THE MUSEUM'S PROGRAMMING IS CURRENTLY SUSPENDED
Following the Thurston County Board of Health’s declaration of the COVID-19 outbreak as a local emergency, the City of Lacey’s Parks and Recreation Department made the decision to close several facilities, including the Lacey Museum.
You can continue to enjoy local history by watching videos from our past speakers series presentations on YouTube!
SPRING 2020
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History Talks! POSTPONED - DATE TBA
Washington Suffragists--Ahead of Their Time
Tuesday, March 24, 2020, 5:30 p.m. Lacey City Hall, Council Chambers
Although 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the federal 19th amendment giving women the right to vote, Washington women won the vote a decade earlier in 1910. Well-known local historian Shanna Stevenson will present the history of suffrage in Washington State. Her presentation will include the fascinating tale of local women who played a major role in the movement as well as the pioneering women who were political leaders of Thurston County.
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History Talks! Destination: Lacey - POSTPONED DATE TBA
Wednesday, April 22, 2020, 5:30 p.m. Lacey City Hall, Council Chambers
Museum Curator, Erin Quinn Valcho, will take the audience on a photographic journey through Lacey's resort era, when clubs were exclusive, roads were treacherous, and summers at Lacey lakes were an adventurous excursion. Although the heyday of Lacey's resort era was during the roaring 20s, the history spans six decades from the 1910s through the 1960s. Find out what brought people, how the resorts came to be, and what happened to them. At the end, you'll be invited to share your stories of Lacey's lakes.
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History Talks! In Search of the Treaty Tree
Wednesday, May 13, 2020, 5:30 p.m. Lacey City Hall, Council Chambers
In 1854, the Medicine Creek Treaty between regional Native American tribes and Washington’s territorial government, led by Isaac Ingalls Stevens, kicked off a years-long conflict that forever changed the story of the Pacific Northwest. Sixty-eight years later, the Sacagawea Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution dedicated a marker commemorating the momentous treaty, at the foot of a single remaining Douglas Fir that became forever known as “Treaty Tree.” Today, that tree is gone, but the clues left behind may be able to point us to the exact spot where it once stood amongst a grove of fir trees that bore witness to a pivotal moment in the history of Washington state. Join historian Erich Ebel for a look at what led to the Indian Wars, what has been learned since and why history must never be forgotten.
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