How is the Northwest Railway Museum handling the pandemic? This is arguably the most difficult period in the Museum’s 63 year history, and continued community support is critical to recovery. …
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The Museum’s key staff represent a very diverse group of qualifications that sup- port many mission-critical functions. From left to right, Gary James, ship- wright; Richard Anderson, executive director; Cristy Lake,…
Christmas and the railroad In their roles as museum educators, staff work hard to remain truthful and accurate in creating interpretive programming. However, they must also use today’s conventions to…
Milestones. Sometimes we celebrate them with great fanfare. Sometimes with quiet delight. For the Museum, both kinds of milestones happened one day recently. THE FANFARE Train whistles. Trumpets. Remarks…
September 17, 2011 was a momentous occasion for the 54-year-old Northwest Railway Museum. That occasion was the grand opening of the Train Shed exhibit and collection storage building, a project…
A vote a day can help keep decay away! Between now and May 12, a public vote is helping determine the outcome of Partners in Preservation Seattle Initiative. 25 historic…
A healthy and prosperous community has many dimensions, and according to A healthy community: a strategy for giving report released by the Seattle Foundation in June 2009, arts and culture…
15 things the Northwest Railway Museum is thankful for (in no particular order): 1. Sprinkler systems! (The Snoqualmie Depot was spared from major fire damage by sprinkler heads located on…
The site was cleared and graded, equipment was mobilized, the temperature was a comfortable 72 degrees, and then the sun came out making it a perfect Northwest evening. So on…
Troup 466 of the Boy Scouts of America. Quite a remarkable troop actually. In the last several years they have turned out more than a dozen Eagle Scouts. In fact…
