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Response 2.1 *Vlrhy would lourists lravel to Kjttitas Couniy to attend your evenVactivity/facility? <br />The Museunr seeks funding to support advertising for marketing and production of <br />exhibits, lectures, and nelvsletters that connect county history with a wider <br />audience. <br />Visitors traveling in and to Kittitas Cor;nty often find themselves interested in the <br />history of the community they are visiting. The Kittitas County Historical Museum is <br />dedicated to the collecting and preservation of our county's history and the display <br />and interpretation of that history. often drawing people from across the world to the <br />facility to eplore local history, whether as an immediate destination or <br />conrplinrentary destination on a visit io and through Ellensburg. <br />lndtviduals may be interested in learning information about local history on a myriad <br />of topics, such as family history and building history. Or they may be interested on <br />specific topics, such as being vehicle enthusiasts or rock and mineral collectors. <br />Since the Museum is focused on the entirety of Kittitas Couniy history, within 2.333 <br />square mrles, there is quite a bit of history going back to its geological roots to <br />modern day. <br />Visitors often come through for or:r exhibits, which some highlights are the <br />Ellensburg Blue Agate display, the neon signs, the antique automobile collection, <br />mining and logging history, local agricultural display, Native American basketry and <br />beadu,ork, the military service room, a railroad display, and county-wide business <br />ephemera. <br />Many of our exhibits also include things about other organizations and displays <br />throughout the county, or are developed through collaborative efforts Wth groups <br />and museums in and around Kittitas Couniy. For example. in 2021 , exhibit plans <br />include displays by the Kittitas Reclamation Districl; the Kittilas County Fair and 4H <br />groups; and the Rodeo City Rodeo Girls. Displays on banking history (focusing on <br />the Kittitas State Bank, Cle Elum State Bank, and Roslyn Bank Robbery), and <br />disastrous events (like the 1906 and 1948 floods in Ellensburg and Cle Elunr) may <br />include partnerships with the Roslyn Museum, the Roslyn-Ronald-Cle Elum <br />Heritage Club, the Northern Kittitas County Historical Society, and oihers. <br />Our Lecture Series includes presentations on various aspects of Kittitas County <br />history, sLrch as geology, Native American history, and interesting tidbits of local <br />lore and legend. Presenters encourage the participants to visit locations <br />throughout the County, and brochures are provided to further encourage visitors <br />and event attendees. <br />2500 character lir.it