Featured Exhibit
WITH OUR HANDS: Folk Art Treasures
Now through December
Detail from a painting of Ruston, Wash., by Orlin Coughlan.
(Washington State Historical Society)
See folk art items pulled out of the Historical
Society's collection and learn what folk art means.
See jewelry made out of hair, a picture frame crafted from matchsticks, a handmade
Norwegian fiddle inlaid with mother-of-pearl, and more.
Organized by the Washington State History Museum, in collaboration with the
Washington State Arts Commission.
Click here for hours and directions.
Watch fobs or pocket watch chains made of hair, c. 1910. (Washington State Historical Society)
Detail of an 1850 Norwegian Hardanger fiddle. (Washington State Historical Society)
Detail of a painted emu egg by Oleksandra Pryveda. (Washington State Historical Society)