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The Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation (DAHP) is launching its effort to write a new state historic preservation plan by 2019. Your ideas are needed to help us identify new goals and tasks for the state to achieve in order to better protect Washington's cultural and historic resources in coming years.

To help, you are invited to provide your responses and comments in our online survey. You can link to the questionnaire here: ...

Dear Colleagues and Friends of the Women’s History Consortium, Washington State Historical Society,

The recent passage of the exciting legislation creating the Washington State Women’s Commission provides support for a statewide commemoration of the 2020 National Women’s Suffrage Centennial. 

The Washington State Historical Society is currently accepting applications for a new position entitled Women’s Suffrage...

The Washington State Department of Fish & Wildlife (DFW) isrecruiting to fill one part-time permanent Natural Resource Scientist 3 – Architectural Historian position in the Capital and Asset Management Program located at 600 Capitol Way, Olympia, Thurston County, Washington.

Please follow the job link to learn more about the position and how to apply.

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World War I raged through Europe from 1914 to 1918.  The United States was carefully neutral, until April 6, 1917, when it joined Great Britain and the Allied Powers, declaring war against Germany and later its allies, the Central Powers.

United States troops arrived in Europe on June 26, 1917, and entered combat in October.  The first U. S. soldiers died on November 2, 1917. Fighting continued, until the Armistice was signed the next year, on November 11,...

Seattle City Light is searching for a nonprofit organization to operate a self-sustaining center for STEAM education – science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics – and expand public tours at the historic Georgetown Steam Plant.

“The Georgetown Steam Plant fascinates visitors during monthly open houses, and we see the potential for a much more active use as a museum and cultural center that can inspire and educate people of all ages,” Interim...

The final program is available and registration is open for the May 18-20, 2018 conference of the Marion Dean Ross Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians. Links to the program and registration information are below. 

Our conference will be held in Astoria, Oregon this year. Inspired by Astoria’s rich history and the diversity of its traditional ethnic communities, the conference theme is, “Constructing Community: Architecture, Diversity, and Identity in...

If there is a church in your community that could use some assistance, here is an opportunity!

From prairie churches to urban cathedrals and synagogues, historic sacred places are often the oldest, and most beautiful, buildings within our communities. Grants from the National Fund for Sacred Places help to keep these places as an important part of our national cultural heritage. The Fund for Sacred Places is a comprehensive program that provides training, planning grants, and capital...

Heritage Capital Projects grant applications are now available for funding in the 2019-2021 biennium.  If you are looking for money for heritage in the areas of new construction, improvements to existing structures or landscapes, acquisition of property, or historic preservation of buildings, this is for you. 

Applications are due Friday, May 18, 2018.  Guidelines and application forms are published on the Washington State History Society’s...