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"The City of Lake Forest Park's 60th Anniversary: Historical Reflections" Saturday on zoom - get link before noon Friday

Thursday, February 18, 2021

Lake Forest Park 1916
Shoreline Historical Museum


LFP Program February 20, 2021 at 1:00pm

The Lake Forest Park Friends of the Library and the King County Library System
Sponsor a "Zoom" Presentation Commemorating
the 60th Anniversary of Lake Forest Park!

"The City of Lake Forest Park's 60th Anniversary: Historical Reflections," a presentation by Shoreline Historical Museum Director Vicki Stiles, will reveal interesting stories and wonderful photos that show just how Lake Forest Park became a treasure on the shores of Lake Washington.

Program starts at 1:00pm on Saturday February 20, 2021. 

Please register before noon on Friday February 19th

Register Here!

The Shoreline Historical Museum is supported by The City of Shoreline and 4Culture. Museum Members and Friends! We are currently open, with COVID 19 safety precautions in place.


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Kruckeberg Garden in October: "The Healing Power of Plants: a Deeper Look at Indigenous Medicine"

Saturday, October 10, 2020

Indigenous People's Day celebrated Fridays-Sundays in October from 10:00am - 5:00pm 

Kruckeberg Botanic Garden is excited to celebrate Indigenous People's Day with Shoreline Historic Museum! 

Through the month of October, they will be featuring "The Healing Power of Plants: a Deeper Look at Indigenous Medicine," a self-guided exhibit created by Rosabel Gomez and students of Seattle's Franklin High School.

Kruckeberg Botanic Garden is located at 20312 15th Ave NW, in Shoreline 98177.



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City with a Past, City with a Future - The 25th Anniversary of the City of Shoreline

Wednesday, September 2, 2020

Image courtesy Shoreline Historical Museum. 1995, From left: Shoreline City Council Members Ron Hansen, Bob Ransom, Mayor Connie King, Larry Bingham, Linda Montgomery, Scott Jepsen and Cheryl Lee approve the first “City of Shoreline” sign at 145th and Greenwood.


City with a Past, City with a Future-The 25th Anniversary of the City of Shoreline

Saturday, September 12, 2-3:30pm

Shoreline Historical Museum Executive Director Vicki Stiles presents a history of the City of Shoreline, how it got its start and how its history informs its future.

Sponsored by the Friends of the Shoreline Library.

Registration required by September 11, 12pm. Register HERE.

A Zoom link will be emailed to you the day before the program.




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Burke Museum: How to ID plants of Washington

Friday, May 29, 2020


Washington state has a lot of different plant species (somewhere between 3,500 and 4,000), so identifying a plant in the field can be tough. 

Herbarium Collections Manager David Giblin walks us through how to use the 

Share a photo of your latest flower, fungi, or fern find with #burkefromhome!




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Almost Antiques Guild program cancelled

Saturday, March 7, 2020

Almost Antiques program cancelled
The Shoreline Historical Museum’s Almost Antiques Guild program previously scheduled at the Richmond Beach Library for Thursday March 12, 2020 at 2:00pm has been cancelled.

We’re very sorry for the inconvenience; we know people were looking forward to it. We will certainly reschedule it for a future date. 

Visit the museum website for information updates.





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Friends of the Shoreline Library and the Shoreline Historical Museum present A House on Stilts

Friday, January 24, 2020



Saturday January 25, 2020 at 2:00pm 

Author Paula Becker will present her powerful memoir, A House on Stilts: Mothering in the Age of Opioid Addiction (University of Iowa Press, 2019) 
Co-Sponsored by the Friends of the Shoreline Library and the Shoreline Historical Museum

A House on Stilts tells the story of one woman's struggle to reclaim wholeness while mothering a son addicted to opioids. 

Paula Becker's son Hunter was raised in a safe nurturing home by his writer/historian mom and his physician father. He was a bright curious child. And yet, addiction found him. 

More than 2.5 million Americans are addicted to opioids, some half-million of these to heroin. For many of them -- for Hunter -- their drug addiction leads to lives of demoralization, homelessness, and constant peril. 

For parents -- for Paula -- a child's addiction upends family life, catapulting them onto a path no longer prescribed by Dr. Spock, but by Dante's Inferno. This intensely personal account of trauma and survival offers a timely exploration of a family forced to grapple with America's opioid crisis.
The opioid crisis is now a part of our local and national history, and we will be dealing with the memories and repercussions of it for a long time.

Thanks to Elliot Bay Books, copies will be available for purchase at the presentation, and the author will be available to sign them.



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A House on Stilts: Mothering in the Age of Opioid Addiction

Friday, January 17, 2020

Paula Becker
Photo by David Rhyder

The Shoreline Historical Museum and the Friends of the Shoreline Library are co-sponsoring a presentation by groundbreaking author Paula Becker.

Becker has written and co-written numerous books, including “Looking for Betty MacDonald,” and “The Future Remembered: the 1962 World’s Fair and its Legacy”, with Alan Stein for HistoryLink, among others.

On Saturday, January 25, 2020 at 2:00pm at the Shoreline Library, Paula Becker will present her powerful memoir, “A House on Stilts: Mothering in the Age of Opioid Addiction.” (University of Iowa Press, 2019).

A House on Stilts tells the story of one woman's struggle to reclaim wholeness while mothering a son addicted to opioids. 

Paula Becker's son Hunter was raised in a safe nurturing home by his writer/historian mom and his physician father. He was a bright, curious child. And yet, addiction found him. 

More than 2.5 million Americans are addicted to opioids, some half-million of these to heroin. For many of them -- for Hunter -- their drug addiction leads to lives of demoralization, homelessness, and constant peril. For parents -- for Paula -- a child's addiction upends family life, catapulting them onto a path no longer prescribed by Dr. Spock, but by Dante's Inferno.

This intensely personal account of trauma and survival offers a timely exploration of a family forced to grapple with America's opioid crisis.

The opioid crisis is now a part of our local and national history, and we will be dealing with the memories and repercussions of it for a long time.

Thanks to Elliot Bay Books, copies will be available for purchase at the presentation, and the author will be available to sign them.

The Shoreline Library is located at 345 NE 175th St. in Shoreline. For more information, contact the Shoreline Historical Museum, 206-542-7111, or email



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Shoreline Historical Museum Trillium award winners revealed

Sunday, November 10, 2019

“Trillium Award Winners 2019”
From left: Dave Barber and Jan Brucker, North Seattle Trillium Heritage Award winners;
Lauri Lambert, Lake Forest Park Trillium Heritage Award winner.


As part of its Preservation Recognition Program, on Saturday, November 9, 2019 the Shoreline Historical Museum gave its 14th Annual Trillium Heritage Awards to deserving nominees in North Seattle and Lake Forest Park. 

The award for North Seattle went to the Henry and Lucinda Denny home, built around 1900 at 8850 Wallingford Ave N in the Licton Springs neighborhood.

North Seattle Trillium Award winner
Denny/Brucker-Barber home, ca 1936,
Photo courtesy of the Washington State Archives


The award recipients are Jan Brucker and Dave Barber, who have restored the seven-bedroom house and landscape to its former glory. The home was also occupied for over 20 years by Logan and Dorothy Harter and their large family.

“Lovely” Logan Harter, as he was known, was a famous race car driver at the Aurora Speedway next to Playland, and all around the Pacific Northwest. Though the house was never moved, its address was, at some point, changed by a whole block!

Lake Forest Park Trillium Award winner
Tryon-Proctor/ Lambert home, ca 1951, courtesy of the Washington State Archives


Accepting the award for a historic building in Lake Forest Park was Lauri Lambert, owner of the Tryon-Proctor home at 3372 NE 180th.

The home was built in 1913, one of the famous “First Eight” homes to be built in Lake Forest Park.  Sisters Mary Tryon and Louise Proctor came to Seattle around 1910, and were convinced by Ole Hanson and his nephew Alexander Reid to build a beautiful home in exchange for a piece of property at a prominent corner. The craftsman bungalow may have been designed by W.C. Jackson, who was also the architect for Reid’s home. 

The Shoreline Historical Museum’s Trillium Heritage Awards raise awareness of the community’s roots, and encourages excellence in the maintenance and perpetuation of historic buildings in accordance with their original style. We are so pleased to honor these recipients, who have worked hard to keep the character of their homes intact.

The Shoreline Historical Museum is located at the corner of N 185th and Linden Ave N in Shoreline.



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Coffee at the Museum with Hillwood Community Network

Monday, October 28, 2019

Drop in and have coffee with some of your neighbors from Hillwood on Saturday, November 2, 2019 from 10 to 11:30am at the Shoreline Historical Museum, 18501 Linden Ave N.

We will be serving pumpkin pie and other treats along with Starbucks coffee. This is Hillwood Community Network's fall coffee meet up to greet our friends from the neighborhood. We are looking forward to a great holiday season and want to get things started.

Vicki Stiles, museum director, will be on hand to give tours of the museum and answer questions about the neighborhood. She is a wonderful story teller and always spins a good tale.

There is parking in the rear of the building, off N 185th Street. We are looking forward to seeing you.



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The Shoreline Historical Museum unveils On-Line Photo Project

Saturday, September 21, 2019

1918. Capt. Smith's family in their motorboat on Lake Washington.
His daughter Dorothy, Horatio "Tink", wife Amy and Capt. Henry S. Smith.
Shoreline Historical Museum photo 854


The Shoreline Historical Museum On-Line Photo Project has just been unveiled. Nearly 2000 photos from the Museum photo collections are now available in an easy-to-use, searchable format for researchers and anyone who wants to study or just browse.

The big reveal represents over 18 months of intense work by numerous volunteers, project manager Ken Winnick, and database program developer Barry Hansen.

The database program is available as open-source code on “GitHub,” according to Hansen, so that other museums may benefit from this project.

The project was initially funded by a grant from the Pendleton and Elisabeth Carey Miller Foundation and continued through the support of Museum members and sustained support from the City of Shoreline and 4Culture.

Go to the museum webpage and click on “photo gallery,” then just let your fingers do the walking!

You can click on “browse images,” for general viewing, or “photo finder” if there are specific things you’d like to see. Proper names can be typed into the text search, or putting in keywords will narrow down what you’re looking for: try “dogs” and “hats” for starters. This will get you a group of amazing photos!

Search for dates, places, people, geographic features and much more. We hope you thoroughly enjoy using the Museum’s Photo Gallery for your next research project.



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Museum Day Saturday - free tickets for most museums

Free tickets to MoPOP for Saturday


By Diane Hettrick

Smithsonian.com is promoting Museum Day by listing all the museums in the United States that offer two tickets for free admission today, September 21, 2019.

Here is the webpage - but don't click whatever is at the top of the page - it's an ad

It's a lot of fun to check for local museums - I never quite thought about how many we have. The list is a great addition to Fun Things to Do and Day Excursion lists.

There are two ways to use the site - either do a ZIP code search or allow the site to know your location.

It lists all the museums with a link for tickets. It also shows hours of operation - and it even lists all the free museums. 

Warning - the site has so many pop-up ads that all you have to do is breath on it and you'll get a new screen trying to sell you something. Just back out or close the ad window.

Here are the ones that are close by:
  • Connections Museum, Seattle (no, I never heard of it either).
  • Edmonds Historical Museum, Edmonds
  • Frye Art Museum, Seattle
  • Museum of History and Industry, Seattle
  • Museum of Pop Culture, Seattle
  • National Nordic Museum, Seattle (Ballard, of course)
  • Seattle Art Museum, Seattle
  • The Museum of Flight, Seattle
  • Wing Luke Museum, Seattle

Of course, no ticket is required to visit the Shoreline Historical Museum at N 185th and Linden in Shoreline.

I didn't go south of Seattle, north of Snohomish county, or east of the lake. I didn't list anything that required riding a ferry.

A lot of these museums would be a fun thing to do if you were camping somewhere. If you go to Tacoma, they have a lot of very high quality museums.



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The History of the Shoreline School District – 75th Anniversary

Friday, September 13, 2019

Discussing the exhibit of school photos
Photo by Steven H. Robinson


On May 18, 2019, the Shoreline Historical Museum held a ceremony to celebrate a new exhibit on the 75th Anniversary of the Shoreline School District.

Facing the camera are Museum Director Vicki Stiles
and Shoreline Schools Superintendent Rebecca Miner


Now on Saturday, September 14, 2019 Museum Director Vicki Stiles will present a program on the 75th Anniversary, using many of the photos in the exhibit.

The school district was much larger until
Seattle made a land grab and moved the
Seattle boundary far into unincorporated Shoreline
Photo by Steven H. Robinson


The History of the Shoreline School District – 75th Anniversary - presentation by Shoreline Historical Museum Director Vicki Stiles on Saturday September 14, 2019 - 2:00 pm at the Shoreline Library 345 NE 175th St, Shoreline 98155, large meeting room.

Using stunning historical photos and research, Shoreline Historical Museum Director Vicki Stiles will tell how the Shoreline School District got its start 75 years ago. 

The new Richmond Beach School and classroom
Photo by Steven H. Robinson


Stiles will take the audience all the way back to 1887, when the first school in the district was established, and forward to the present, as the school district meets the challenges of education today.

Jointly sponsored by the by the King County Library System, Shoreline Historical Museum and the Friends of the Shoreline Library.





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Shoreline Historical Museum building project - dinner and auction Saturday

Monday, May 27, 2019

The Collections and Research Facility
Photo by Steven H. Robinson


The Shoreline Historical Museum broke ground for the first phase of its building project in the fall of 2018. (see previous article)

Since then, they have made good progress.

Photo by Steven H. Robinson

There are now three buildings on their property at N 185th and Linden Ave N. Besides the new, two story building under construction, they have the original building which contains their exhibits.

The new building looms over the small, front building
Photo by Steven H. Robinson

There is another small building on the site, which is not open to the public.

Architect's drawing of completed museum

The architect's drawing shows the vision of the completed museum. You can help make this a reality by contributing to the building fund:

Gifts of $1000+ will receive a commemorative brick in the Museum’s new plaza. Gifts of $5000+ receive two bricks, and a permanent place of honor in the Museum. Click Our Future to see the groundbreaking. To request a capital campaign package please call 206-542-7111, or donate HERE.

This Saturday, June 1, Shoreline Rotary presents the Shoreline Historical Museum’s Home For History Dinner and Auction on Saturday June 1, 2019 at 5:30pm at the Shoreline Elks Club, 14625 15th Avenue NE. Sign up HERE and see our previous article for the list of items to be auctioned.

The museum covers Shoreline, Lake Forest Park, and north Seattle.





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Join Shoreline Rotary to raise funds for the new museum - June 1

Thursday, May 23, 2019


Join Shoreline Rotary in a fabulous fundraiser for the Shoreline Historical Museum.
Go to Home for History and sign up today!




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Full house for the Amazing History of Lake Forest Park

Monday, April 8, 2019

Vicki Stiles lectures on Lake Forest Park
Photo by Jerry Pickard


Shoreline Historical Museum Executive Director Vicki Stiles had a packed house for her presentation Saturday, April 6, 2019 on The Amazing History of Lake Forest Park.

An overflow crowd filled the small meeting room at the LFP Library and expanded out into the library itself.

Vicki started with the Native Americans living in the area before the settlers arrived and brought everyone up to modern times. She covered Lake Forest Park, Kenmore, and Bothell in her presentation.

The audience was enthralled, listening with rapt attention to her lecture.

The Shoreline Historical Museum is located at N 185th St and Linden Ave N in Shoreline.




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Reminder: Saturday presentation on Astonishing History of Lake Forest Park

Saturday, April 6, 2019

The Lake Forest Park Library is offering a special event on Saturday, April 6, 2019, 2:00pm.

“The Astonishing History of Lake Forest Park,” presented by Vicki Stiles, Executive Director of the Shoreline Historical Museum.

Co-sponsored by the King County Library System. The library is located on the lower level of Town Center, intersection Bothell and Ballinger Way, Lake Forest Park.

Resident Sally Yamasaki, who grew up in LFP, said that she believes Vicki Stiles and the Shoreline Museum “holds the key to the city’s history’s heart.” 

Come join in for a short but insightful journey with Vicki as she opens the history’s heart up to us all.

The Shoreline Historical Museum covers North Seattle, Shoreline, and Lake Forest Park. It is located at 18501 Linden Avenue North, just one block west of Aurora Avenue North, in Shoreline.



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Museum Director Vicki Stiles to speak at Shoreline Rotary Wednesday

Friday, March 8, 2019

Shoreline Historical Museum
Photo by Steven H. Robinson
Join the Shoreline Rotary on Wednesday morning, March 13, 2019 at the Shoreline Community College HUB. 

The meeting starts at 7:00am with breakfast and camaraderie; formal program starts at 7:30am.

Not every community has a regional heritage center at its heart, but Shoreline does!

Serving Northwest King County - the communities of Shoreline, Lake Forest Park and North Seattle - the Shoreline Historical Museum is a 43-year old cultural gem and Quality of Life Partner with the City of Shoreline located conveniently near the Town Center on a major thoroughfare.

Historical museums are like “libraries for history.”

Just like the library has collections, the Museum has collections, ranging from important community artifacts to thousands of photographs, documents and research materials for public use. 

Local residents and out-of-town visitors alike can peruse exhibits, photos and videos about the area’s interesting heritage, or do serious research, delving into maps and files. 

Our program this week is presented by Vicki Stiles, Executive Director of the Shoreline Historical Museum, who will give an update on the progress of the museum’s new Collections and Research Facility. 
See you Wednesday, and bring your friends to hear about the community’s great museum.



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Collecting Buffalobelia

Wednesday, January 9, 2019

ALMOST ANTIQUES GUILD

Special Guest Speaker, Art Waller:

Collecting Buffalobelia

 
January 17, 2019
2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Richmond Beach Library 

The Almost Antiques Guild gathers bi-monthly. Come and enjoy a variety of collectibles, including the one you bring to show! Everyone is welcome to participate, and the event is free.

Call: 206-542-7111

Join the Shoreline Historical Museum at the Richmond Beach Library for the first Almost Antiques meeting of the year with special guest Art Waller.




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Destinations: Nordic Museum in Ballard

Monday, December 31, 2018



Text and photos by Wayne Pridemore


A visit to Ballard's Nordic Museum is a real treat. For years it was hidden away in an old, closed school building. 



Not now, the new building is a spectacular place. It is located on at 2665 NW Market Street in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood.

The Nordic Museum shares Nordic culture with people of all ages and backgrounds. It provides educational and cultural experiences, and serves as a community gathering place.

 

The museum features Nordic Journeys, an interactive, immersive core exhibition. On the first floor there is a dedicated flexible gallery space for visiting exhibitions.

Admission; Adults $15, Seniors $12, Students $10, and children 0-4 free. Limited parking $2.

Museum Hours - Phone number 206-789-5707
Monday: Closed
Tuesday: 10am–5pm
Wednesday: 10am–5pm
Thursday: 10am–8pm
Friday: 10am–5pm
Saturday: 10am–5pm
Sunday: 10am–5pm

The Museum is closed to the public on Mondays, Easter, 4th of July, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve Day, Christmas Day, and New Year’s Day.



Admission is free on the First Thursday of the month:


We are proud members of Seattle's First Thursdays program! Museum admission is free on the first Thursday of every month. This includes free entry to our core exhibits. There is an additional $5 admission fee to see The Vikings Begin which is not included in the First Thursday program: a separate ticket must be purchased to attend this exhibit.


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Museum begins construction on new building

Saturday, December 22, 2018

Have you wondered what's happening at Linden and 185th on the Shoreline Historical Museum property? Construction has begun!

Sketch-up of Completed Building All Phases

The Shoreline Historical Museum ~ Heritage Center @ Shoreline has embarked on a project to construct a new collections facility and research center, to be followed by a campaign to complete new public spaces for exhibits, programs and meetings!

The construction will be done in phases. After Phase I is completed with the new colletions facility and research center, the Museum will begin to work on Phase II, of new exhibit, meeting and classroom spaces.

According to SHM board member Anina Coder Sill, fundraising has already begun for the second phase.

Be a part of the Next 100 Years – Click Here to help make history! Your donations are greatly appreciated. 

Ground breaking for new collections

Left to right: Former LFP Mayor Mary Jane Goss, 4Culture Heritage coordinator Eric Taylor, WA State Heritage Capital Projects Director Janet Rogerson, Museum Board President Kevin sill, and architect Les Tonkin get ready to break ground on the new collections facility.

The Shoreline Historical Museum is located at 18501 Linden Ave N, Shoreline 98133.



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