The Washington State History Museum will close for a month in mid-January in order to install a new permanent indigenous exhibition curated by Native Americans.
Although the closure doesn’t start until Jan. 13, the museum is offering half-off admission to its special exhibitions now through Jan. 12. The museum will reopen Feb. 18 with parts of its Great Hall of Washington History open.
The new exhibit, being assembled inside the Great Hall, is called “This is Native Land,” and it’s scheduled to open in summer.
‘This is Native Land’
The exhibit will focus on Indian boarding schools, forced removal and cultural genocide. Using artifacts, documentation and objects, it portrays Washington history from the indigenous perspective with an emphasis on tribal sovereignty, according to museum spokesperson Derek Nguyen…