Museum of History and Industry
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The Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI) is a museum in the Montlake neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, USA, dedicated to the history of Seattle and the Puget Sound region. It opened February 15, 1952.
MOHAI, as it is known, is part of the Seattle-King County Historical Society, which was formed in 1911 on the 60th anniversary of the landing of the Denny Party at Alki. The museum is visited by over 60,000 people annually. Among its collection are 1,500,000 historic photographs.
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[edit] Permanent exhibits
MOHAI's permanent exhibits cover several different periods of Seattle's and the region's history. The exhibit is divided into "This Native Land" (1792–1859) about native settlement and early European exploration and settlement; "Little Town on Elliott Bay" (1859–1889) about the period until Washington statehood and the Great Seattle Fire (both 1889); "Boom Times, Hard Times" (1889–1940) covering, especially, the Klondike Gold Rush and Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition and the Great Depression; "Homefront" (1941–1945) about Seattle during World War II and the U.S. homefront more generally; "Our Own City" (1946–present) covering the suburban boom, the American Civil Rights Movement, and the rise of companies such as Microsoft.[1]
Other permanent exhibits include "Salmon Stakes" (covering a sweeping history of the salmon fishery);[1] "Icons and Eye Candy" with exhibits such as a Boeing B-1 seaplane[2], the Lincoln Towing Co.'s original Pink Toe Truck,[3] and the once famous and now taxidermically stuffed Bobo the gorilla;[4]; numerous ship's figureheads;[citation needed] and several works of art from now-demolished or remodeled Seattle buildings, including Jean Cory Beall's 1958 mosaic from the old Seattle City Light building;[5] and numerous large panels by Kenneth Callahan, formerly in the Marine Hospital (now Pacific Medical Center).[6] In addition, the Gift Shop has the Rainier Brewing Company's old red "R", which used to be on top of the brewery next to Interstate 5.[7]
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[edit] Notes
- ^ a b Gallery Guide, MOHAI, undated, current as of 2007.
- ^ See commons:Image:MOHAI plane.jpg Photo on Wikimedia Commons.
- ^ Seattle's cultural icons: The Lincoln Toe Truck, Seattle Times, April 24, 2004. Accessed online 11 January 2007.
- ^ See photo on Wikimedia Commons.
- ^ Current Exhibits: Seattle City Light Building Mural, MOHAI web site. Accessed online 11 January 2007.
- ^ Sue Ann Kendall, Transcript of interviews with Kenneth Callahan, conducted October 27, November 21, &December 19, 1982; Smithsonian Archives of American Art. Accessed online 11 January 2007.
- ^ Wyatt Buchanan, Neon's illuminating stories find a home, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, October 11, 2003. Accessed online 11 January 2007.
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