Museum program invites kids to explore Kittitas

Learn to make soap and butter, see the inside of a wind turbine and stargaze at the CWU planetarium. The Kittitas County Historical Museum’s annual summer program Exploring Kittitas County invites youngsters to learn about the region through a series of field trips and hands-on activities. Program registration is $2 per child and events are free, but participants should sign up for events they plan to attend.

For more information, contact the museum at 509-925-3778. Here’s a list of scheduled activities:

• July 6-11: Pebble Theatre drama workshop
• July 9: “The Great Race” Centennial Celebration & Parade
• July 9: Stargazing at the CWU Planetarium
• July 10: Friday Scavenger Hunt
• July 11: Geology hike on the Umptanum Creek Trail
• July 11: Tour the Wild Horse Wind Farm
• July 14: Tour the CWU Japanese Garden
• July 15: Ellensburg Police Department tour
• July 17: Soap making at the museum
• July 18: Visit Badger Pocket Bison Ranch
• July 20: Visit CWU green house
• July 21: Tour Cle Elum Fish Hatchery
• July 22: Learn about reptiles at CWU
• July 23: Tour the Wenas Creek Mammoth Dig (Selah)
• July 24: Tour Thorp Gristmill
• July 25: Who Wants to be a Pioneer?
• July 28: Tour the No. 4 Mine in Roslyn
• July 28: Tour South Cle Elum Deopt
• July 29: Ellensburg Police Department tour
• July 30: Tour the Wenas Creek Mammoth Dig (Selah)
• July 31: Soap making at the museum
• Aug. 1: Visit Olmstead Place Park
• Aug. 3: Tour Ellensburg Post Office
• Aug. 4: Tour Ellensbug Fire Department
• Aug. 5: Ellensburg Police Department tour
• Aug. 7: Friday Scavenger Hunt
• Aug. 8: Saturday Market Scavenger Hunt
• Aug. 10: Butter making at the museum
• Aug. 11: Ginkgo Petrified Forest tour
• Aug. 12: Wanapum Dam tour
• Aug. 13: Tour the Wenas Creek Mammoth Dig (Selah)
• Aug. 14: Soap making at the museum
• Aug. 15: Ginkgo Petrified Forest tour