Museums 101: The Lake Chelan Historical Society Museum (photo diary)

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Monday, Feb. 21, 2022 Monday, Feb. 21, 2022 at 7:49:58am PST

The building for the Miners and Merchants Bank in Chelan, Washington, was built in 1907. The building featured arched windows and a corner entrance. The bank was later acquired by the Seattle First National Bank and in 1953 the size of the bank building was doubled. In 1970, the building was donated to the Lake Chelan Historical Society and the Society’s Museum opened in 1972. The Museum has two bank vaults which are used for museum archives.

P1240582 — The Museum building is shown above. The corner entrance, originally located where the wagon wheels are now, is no longer in use and the arched windows are gone.

The Museum displays are on two floors (the main floor and the basement), and many displays are in the style of Cabinets of Curiosities—simply displays of historic artifacts. In the basement, a series of dioramas show some of the local history.