Dear Friends of the Orcas Museum,
We want to alert you to the fact that this Saturday September 29th is NATIONAL MUSEUM DAY. In honor of this day the Orcas Museum will be open FREE OF CHARGE to all from 11am to 4pm.
see link at: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/museumday/
Tickets for the self-guided barn tour with planned demonstrations are available at the Historical Museum, the Chamber of Commerce, and Art of the Salish Sea by Porter Station in Eastsound.
Also: this would be a golden opportunity to purchase tickets to our 2012 Historic Barns Tour taking place Saturday and Sunday October 13th and 14th, with a Barn Dance at the Westsound Community Hall on that Saturday night. The West Sound Cafe will also offered discounted dinners on Saturday night for Barns Tour ticket holders.
Tour seven historic barns on the west side of Orcas Island, with docents at each location, and a special exhibit at the Orcas Museum. This is a self-guided tour which can be done on either Saturday or Sunday, or both days.
Ticket prices are $20 and OIHM members get a special prices at $15.
Purchase your tickets early to be eligible for the weekly drawing for special prizes and additional free tickets.
Tickets are also available on any weekday in the OIHM office, the Orcas Island Chamber office on North Beach Road, and the Art of the Salish Sea store, just next door to The Nest and Porter Station in Eastsound.
We hope you will be able to make a fun day of it . . . . come enjoy and learn about the beautiful old barns of Orcas Island!
In the summer of 1946 my buddy Jerry Andrews and I nailed the wooden shingles on the roof of the new Coffer barn (now YMCA). 5,800 sq. feet. Wow! We were much younger then …..
Harry, you will always be young to those of us that have had the pleasure of your company, insight, and experience.
I was so happy to see this article about our fast disappearing barns. I immediately called the museum to get my ticket for the tour and am looking forward to the treat.