New at MOHAI
Summer History Tours Return!
MOHAI’s popular summer tours are back with a combination of old favorites and exciting new discoveries. From boats and buses, to beers and bays, you’re sure to find a tour that fits your interests! Sign up now to save your spot. For a complete listing of all topics, dates, and ticket prices, click here.
MOHAI wins AKCHO Award
On April 27th, MOHAI’s public program, Discovering AYP, received The Single Impact Event Award, presented by the Association of King County Historical Organizations to an organization for an outstanding one time or single series educational program, performance, lecture series, fund raising event, workshop or similar single impact event. MOHAI historian Dr. Lorraine McConaghy and Public Programs Manager Helen Divjak spearheaded Discovering AYP and worked in partnership with the Seattle Public Library, the King County Library System and the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs. The program culminated in the Discovering A-Y-P Conference hosted by MOHAI on October 3, 2009. To learn more about the AYP exhibit, click here.
Take "A MOHAI Minute"
Check out MOHAI’s witty new video series on YouTube – putting the hysterical in historical! Explore a bit of local history with Helen Divjak and Peder Nelson. Go to: http://www.youtube.com/mohaiprograms.
MOHAI Quiz Nights
For the summer months, MOHAI Quiz Nights are taking a hiatus. Please check back here in the fall for a new schedule.
Seattle in the ‘30s
Beginning November 20, you can get a glimpse of downtown Seattle in the 1930s - constructed with over 140,000 brick Legos! Created by Art V., this remarkable depiction of Seattle ca. 1930 debuted at the BrickCon Lego Convention in Seattle. Art researched the project thoroughly, with particular assistance from the Seattle Room at the Seattle Public Library. He chose the 1930s for the architectural diversity and the fact that older buildings work well with Legos. Beginning November 20, you can find the Lego cityscape on the ramp at the back of MOHAI where other iconic artifacts are located.
New Book by MOHAI Historian
Dr. Lorraine McConaghy has recently published, Warship under Sail, The USS Decatur in the Pacific West, with the University of Washington Press. Based on original research on the Decatur and its officers and crew, the book is a vigorous, keenly rendered case study that illuminates the forces shaping America's antebellum navy and foreign policy in the Pacific. More information.
Calendar Highlights
Thu. September 2nd
10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Walking Tour: SR 520 - A Crossing at the Crossroads
Sat. September 4th
10:00 a.m. – Noon
Will Your Vote Count? A Look at 100 Years of Suffrage and How Voting is Changing Today
Panel Discussion
Thu. September 9th
7:30 to 9:00 p.m.