• North to Alaska By RV 2021
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    Rainy Day Museum #2

    July 21, 2021 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 55 °F

    After our visit at the Islands & Ocean Visitor Center, we drove to the nearby Pratt Museum.

    The exhibits are multi-faceted, focusing on art — fabric and other, natural history, native cultures, homesteading, fishing, and marine ecology. There are wildlife mounts and skeletons as well.

    What I enjoyed the most were the quilts, the designs of which were inspired by nature. Also, there were some beautiful photographs that attracted my attention.

    I had read that there is a botanical garden, but it was too wet to spend time outdoors today.    Read more