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The Palouse Region
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Museum of Art - Dedicated to serving the educational purposes of WSU and the people of the state of Washington, the museum presents changing exhibitions ranging from fine arts and fine craft to architecture and design. The museum also offers a wide variety of outreach programs including docent tours, children's workshops, symposia, films, and other special events. Beasley Performing Arts Coliseum - Located in the Washington State University. Many of the campus' cultural activities take place here; ballet performances, plays, operas, rock concerts, and guest lectures. Palus Artifact Museum - The Palus Artifact Museum offers a collection of locally found artifacts from the Palouse Indian tribe. This Native American tribe spent their winters near Palouse Falls and their summers hunting game and collecting roots and berries in Dayton and the nearby Blue Mountains. 305 E Main Street, Dayton. (509) 382-4820. |
Charles R Conner Museum - Located in the campus of Washington State University, the Conner Museum features the largest public collection of birds and mammals in the Pacific Northwest. Museum of Anthropology - Located in the campus of Washington State University, the Museum of Anthropology is one of the major repositories for archaeological collections in the northwest. Most of these collections are from federal and state lands in eastern Washington and the Cedar Mesa Region of Utah. |
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