This local treasure is very dear to my heart. I rode the Yakima Trolley as a child with my family…read more At the time, the tracks ran by our house to Lion's Pool. I'm so happy it has been preserved to continue making memories wherever it goes.

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

Really enjoyed this spacious and visually interesting museum. An exceptional variety of exhibits…read more Each very well done. You can be assured that there is something to interest everyone. A gem.

The entry cost is not enough, in my opinion. We don't take into account how much donations do for…read moreus. The exhibitions hold memories that go way back. I'm thankful that the 8$ I paid allowed me to explore the past. Plan a few hours, take the time to read the placards, grab the token key and listen to audios. It's a few hours required kind of experience, worth it.

Very interesting displays and explanations of the history of the local people. Takes about 30-45…read more minutes to read and study the displays. The QR codes are helpful. It is always good to learn the "other side of the story" - even if difficult to digest. Worth the side trip!

Be present. No photos. Want to read. Can use camera for QR code audible. YakAma. Forgive my…read moreignorance---Washington state do we please fix the spelling of the city of Yakima? Federally Give back where much has been taken away. The spirit is not to be crushed. #MMIW skilayay

This is a very nice museum, the displays are amazing. So much history of not only aviation, but…read morelocal history of famous aviators who came from Yakima The volunteers are so knowledgeable and will gladly answer your questions.

What a amazing blast into history. The staff was friendly and knowledgeable. The ideas that they…read morehave displayed are a wonderful event of our history. I will be coming back.

I loved it!! I love history museums generally and they really did do well with this one. I would…read morehave happily paid for it. They had a lot of different galleries and each one was very interesting. My 10 year old loved it as well!

Great museum and displays. The people were knowledgeable about what they had in the museum and what…read moreit was all about.

We came over for the Christmas extravaganza that goes on the last weekend in November and the first…read morethree weekends in December. The museum is re-outfitted with Christmas garb and the train out front transport you, if desired, to Santas workshop about 500 yards up the way in another train car. Entrance, at least for the Christmas themed stuff, was eight dollars per adult and five dollars per kid. That ended up including cookies and hot chocolate (donate if you desire) and a train ride over to Santas workshop, in addition to all the train exhibits. It initially feels a bit steep, but you end up spending a couple hours there and it was well worth the expense. The place is run by Community volunteers which included folks in high school as well as older train enthusiast. It's nice to see the melding of generations in a place like this. There were a total of five or six rooms that had train sets of varying sizes. One out front included a Thomas the train type setup and the one in the back included cars that were about a foot tall. The set up on these things were pretty impressive and the guys there genuinely seemed like they enjoy putting it on. It's got a better than average gift shop here as well. Plenty of train toys, books and other railroad related pleasantries. The train ride was a fun and fairly unique experience. The train only went about a quarter of a mile, but it was fun for the kids to get to ride in a legit train car. On the way back, we rode in a caboose with some seats that were up above the normal sitting area. Made for a little bit better view and a reminiscing tale for the kiddos. All in all, this place is really solid. It's not huge, but they've got some neat exhibits and it's filled with people who are excited about the place.it's also a great excuse to come down to the lower Valley, hit up a tourist attraction, including the national hop museum across the street, and go check out a restaurant in the area.

Well worth a stop! We drop by to visit Ada and Laurence once or twice a year. They have huge…read morebarns packed with vintage cars and vintage everything. Including a 100 year old school that was moved to the property. $4 per person...... well worth it. Ada has lived in Bickleton her entire life and the Whitmores are authorities on the early history of this very interesting town.

Very nice gallery with beautiful collection from local artist. Even though its permanent collection…read moredoesn't consist of many arts, It has enough to tell its local uniqueness so I would highly recommend anyone who visited Ellensburg to visit here. Admission is free. Besides, they also has a great space for contemporary local artists with direct sell. So if you found a piece you really like, you actually can purchase it directly, which I did.

More than a museum. It contains the works of John Clymer, a noted Ellensburg western artist. Many…read morewestern and native American items denoting Ellensburg's history. Also a great gift shop with unique western style items

The Thorp Mill is an old flour mill originally built in 1883 that has been beautifully restored…read more It is striking see the before and after pictures of the building online. The before picture makes me wonder if they had to completely rebuild the walls because the building looks like it's about to topple over. After walking through the place, I can confirm that not all the walls have been rebuilt. The walls around the milling equipment look like they are a hundred years old and would be very drafty in the winter. The milling equipment is in remarkable condition for being 100 years old. I'm sure none of it works now but it's easy to see how it might have worked and the full milling process. One interesting fact is that the grain has to run through the mill 13 times before it is ground down enough to be flour. That would be a tremendous amount of energy and machining to create one bag of flour. In order to create the mill, they diverted the Yakima River water into manmade pools before it flowed through the mill, powering the machines. These pools froze over in the winter, creating another product that could be shipped East: ice. They chopped the ice into large blocks then stored them in sawdust to be sold at a later time. It was an early example of a seasonal business: flour in the summer and ice in the winter.

The oldest complete telephone museum west of the Mississippi. Many displays covering the history…read moreof telephone technology. The museum also has a collection of coal mining, banking and post office items, as well as historic Cle Elum photos. The building was the location of the last operated assisted, switchboard phone company in the Pacific Northwest Bell system. Very small museum, but holds quite a number of interesting displays.