Weird, Wonderful, and Worrisome Objects in Washington State's Museums, 18 October | Event in Port Townsend

Weird, Wonderful, and Worrisome Objects in Washington State's Museums

Jefferson County Historical Society

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Sat, 18 Oct, 2025 at 07:00 pm

1.5 hours

Northwest Maritime

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Sat, 18 Oct, 2025 at 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm (PDT)

Northwest Maritime

431 Water St, Port Townsend, Washington, United States

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Weird, Wonderful, and Worrisome Objects in Washington State's Museums
Weird, Wonderful, and Worrisome Objects in Washington State's Museums

Saturday, October 18th, from 7PM to 8:30PM
at the Northwest Maritime Center

The Jefferson County Historical Society is thrilled to host this Humanities Washington Speakers Bureau presentation by Harriet Baskas: "Weird, Wonderful, and Worrisome Objects in Washington State's Museums."

This program is pay-as-you wish. Donations are appreciated in order to cover overhead for this event; however, all are welcome to attend for free.

Pre-registration recommended.

ABOUT THE TALK:
Most museums display no more than 10 percent of their holdings, often citing “not enough space” as the reason. But there are also a wide range of cultural, philosophical, political, environmental, historic, and even superstitious reasons why museums keep some objects from public view.

In this talk, author and journalist Harriet Baskas explores a wide range of hidden objects found in the back rooms of museums in our state and around the country. Examples include a Spokane institution that holds Bing Crosby’s toupées and a museum in Lynden that’s home to a 150-year-old pickle.

When possible, Baskas invites local museum curators to answer questions, participate in discussions, and unbox a few hidden treasures. For this event, the JCHS research team will be on hand to discuss some weird, wonderful, and/or worrisome objects from the JCHS collections.


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Weird, Wonderful, and Worrisome Objects in Washington State's Museums, 18 October | Event in Port Townsend
Weird, Wonderful, and Worrisome Objects in Washington State's Museums
Sat, 18 Oct, 2025 at 07:00 pm