PRESS RELEASE                                                                                  Contact: Erica S. Maniez 

March 22, 2005                                               425/392-3500 or info@issaquahhistory.org

Issaquah Historical Society to host Traveling exhibit

Issaquah, Wash. – The Issaquah Historical Society is will open its next exhibit, Best Friends: Images of Animals and Their People, on Thursday, April 21. Best Friends is a traveling exhibit developed by the White River Valley Museum with funding from the Seattle Foundation. The exhibit features forty historic images from throughout Western Washington. Each image, taken during the Progressive Era (the 1880s through the 1920s), depicts a loving relationship between an animal and a person. The exhibit’s curator is Patricia Cosgrove, director of the White River Valley Museum in Auburn.

Also on exhibit in conjunction with Best Friends will be images of pets and people from the Issaquah Historical Society’s collection, and contemporary images of beloved pets on loan from Earth Pet, a natural pet supply store in downtown Issaquah.

Best Friends will be on display at the Gilman Town Hall Museum, located at 165 SE Andrews Street, from April 21st until October 15^th. Museum open hours are Thursday through Saturday, 11 AM until 3 PM. Admission to the Gilman Town Hall Museum is free.

Please contact Erica Maniez at 425/392-3500 or info@issaquahhistory.org for more information on the Gilman Town Hall. Please contact Patricia Cosgrove at 253-288-7433 for information about renting Best Friends, or for more information on how the exhibit was developed.