Incredible! My dad…read morewas from Yakima, so I wanted to visit. I have no idea how I'd research things, but I did try - I did numerous web searches and there wasn't much I could find. We were in Yakima last week and we stopped by the museum. We were greeted by a nice man, who we bought tickets from. I told him my story and he said we should speak to John. Luckily, he was in and we went into the archives office and he showed us all kinds of things! He found my grandfather's store, then he told us that it was torn down, but he told us about other businesses in the area! He showed us pictures dating back over 100 years! He then found my dad's old house. We took down the address - this is something I'd like to see! He gave us a lot of great information - what an amazing man! He showed us some artwork in another room, then sent us on our tour of the museum. We had a wonderful docent give us a tour. She took us room to room, answered our questions and made the entire experience world class! In the middle of our tour, John came by and showed us another photo he had pulled up! Now that's amazing! We finished our tour. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and we learned a lot about Yakima. Oh yeah, we also learned that we were staying in Union Gap, not Yakima. After the museum, we went to where the store was, then we went to see where my dad great up. What a perfect day and it was all due to the excellent staff at the Yakima Valley Museum and Historical Association! You have to visit this museum!

What a cute local museum. Stop here on a road trip and we really enjoyed it. Was not big but was…read morewell done. Had a fun kids area in addition to a scavenger hunt with a small prize.

Not sure why this place gets no love, but I'll go ahead and talk about how the glass is half full…read morewith respect to State Fair Park! State fair Park has been around for a long time, and as the name would suggest it houses the central Washington State fair each year! Each year, during these last couple weeks of September the fair decisions on State fair Park, did we have plenty of opportunities to see what has been fried, who threw the biggest pumpkin, and animals and everything in between. It's no b always quite lovely! As for the remainder of the year, this place has a number of large buildings for various gatherings, plays Home to the Sundome - Home of the Sunkings, as well as of plenty other community events. Numerous charities such as toys for tots hold their pick up and drop off events here, and the facilities also are the grounds for the Yakima pippins, a college level all star summer league baseball team. Finally, there are grandstands and a large dirt field outback where events such as Dozer days! When all is said and done, the place is an eclectic I mix of different venues that can accommodate plenty of different types of events. It's been there for quite some time, and over the past few years they seem to have done a nice job of exploring how they can utilize the space more completely. Keep up the good work!

I just love when its time for the fair. Those 10 days is awesome! A bit expensive but well worth it.read more

First experience at this archaic venue…read more Advertised race day doors open at 1pm. Arrived with no one around. Found a random employee and she said she heard three different starting times and advised to come back at 3pm. 3pm ~ handful of parked cars reassured the event was still on. Climbing the wooden bleacher steps was a bit startling as the deteriorated planks bend to each weighted step. 5pm ~ qualifications finally start. 6pm ~ races begin. 8pm ~ unfortunately had to leave before the finals to put the kids to bed. Carnival snacks, domestic beer garden, souvenir stand. Sitting high in the bleachers have the soonest shade and safer from flying wreck debris. To watch a few wrecks is the entertainment reason to endure long prerace preparation wait. Good turnout in the stands and the race participants.

Great family place - went to watch while staying one night in Yakima. They were racing trucks. Took…read moremy 7 year old. After a couple races, they brought all the race cars onto the straight away and let the fans walk around the cars, take pictures, and get autographs. My kid even got to sit in one of the race trucks. Then, they loaded the kids up on a school bus and "raced" around the track three times! It was totally fun. They have a family friendly section - no alcohol. The whole place seemed very friendly, the races were really good and not a lot of downtime between each race. Definitely worth checking out if you spend a night in Yakima.

A trolley ride through town is a must do. Yakima Valley Trolleys takes you on a short ride that is…read moreabout 9 blocks and back. It costs $8 a ticket. The conductors are super friendly and energetic and informative. I learned a lot about this town. We got to see the the trolley barn with the old trolleys and got to see how the industrial machines worked on belt and gear systems. A super cool experience.

Great experience for kids and adults alike. Fun and informative! Looking forward to visiting again!read more

Very cool place with lots of friendly volunteers. Lots to see. It is kind of fun just trying to…read morefigure out what some stuff was and how it might work. Some equipment more than 100 years old. We visited as part of a Civil War reenactment which was also very cool. This is an asset to the community and well worth an afternoon.

Lots of really cool old farming equipment. My favorite part were the old school bells you could…read morering. Thanks for having us!

Admittedly, my experience in art galleries is pretty limited. At the core, I'm just not smart…read moreenough to appreciate art. I love fun colors and a painting of something that I couldn't otherwise produce, but anymore I'm just not smart enough, or creative enough probably, to appreciate much of what's produced. We had some friends when we lived in the Midwest, whose parents owned an art gallery. It was fun to look around, but all of it was super high-end and the sort of thing that they would probably sell one or two paintings per month and be just fine doing. This art gallery, we found, was one that supports the local food bank and highlights artist from the area...Win-win! This gallery has a pretty small footprint, and is located on the north west corner of Tietan Square, in the town of Tietan. As an aside, this little town has done an amazing job of really fostering the arts in a place where they would otherwise be almost completely absent. The gallery is probably five or 600 ft.², with a large main room and a small offshoot. They display whatever artist has pieces to display, and also sell jewelry, greeting cards and other small art pieces. We were told that the places almost entirely run by volunteers and that the vast majority of the proceeds go to the local food bank. It's a really neat way to make sure that the food bank stays as stocked as possible. The cards here are all made by a gentleman who donates them in the proceeds go, again, to the local food bank. We found some pretty funny cards, as well as a number of them for other occasions. We can never find a birthday card when we need it so we figured we just pick up a few! All in all, this is a really cool little studio that supports the artistic mission of the community, and helps make sure the food bank has a relatively steady source of income. If you have a chance to check out this place, either just being in the area or for an event, It's well worth your time!

I love visiting this gallery and viewing all the genres of artistic talents. One of the amazing…read morethings is most of the artists are local to the area.

Who doesn't love summer baseball? Maybe Communists, but I bet they'd appreciate it on a nice night!…read more County stadium is home to the Yakima Pippins of the West Coast League and former home to the Yakima Bears (RIP). The stadium is set up great for small town baseball. The seats are comfy, there are no bad views and the food is surprisingly good! Hub's grill is our favorite spot with grilled goodness options including the cowboy burger! The garlic fries are legit as well. The beer selection is local and brilliant, and pairs nicely in the huge plastic souvenir bats! There are nice picnic areas throughout the park, including lqrge gathering spots in both right and left fields. Summer nights east of the mountains are meant for baseball and this is a great spot to watch it!

The Top Ten Reasons why this is better than Safeco Field:…read more 10. Free admission when your friend's boyfriend manages things 9. Free t-shirts to the first 650 fans (not hard to do when the place holds 1000) 8. $1 hot dogs, popcorn, and soda on family night 7. Greater chance of getting on the JumboTron 6. No bad seat in the house (no seating beyond the infield) 5. Guarantee that you'll run into someone you know 4. You can have a little name plate made for your seat 3. Greater chance of catching a fly ball 2. Catch some rays while you watch 1. Greater chance of getting hit on the head with nachos

I love at the Majestic that you guys serve crushed ice. I wish you would serve crushed ice at the…read moreCinema. When I go to the theater I go also for the popcorn and Pepsi. I totally frustrate my husband because he will ask if I want to go to the movies and the first thing out of my mouth is which theater. I usually pass on the movie. Please bring crushed ice to the cinema.

My wife and I have been patrons of Orion theater since it opened, we go to a movie at least once…read moreevery week or every other week we've got to know the staff that have been here for a while and we found out that one of the long-term employees that we enjoy, is being released after all at least 20 years because of automation is pretty shitty of the mercy's makes us think twice of coming back. mercy's say they are a family business you think they would be a better company to a longtime employee.