MOHAI's fantastic new home in South Lake Union

By Jack Brummet, Seattle Ed.


The Museum of History and Industry opened this year in Seattle in a beautiful new (to them) building (a converted armory) and location.  At any given time, they display around 2% of their collection.

The exhibits were excellent and their collection (four million items and growing) is amazing.

The new MOHAI, in a converted armory on the shore of South Lake Union

Some random snapshots of various objects in the museum:

The sign from the notorious, now defunct Lusty Lady, an all-female owned strip club on Second Avenue

The old sign from the Doghouse, a 24 hour dive that everyone loved

In mid-20th century Seattle, the hydroplanes were the coolest thing that happened in town. We would know the names of all the boats and drivers. One of my dad's friends, Bill Brow a/k/a The World's Fastest Milkman, drove Miss Burien (he would die in a race in Florida in the late 60's). It was cool seeing this at MOHAI today, since the annual hydroplane races are happening this weekend.

Amazing early triple bill (with Nirvana as the bottom-liners)

a poster from the 1999 WTO protests that made world-wide news

A display about a machine that enabled processors to can meat and fish.  

These are maybe half of the brands of salmon on display.

Bill Gates' notebook

The Log Lady from Twin Peaks

The sign that used to sit atop the Rainier Brewery next to Interstate-5

A sign from a famous gay bar in Pioneer Square -- lots of disco, I remember

A speaker from Mark Lanegan's band Screaming Trees

An ancient wooden tugboat

An early Boeing airplane.  They were made of spruce!

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