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Featured Exhibits

Northwest Treaty Trail, 1854–1856

Isaac Stevens at the Council with the Blackfeet, by Gustav Sohon. (Washington State Historical Society)

Opened October 8

Washington Territorial Governor Isaac Stevens held 11 treaty councils with Northwest Indians. Native people ceded portions of their traditional homelands, from Puget Sound to the Canadian border and from northeastern Oregon to the Bitterroot Mountains of Montana. Those treaties still shape Washington society today.


Respecting the Knowledge: Ethnobotany of Western Washington

Detail of a traditional bentwood box, by Peter Simpson, Jr. (Washington State Historical Society)

Ongoing

Ethnobotany is understanding the relationship between plants and peoples. Native communities, past and present, have used plants for food, medicine, and tools. The exhibit includes beautiful photographs of native plants and descriptions of their traditional usage, handmade tools and implements, baskets and a bentwood box.


Washington Then and Now
ONGOING

Historic images juxtaposed with their modern-day counterparts.

State Capital Museum and Outreach Center
211 SW 21st Avenue
Olympia, WA 98501
(360) 753-2580
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