Founded in 1939 by the Columbia River Archaeological Society, the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center (WVMCC) showcases local and regional history, natural sciences and the arts. It is housed in two historic buildings in downtown Wenatchee, Washington, USA, with three floors of unique displays interpreting life in the valley of the mid-Columbia. WVMCC hosts a variety of special events and family programs throughout the year.

Highlights for visitors include 11,000-year-old Clovis point

Clovis point

Clovis points are the characteristically-fluted projectile points associated with the North American Clovis culture. They date to the Paleoindian period around 13,500 years ago. Clovis fluted points are named after the city of Clovis, New Mexico, where examples were first found in 1929.At the right...

s discovered in 1987 in East Wenatchee; petroglyphs

Petroglyph

Petroglyphs are pictogram and logogram images created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, picking, carving, and abrading. Outside North America, scholars often use terms such as "carving", "engraving", or other descriptions of the technique to refer to such images...

 recovered prior to the construction of Rock Island Dam

Rock Island Dam

Rock Island Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington. Chelan County Public Utility District's Rock Island Dam and Hydro Project was the first dam to span the Columbia, having been built from 1929 to 1933. It is located near the geographical center of...

; Native American trade history; a tree fruit exhibit featuring a 1920s-era apple packing line with its unique catapult sizing machine; a model H0 scale train layout portraying three Great Northern Railway routes across the Cascade Mountains from 1892 to the present; Main Street 1910 with a general store, farm shop, house interior, and vintage autos; a working 1919 Wurlitzer pipe organ; and the world's first nonstop trans-Pacific flight, by Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon, that landed in East Wenatchee in 1931.

Some of the special programs WVMCC presents for children and adults are Super Summer Adventures, geology bus tours, silent movies accompanied by the pipe organ, regional art shows, railroad history field trips, and the annual Environmental Film Festival.

The Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center, located at 127 South Mission Street, is open year-round Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.