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The Edmonds Historical Museum turns 50 this year, and we are thrilled to be celebrating our golden birthday with our community. Join us on Sunday, August 6th from 2:00 to 6:00pm for food, music, and a historical birthday party. We’ll be bringing out a historic fire truck, hosting games throughout history, and bringing the past …
This summer has brought many changes to the Edmonds Museum Summer Market. Due to the new COVID-19 restrictions, you will find fewer vendors participating at the market, and the booths will be spaced at least 6 ft. apart. Vendors and shoppers are now required to wear masks and we are only allowed 2 shopper “units” …
Over the past weeks we have been posting items from our photograph collection from A to Z for the #MuseumAlphabet Challenge. This fun way to share our collection was inspired by our friends at the Log House Museum and our own artifact collection A to Z. In case you missed it over on our social …
What a glorious spring day to open the Garden Market in downtown Edmonds. We would like to thank all who came out to enjoy the day last weekend and shop with our wonderful farmers and other vendors. Every vendor took the time at the end of the day to say how welcome they felt, and …
As we navigate safely through these challenging times, we at the Edmonds Historical Museum have been busy coordinating with the Snohomish Health District and the City of Edmonds to bring the community our annual Garden Market. We will be opening one week late, on May 9, located on 5th Avenue between Bell and Main Street. …
Dice games have been around since before recorded history. They are prevalent in many games we play today. In this This Just In! we take a look at the history of dice and feature the dice game called Galloping Golf. Dice are small throw-able polyhedrons that can rest in multiple positions. A traditional die is a cube with …
As the cold settles in Edmonds, so does the hope of children for a heavy snow fall this season. Not only does this mean school will be canceled, but also they get to play in it. Dreams of building snow forts, having snowball fights, and sledding down a hill dance in their heads. But this …
Swimming and going to the beach has long been a summer pastime in Edmonds. As we wrap up summer, let’s take a look back at the history of women’s swimwear with some swimsuits and photographs of people swimming from the Museum’s Collection. Swimwear has been around since the mid-1800’s when improvements in rail travel and …
Volunteers are the heart and soul of of the Edmonds Historical Museum. They have many different roles, and we are thrilled to be able to celebrate them in our regular spotlight column. If you would like to join our amazing team of volunteers, email us at Volunteer@historicedmonds.org or fill out an application online. It’s FUN, …
Recently, the Edmonds Historical Museum received a wooden toy logging truck. This wooden toy led to an exploration of the history of wooden toys. Toys are items that are used in play. They can be anything from a rock imagined to be an apple to a piece paper folded into the shape of an airplane …
A Collection of Cameras This month we received a collection of cameras from the 1980’s,1990’s and early 2000’s. So we decided to go over a brief history of cameras as we look at those from the 1990’s and early 2000’s. The First Camera The first “camera” was the camera obscura. The Latin word for “dark …
Unveiling the Unexhibited, a new blog from the Edmonds Historical Museum, will delve into the depths of EHM’s artifact collection to those objects rarely seen. Most museums showcase less than 5% of their collection at any one time. Our goal is to share items that have never been on display or those that may not …
