Help us protect the gold under the rainbow! This year, our spring goal for the museum is to install two beautiful new doors that will be more inviting, secure, and weather tight. We want folks to know that, YES! We do have exhibits inside! We’ve heard all of you who have mentioned that our current
Update: Please join us on September 19th at 3 p.m. at the outdoor pavilion at LCCA for a special event with authors David B. Williams and Iris Graville. Iris will interview David about his new book, Homewaters: A Human and Natural History of Puget Sound. Expect an engaging conversation between two beloved Northwest writers, as they discuss
Hey folks. Due to the recent increase in cases of the Delta variant of COVID, the board has elected to cancel our Community Picnic on September 12th. Thanks for your understanding, and here’s hoping that next summer we will be able to gather again more freely.
We are pleased as punch that the wildly talented and delightful Linda Ann Vorobik is teaching a Botanical Walk & Sketch class for the museum on Sunday, August 22. Deepen your experience of the visually stunning Fisherman Bay Spit Preserve with a master botanist, illustrator, and instructor. We’ll soak in some of Linda’s vast knowledge
Update: Please join us on September 19th at 3 p.m. at the outdoor pavilion at LCCA for a special event with authors David B. Williams and Iris Graville. Iris will interview David about his new book, Homewaters: A Human and Natural History of Puget Sound. Expect an engaging conversation between two beloved Northwest writers, as they discuss
It’s spring, and that means it’s time for GiveLopez again! GiveLopez is a collaborative spring fundraiser benefiting seven Lopez nonprofits. If that’s all you need to know, hop on over to www.givelopez.org to contribute. If you want to know more about what we’ve got planned for this year, read on… We know that everyone has
The Port Stanley Schoolhouse is an island gem. Saved and restored by the generosity and hard work of many in this community, we now count on your goodwill and love of Lopez history to help us maintain it. At times like these, the importance of preserving our history and coming together as a community are
Lopez Island Historical Society presents Lopez Legends, Myths & Yarns 7 – Tales from Richardson
Featuring Mary Anne Lundy Nowicki,
Mary Jennison, Connie Chandler, and Becky Smith
Emceed by Larry Cochran
Saturday, November 23rd • 7 pm
at Woodmen Hall
Bring a tale to share! • $5 Suggested donation
The Port Stanley School was in session from 1917 until Lopez Island schools consolidated in 1941. It was then used as a meeting place, hardware store, and hay storage building until it was donated to the Lopez Island Historical Society by Chris & Helena Jones. Restoration was completed in 2003, with outbuilding and parking lot
Eliza Wilson’s birthday picnic, ca. 1912, at Sam Wilson’s place shortly after they arrived on Lopez The Lopez Island Historical Society board and staff would like to cordially invite you to join us for a Community Picnic on Sunday, August 11th from noon to 3 p.m. All are welcome, so bring friends, family, visitors, whomever! This
Giant Creative Commerce, Nancy Nordhoff, Pamela McCabe, Randall & Karen Wilburn, Yvonne Israel-O’Hare & Dave O’Hare, Rob Hummel, Islanders Insurance, Spencer’s Landing, Windermere Real Estate Lopez / Annie Albritton, Charles Givens, Karen & Gary Alexander, Duane & Audrey Bordvick, Eric Meng & Anne Cady, Doug Johnson & Brigitte Fortin, George LeBoutillier, Lauren & Jamie Stephens, Spud & Karen Grimes, Dianne Pressenda, Mary Fagerholm Reece, Karen Rousseau, Jodi Green & Mike Halperin, Scott & Suzi Jennings, Paul Henriksen & Christa Campbell, Tom Ruggles & Gayle Isbell, Terry Larson & Nora McCloy, John & Carol Whetten
