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Monday, July 22, 2019
10 am – 1 pm

miniMOHAI

Drop by MOHAI on Summer Mondays for hands-on learning especially created for early learners (our 3–5 year-old friends) and their grown-ups. Enjoy a variety of interactive pop-up exhibits exploring the clothes that people wear in Seattle. Innovate, create, and play with sensory...

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Monday, July 29, 2019
10 am – 1 pm

miniMOHAI

Drop by MOHAI on Summer Mondays for hands-on learning especially created for early learners (our 3–5 year-old friends) and their grown-ups. Enjoy a variety of interactive pop-up exhibits exploring the clothes that people wear in Seattle. Innovate, create, and play with sensory...

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Monday, August 5, 2019
10 am – 1 pm

miniMOHAI

Drop by MOHAI on Summer Mondays for hands-on learning especially created for early learners (our 3–5 year-old friends) and their grown-ups. Enjoy a variety of interactive pop-up exhibits exploring the clothes that people wear in Seattle. Innovate, create, and play with sensory...

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Monday, August 12, 2019
10 am – 1 pm

miniMOHAI

Drop by MOHAI on Summer Mondays for hands-on learning especially created for early learners (our 3–5 year-old friends) and their grown-ups. Enjoy a variety of interactive pop-up exhibits exploring the clothes that people wear in Seattle. Innovate, create, and play with sensory...

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Monday, August 19, 2019
10 am – 1 pm

miniMOHAI

Drop by MOHAI on Summer Mondays for hands-on learning especially created for early learners (our 3–5 year-old friends) and their grown-ups. Enjoy a variety of interactive pop-up exhibits exploring the clothes that people wear in Seattle. Innovate, create, and play with sensory...

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Monday, August 26, 2019
10 am – 1 pm

miniMOHAI

Drop by MOHAI on Summer Mondays for hands-on learning especially created for early learners (our 3–5 year-old friends) and their grown-ups. Enjoy a variety of interactive pop-up exhibits exploring the clothes that people wear in Seattle. Innovate, create, and play with sensory...

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Thursday, July 18, 2019
7 – 9 pm

Working Waterfronts: A History Cruise on the SS VIRGINIA V

MOHAI and the SS VIRGINIA V are proud to offer a special evening cruise through Lake Union’s shipbuilding history. Enjoy lively commentary from nautical narrator Joshua Heath while passing by icons of Seattle’s historic and contemporary working waterfront. Examine up close the...

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Saturday, July 27, 2019
12 – 4 pm

Summer Saturday in the Park

Celebrate summer at Lake Union Park! Visit MOHAI and enjoy a day of free activities at our doorstep. Challenge your friends to fun lawn games, including giant Jenga and ring toss, listen to live jazz music from 1–4 pm, and purchase a...

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Saturday, July 27, 2019
12 – 3 pm

Maker Day: Rag Dolls

Join acclaimed local artist Marita Dingus in making rag dolls out of reclaimed fabric, wire, beads, and other creative odds and ends. Visit the Seattle Style: Fashion/Function exhibit for inspiration to design your own Seattle style look for your doll! MOHAI Maker...

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Thursday, August 1, 2019
10 am – 8 pm

Free First Thursday: Shift Happens—The Science of Seattle’s Earthquakes

Learn about the history and science of Seattle’s earthquakes, what the City is doing to reduce damages, and how you can make your home and family safer! Register your own earthquake on a real seismometer and speak with regional earthquake experts from...

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Thursday, August 1, 2019
6 – 7 pm

Early Warnings from Ancient Stories: The Legacy of Native Myths and Stories in Earthquake Preparedness

Earthquakes feature prominently in Native Oral Traditions up and down the Pacific Coast. Storytelling passes on important knowledge, ideas, beliefs, and lessons from one generation to the next. Join Calvin Bray, Emergency Management Coordinator for the Chehalis Tribe, to learn how indigenous...

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Saturday, August 10, 2019
10 am – 12 pm

Shopping in Style: A Walking Tour of Seattle’s Historic Department Stores

The golden era of department stores gave rise to Seattle’s still vibrant downtown shopping district. Join Seattle Style: Fashion/Function exhibit curator Clara Berg for a walk through local department store history, from 1890 to the present day. Learn about The Bon Marché...

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Tuesday, August 27, 2019
6 – 8 pm

Shopping in Style: A Walking Tour of Seattle’s Historic Department Stores

The golden era of department stores gave rise to Seattle’s still vibrant downtown shopping district. Join Seattle Style: Fashion/Function exhibit curator Clara Berg for a walk through local department store history, from 1890 to the present day. Learn about The Bon Marché...

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Sunday, August 11, 2019
2 – 4 pm

Working Waterfronts: A History Cruise on the SS VIRGINIA V

MOHAI and the SS VIRGINIA V are proud to offer a special afternoon cruise through Lake Union’s shipbuilding history. Enjoy lively commentary from nautical narrator Joshua Heath while passing by icons of Seattle’s historic and contemporary working waterfront. Examine up close the...

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Tuesday, August 13, 2019
7 – 9 pm

Eighth Generation: How a Seattle Company is Defining the Native American Dream

Learn how local artist Louie Gong (Nooksack) parlayed interest in his hand-drawn shoes to create Eighth Generation, the fastest growing Native-owned business in the country. Today, Eighth Generation is disrupting legacy industries built on appropriated cultural art while creating opportunities for indigenous...

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Wednesday, August 21, 2019
6:30 – 8 pm

History Café: Preserving the Showbox and Seattle’s Music Scene

With over 80 years of hosting top talent, the Showbox has claimed its place as a musical and cultural institution in Seattle. Performers ranging from Duke Ellington to the Ramones to Pearl Jam have graced the venue’s stage. Come hear about this...

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Saturday, August 24, 2019
12 – 3 pm

Maker Day: Weaving

Explore different types of weaving with the Seattle Weaver’s Guild! Use different fibers and techniques to create a small weaving to take home with you. MOHAI Maker Days explore what it takes to be an innovator. Join us on the last Saturday of...

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Thursday, September 5, 2019
10 am – 8 pm

Free First Thursday: Celebrating the YWCA Women Who Dared

Join us to celebrate Washington women of the past and present! Our history and identity as a state have been shaped by powerful women who dared to speak up, dream big, and help make our communities more just and equitable for all....

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Tuesday, September 10, 2019
7 – 8:30 pm

MOHAI Fashion Lecture: Secrets of Seattle Style

Hear about the process of creating MOHAI’s landmark exhibit, Seattle Style: Fashion/Function, and dive deeper into the exciting stories and themes the exhibit reveals. Learn from exhibit curator, Clara Berg, about her favorite discoveries during the planning process and explore compelling historical...

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Sunday, September 15, 2019
1 – 4 pm

Sunday Hat Parade with the Black Heritage Society of Washington State

Celebrate the tradition of hats in Seattle’s black community with the Black Heritage Society of Washington State (BHS) and MOHAI. Stroll through the museum in your finest hat, take your picture at a photo booth, and enjoy a special one-day-only display of...

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Wednesday, September 18, 2019
6:30 – 8:30 pm

History Café: Black Women’s Legacy in Washington’s Workforce

Throughout our nation’s history, Black women have faced significant disparities in wages and employment outcomes despite consistently having the highest levels of participation among all women in the workforce. Join YWCA for a panel discussion about the experiences of underrepresented women of...

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Saturday, September 21, 2019
1 pm

Living Voices: Journey From the Dust

Share the story of America’s families confronted by the stock market crash of 1929 and the Dust Bowl. Struggling to keep his family together, one young man experiences the loss of his home, the separation of his family, and economic prejudice. Travel...

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Wednesday, September 25, 2019
6:30 – 9 pm

BIG MOOD: A Night of Fat Fashion

Open your world to the vast diversity of shapes, sizes, and styles that exist and thrive around you! This night of immersive experiences, curated by Adria Garcia and Kim Selling of Indian Summer and More Fats More Femmes, features a fashion show,...

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Ongoing Programs

Summer Camps

Spend summers with MOHAI and go adventuring!

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Innovation Exchange

From products and services, to music and aeronautics, to medicine and social well-being, the ideas cultivated here have a global impact.

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Leonard Garfield Legacy Endowment

Leonard Garfield, the Museum of History & Industry’s beloved Executive Director, is celebrating twenty years at MOHAI in April 2019. To honor his contributions to MOHAI and our community, the MOHAI Board of Trustees has established the Leonard Garfield Legacy Endowment. This...

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History Café

Join a monthly conversation uncovering unique Seattle stories relevant to a changing community.

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Maker Days

Tinker, experiment, and create alongside some of Seattle’s most innovative makers.

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MOHAI Youth Advisors

MOHAI Youth Advisors (MYA) is a place for high school students to investigate, explore, and be empowered to create a more teen-friendly museum.

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Denny Lecture

Learn about some of the most influential topics in Seattle and Puget Sound history.

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miniMOHAI

Drop by MOHAI on Summer Mondays for hands-on learning experiences designed to be shared by early learners and their grown-ups.

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Exploration and Innovation Packs

Kids ages 3–10 use Exploration and Innovation Packs to go on a journey through MOHAI and investigate history in fun new ways.

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Fashion History

What defines Seattle’s style? Unveil local trends and fashion during lectures and viewings.

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MOHAI Community Conversations

Discuss topics with peers about the greatest issues facing Seattle, King County, Puget Sound, and Washington State.

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History Makers Gala

Help make history and support Puget Sound’s communities. Each fall, the History Makers Gala celebrates MOHAI’s accomplishments of that year and toasts the Educator of the Year, while raising support for upcoming education and programming activities.

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Seattle 10

Seattle and Puget Sound companies are pushing the boundaries of innovation and inspiring the future.

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BookMarked Seattle: Finding Your Place in Seattle’s Story

What’s YOUR Seattle story? Seattle holds a different story for every one of us. To explore the complicated and multifaceted history of this city, the MOHAI Youth Advisors have launched a book club.

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