Gorge Guide

INDIAN TRADE BLANKET APPRAISAL CLINIC WITH BARRY FRIEDMAN

May 19, 2012
10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Maryhill Museum of Art
Goldendale, WA

Commercially woven woolen trade blankets have been standard attire and cherished gifts in Indian country for generations. Pendleton Woolen Mills has set the standard for making these beautiful blankets for more than a century. Barry Friedman of Phoenix, Arizona, and author of Chasing Rainbows: Collecting American Indian Trade & Camp Blankets, will be at Maryhill to provide free appraisals of vintage trade blankets woven by Pendleton, Oregon City, Capps, Racine and other blanket manufacturers. Two blankets maximum per person. Free with museum admission.

VISITING MARYHILL MUSEUM OF ART

Maryhill Museum of Art is located off Highway 97, 12 miles south of Goldendale, Washington. The museum is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., March 15 to November 15. Admission is $9 for adults, $8 for seniors, $3 for youth age 7-18 and free for children 6 and under. Family admission is $25 to admit 2 adults, plus related children under the age of 18.

Gourmet coffees, beverages, deli food, individual wine and cheese platters, homemade baked goods and desserts are available at the museum’s café, Loie’s, which is open from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily. Seating is available inside and outdoors within view of the Columbia River and Mt. Hood. The Museum Store features art and history books, jewelry, and other mementos.

Travel four miles east of the museum to Sam Hill’s replica of England’s Stonehenge, built as a tribute to the soldiers of Klickitat County who lost their lives in World War I. Admission to the Stonehenge Memorial is free; it is open from 7:00 a.m. to dusk daily. Nearby, the Klickitat County War Memorial was erected in 1995 to honor those who have died in the service of their country since World War I.

http://www.maryhillmuseum.org