First Friday: Museum & Dinner
Visit the Olympia AHA Museum between 4-7pm and engage with one of our exhibits, and you’ll get a coupon to a local restaurant!
Visit the Olympia AHA Museum between 4-7pm and engage with one of our exhibits, and you’ll get a coupon to a local restaurant!
Join the Olympia AHA Museum and Washington State Archives staff for a hands-on preservation workshop. This is a ticketed event. Space is limited.
Join the Olympia AHA Museum and other local organizations offering extended hours on the first Friday of each month. The Olympia AHA Museum will be open until 7pm.
Inspired by the luminary sculptures in our windows? Learn how to make your own! Procession of the Species artists are hosting a luminary globe workshop at the Olympia AHA Museum and Visitor Center. Learn more about Olympia's beloved Procession of the Species and Luminary Procession and become part of the action through this creative opportunity.
Participants will set up and decorate their own luminary globe sculptures—and take them home as keepsakes!
This is an opportunity to view artist Fern Tallos at work while they paint a mural in the museum. This mural will be the backdrop for a new exhibit all about Olympia’s history. Learn about mural painting by watching it in progress, and get a sneak preview of our upcoming exhibit.
On the darkest night of the year, we are celebrating the “Light in the Dark” recent exhibit opening with Illuminate Oly’s light artists. The museum will be open late to celebrate light in darkness.
This holiday season, we’re partnering with the Washington State Archives to help you protect the stories that matter most. Join us at the Oly AHA! Museum for a hands-on workshop dedicated to preserving family scrapbooks, photo albums, and treasured memories.
Kids Button Blanket Workshop with Ruth Whitener
Friday, December 6 • 10 AM – 12 PM
203 Columbia St NW, Olympia