This exhibit was donated in loving Memory of Robert Lux, Jr. This exhibit made possible by:  Walla Walla Symphony, Wa-Hi Art Dept. Jackey's Flowers, Pat Matthews, Cathy Mebes, Cyndy Knight, Melissa Winger, Terri Croghan and Jeanette McKibben.

All children are born entertainers. With the Enchanted Park Theater, we hope to offer all children the opportunity to interact, pretend, dress in exquisite costumes, and perform like life is their stage. Children can use puppets in a life size tree puppet theater constructed especially for CMWW. As children perform on stage they will be able to view themselves on a TV monitor. Patrons learn music appreciation and conducting skills. They will experience creative play through dramatics and pretend play.

This exhibit made possible by: Altrusa of Walla Walla, Toni Groff, Sonja Groff, Karene Gonzalez, Cyndy Knight, Terri Croghan and Tiffany Jenes.

2009 sponsorship still needed $1000

Celebrate your child's special occasion in our large party room. Included with your birthday rental is two free hours within the Museum exploring the hands-on experiences! The overall theme of CMWW is everything Walla Walla/ Northwest Woods motif. The party room will be adorned with large flowers, blades of grass, and various insects.

This exhibit made possible by a collative effort by the following: Corp. of Engineers, Whitman Mission, Walla Walla Basin Watershed Council, Reiff Manufacturing, Columbia REA, FPL Energy, National Weather Service NOAA, Bonneville Power Administration, Knight and Carver Yacht Center Wind Blade Division, Oregon Scientific, Jane Roberts, Heidi Wells, Mike Dedman, Tom Osborne, Anne Walsh, Carl Knaack, Craig Newcomb, Bob Chicken, Dennis Hull and David Reiff. 

The concept for the exhibit is this: "How does snow in the Blue Mountains turn on the lights in my house?" The exhibit will take children through this conceptual process via hands on models of the Walla Walla Watershed and a working dam. The exhibit will also feature additional lessons of wind power, fish & wildlife, weather and electrical safety.

This exhibit made possible by: Loney's Harvest Foods,  Sonja Groff, Vanessa Prull and Sharon Puller Draperies.

The grocery store exhibit is a mock-up of a supermarket sized for the younger visitors. Shelves filled with stocked goods, a counter filled with meat and poultry, fruit and vegetable bins and a cash register as part of the checkout. Each part of the supermarket offers the visitor a fun, role-playing experience as well as helping them develop knowledge about themselves, nutrition, sorting, measuring and counting.

Exhibit Designers:  Lindell McWhorter, Julia Swan, and Bev Shiffer. 

All Wee Walla Walla exhibits will house many components children see in their own towns. Using painted store facades; Wee Walla Walla will depict miniature buildings with each structure and business serving a variety of purposes. Each will entertain with the importance of pretend play as well as bring important educational value. Each "business" will focus on making each exhibit as authentic as possible. Important topics such as Music, Cultural Diversity, History, and Art/Crafts will be spotlighted throughout each exhibit.

Exhibit made possible by: Blue Mountain Community Foundation, Building Services of Washington, Washington State Pen. Building Program, Jeff Biddlescombe, BM Safe Kids Coalition, Walla Walla Local #404, Lightfoot's Towing, McDonalds, Gregory and Stan Heller, Joe Gonzalez, George Peters, Cathy Mebes and Debi Allesio.

2009 sponsorship still needed $1000

The main focus of this exhibit is the authentic, life size fire truck and brass fireman pole that will allow children to learn about that profession through Pretend Play. Children get the opportunity to dress in Firefighter turnouts and sit behind the wheel of their own fire truck! Children will learn the importance of fire safety and will receive a myriad of hands-on learning opportunities throughout this long-anticipated exhibit.

This exhibit made possible by: Narum Construction, Koncrete Industries, Walla Walla Electric, Washington State Pen. Building Program and Jennifer Farrens.

Museum goers get the opportunity to work on age appropriate tasks that allows the child to take home a finished product reinforcing their self esteem and the self-gratification of "Look what I constructed" mentality. Children work with large builder boards to construct their own houses, dog house, castle or whatever their imaginations decide to create. This exhibit is sure to be a museum favorite.

This exhibit made possible by: Blue Mountain Community Foundation, BMAEYC, Lawson and Cyndy Knight, Vicki and Ron Langrell, Walla Walla Symphony and Valley Vision and Cyndy Knight. 2009 sponsorship still needed $1000

This exhibit is designed to enhance the lives of the Museum's youngest visitors and the adults who love them. Toddler Meadow  offers exciting and developmentally appropriate activities for children from birth to three years old. This exhibits impressive components are sure to be a wonderful resource for parents and caregivers. Texture, sound and smell identification will be a major part of this exhibit. Children squeeze a bottle and out comes an aroma... "Can you guess that smell?" Scents from chocolate to lemon to lavender to strawberry will tickle the senses. This exhibit is sure to promote well-being and development of the museum's youngest visitors.

This exhibit made possible by: Coffey Communications, The Kid’s Place, Jane Roberts and Vanessa Prull.

Enter a world of imagination and creative play!  A vivid fantasy life helps children explore a wide range of emotions and practice newly learned social skills. The Creative Play Area helps encourage their growth by providing theaters and props for their play.  Equally important is a space to relax quietly.  Let your child set the pace and have fun at whatever he’s doing.

This exhibit made possible by: American West Bank, Scott Smith, George Peters, Joe Gonzalez, Superior Pole Building, Doyle Electric, Building Services of Washington, Kristy Heisey and Cathy Mebes.

2009 sponsorship still needed $1000

Press the flash button, walk over to the wall, pose, and, flash! your shadow remains on the wall. The material on the wall of our Frozen Shadow Room absorbs light energy and re-emits it for several seconds. Where you made shadow, less light hits the wall and less light is re-emitted. Your shadow remains after you move away.

This exhibit made possible by: Wild Horse Resort and Casino, Whitman Mission, Wa-Hi Wood Shop Class, Washington Army National Guard, George T. Welch Trust and Mark Mebes.

2008 Sponsorship provided by

Nelson Irrigation & Fraternal Order of Eagles

Native American Life Exhibit for CMWW consists of an Indian village that includes a life size "Plateau Tipi", native music and rawhide hand drums for the kids to drum along with, native clothing for dress up, "Coyote's Story Rock" and a mural of the seasons of the year depicting familiar local scenery.

To maintain public interest in the Science Sector, the exhibits are scheduled to rotate among topics approximately every six weeks. Future exhibit subjects include the science of sound, forces, magnetism, optical illusions, critters, chemistry, the human body, and weather.

2008 Sponsorship by the Walla Walla Animal Clinic.

This exhibit is a mini-veterinarian clinic, designed by Dr. Norris, where stuffed animals can receive tender, loving care. There are animal cages, an examining table, as well as medical equipment used in a vet's office for hours of pretend play.

2009 Sponsorship still needed $10,000.

This exhibit will be based on The Three Little Pigs and be a house with straw insulation. It will have sustainable living features, solar energy, and much more. It is being designed by the Sustainable Living Center, Lindell McWhorter, and Washington State University.

2009 Sponsorship still needed $2,500.

This exhibit will have a sideways climbing wall and a replica of the Palouse River made from recycled tire rubber painted blue. There will be a sand box with many different kinds of mounted play toys that children can pour sand into and watch parts move.

2009 Sponsorship still needed $3,000.

We are developing a new exhibit featuring dinosaurs! We anticipate the exhibit will open May 1st or 2nd in the area currently occupied by the Construction Junction. This exhibit is being designed by a Whitman professor and will have materials on loan from the Whitman teaching collections. There will be multiple interactive stations including: What Kind of Dinosaur?, What Did Dinos Eat?, Dinosaurs Are Alive! Dinosaurs Were Great Daddies! A lot of this exhibit will have biology and geology content; for example the Dinosaurs Are Alive! station will let children explore the similarities and differences between bird and dinosaur skeletons. There will be a computer station that has educational software that lets older children explore what the environment was like while dinosaurs lived. This will be a relatively expensive exhibit for us to put together because it will include museum quality, scale model skulls of two dinosaurs. If you have any suggestions about funding or wish to make a donation, please contact the museum director (devdirector@cmww.org).