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Moses Lake Museum spotlights local exhibits, wish trees and potato picker belt for state 250th
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Moses Lake Museum & Art Center told the semiquincentennial committee it will 'commemorate, not celebrate' the 250th with a speaker series, an in-house exhibit 'faces of February', wish/apple trees, downtown flags and a scavenger-hunt object (a potato picker belt).
Dolly Boyd, director of the Moses Lake Museum & Art Center, told the Washington State semiquincentennial committee that the museum will embrace the 250th as an opportunity to prompt local conversation rather than stage a large celebratory pageant. "We're going to commemorate, not celebrate, and we're going to lean into that number," Boyd said.
Boyd and curator Anne Shemp described plans that include a six-part speaker series, a museum exhibit titled 'faces of February' showcasing studio portraits from the collection, interactive wish trees at civic sites and a booth at the Grant County Fair. The museum selected a potato picker belt as its entry for the statewide Washington State history scavenger hunt.
The partners pledged programming tied to local themes—agriculture and aviation—and said the Moses Lake materials will be used to prompt conversations about community history and identity. Boyd said the project gives local organizers a chance to frame the anniversary "on our own as a community." The museum encouraged committee members and the public to visit the gallery and attend events scheduled in May and June.
The presentation closed with an invitation for questions and a lighthearted note about Rusty, a life-size Columbian mammoth sculpture on display in the museum’s gallery.
