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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 …
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 …
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 …
This Just In! The Edmonds Historical Museum features recent collection acquisitions. This month we are featuring the Edmonds Arts Festival Poster Painting.
This Just In! The Edmonds Historical Museum features recent collection acquisitions. This month we are featuring the Princess Theater Movie Poster.
This Just In! The Edmonds Historical Museum features recent collection acquisitions. This month we are featuring the Telegraph and Issaquah Ferry Paintings.
This Just In! The Edmonds Historical Museum monthly blog post about recent collection acquisitions. This month we are featuring the Museum Skylight Vent.
This Just In! The Edmonds Historical Museum monthly blog post about recent collection acquisitions. This month we are featuring John Madden Football 1988.
This Just In! The Edmonds Historical Museum monthly blog post about recent collection acquisitions. This month we are featuring the Mar-Vel Marble Sign.
The citizens of Edmonds immediately organized to meet the challenges of the coming months. Those citizens who knew they would not be eligible to join one of the armed services formed a citizens group: the Home Guard Association. The petition for this group stated, “…to safeguard the lives and property of the citizens of our …
William Kingdon and Vadner Gessner were married on August 29, 1891 at Quilcene, Jefferson County, Washington. In 1893 they traveled to Edmonds where William worked with O.C. Sorensen in logging operations before moving away for a short period of time, returning to Edmonds in 1898. Ivy May Kingdon was delivered by Dr. Chase at Edmonds on …
