Behind the Scenes (and Underground) Tours

Sea Mart Store between A and B Streets, 5-29-1975 Photo courtesy: Washington State Archives
When:
October 24, 2015 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
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Where:
Washington State Archives
1129 Washington St SE
Olympia, WA 98501
USA
Cost:
Free
Contact:
Washington State Archives

The Washington State Archives, a department of the Office of the Secretary of State, is celebrating Archives Month throughout October. This Saturday, October 24th, from 10:00 am until 2:00 pm, Archives staff will guide visitors into areas not normally accessible to the public: the underground vaults of the State Archives Building located three stories below the Capitol Campus.

Activities include at 11:30 am, bridge engineer Bob Krier and WSDOT Historian Craig Holstine to explore the historic bridges from their book Spanning Washington: Historic Highway Bridges of the Evergreen State.  Workshop include: “Managing Your Electronic Records” (10:30 am and 1:00 pm) and “Genealogical Resources at the Archives” (11:00 am and 1:30 pm).

Read a full article about the tour and archives here.