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70: SEVEN DECADES OF COLLECTING

March 15 – May 31, 2010
Maryhill Museum of Art
Goldendale, WA

In celebration of Maryhill Museum of Art’s 70th anniversary, the museum presents an exhibition of 70 prime objects highlighting its legacy of collecting. Prominent among the featured items are materials acquired by four of the museum’s great founding patrons: Sam Hill, Queen Marie of Romania, modern dance pioneer Loie Fuller and San Francisco arts patron and socialite, Alma de Bretteville Spreckels.

http://maryhillmuseum.org/

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 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., March 15 to November 15.

Admission is $7 for adults, $6 for seniors and $2 for children age 6-16.

Sandwiches, salads, espresso drinks, cold beverages, desserts and pastries are available on-site at Café Maryhill. The Museum Store features art and history books, jewelry, Native American crafts and other mementos.

Four miles east of the museum is 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.