The Museum will open again for walk-in tours Memorial Day Weekend 2026. Contact the Office for information on scheduling a private tour in the off-season.

Presentation: Development or Preservation?
2025-06-07 14:00 - 15:30
Development or Preservation? How the Orcas and Lummi Community joined together to Save Madrona Point.
Presentation by OIHM Board President, Peter C. Fisher, at the Orcas Center on Saturday, June 7th, 2pm. Admission is free, with any donations gifted to the Orcas Island Historical Museums.

Opening Reception: Madrona Point Insights
2025-05-23 17:30 - 19:00
Opening reception at the Orcas Center for Peter C. Fisher’s exhibit, Madrona Point Insights. Friday, May 23rd. 5:30-7:00pm.
Madrona Point is an ancestral burial ground for Lummi people, and there are three white and mixed blood cemeteries there. This exhibit celebrates the beauty of this sacred site and honors our spiritual connection to the past.

Silenced No More: Island Voices Near and Far
2025-04-10 17:00 - 19:00
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.
