WITH
WITH YOU'D LIKE TO GIVE CAITLIN'S CHILI RECIPE A SHOT. WE'VE GOT IT ON OUR NEW
WEBSITE.
WELL, ONE THING WE HAVEN'T BEEN
ABLE TO DO THIS YEAR EXPERIENCE
THE ENRICHMENT OF OUR LOCAL
MUSEUMS ACROSS WESTERN
WASHINGTON AND THAT IS WHY THE
MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND INDUSTRY
HAS LAUNCHED A DIGITAL
SCAVENGER HUNT IN SEATTLE'S
SOUTH UNION NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO HOW DO YOU JOIN THE HUNT TO
LEARN MORE?
I TALKED NICOLE AND KELSEY FROM
MOHIE.
WE ACTUALLY CREATED THE
SCAVENGER SO THAT PEOPLE COULD
STILL ENGAGE WITH OUR CONTENT
SAFELY WITH THEIR GERM BUBBLE
OUTSIDE SO IT STARTS IN FRONT
OF MOHIE YOU CAN GO TO THE
BUILDING BEING OUR BEAUTIFUL
PARK AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY
ACCESS IT THROUGH YOUR
SMARTPHONE.
YEAH SO ONCE YOU REGISTER A
WEBSITE YOU'RE SENT A UNIQUE
LINK THERE TO ACCESS THAT THE
SCAVENGER HUNT AND THEN YOU
HAVE UNLIMITED ACCESS TO IT SO
IF YOU PURCHASE IT ON THAT DAY
AND DON'T WANT TO START IT
UNTIL NEXT MONTH YOU'RE WELCOME
TO DO SO.
BUT ONCE YOU GET THAT YOU CAN
JUST START WORKING THROUGH THE
PHONE THERE.
THERE'S YOU KNOW THAT PUSHES
YOU TO THE NEXT PAGE AND GIVES
YOU NAVIGATION TO THE NEXT
STOPS AS WELL TO I LOVE THAT.
WHAT A CLEVER IDEA BECAUSE YOU
WE'VE ALL REALLY THAT'S ONE
OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE NOT
BEEN ABLE TO DO SINCE THE
PANDEMIC STARTED IS GO TO OUR
LOCAL MUSEUMS.
IT'S SUCH AN ENRICHING PART
OF OUR LIVES.
SO THIS IS A REALLY GREAT IDEA
.
WHAT ARE PEOPLE GOING TO BE
ABLE TO EXPERIENCE ALONG THE
WAY?
ONE OF THE PARTS THAT WE WERE
EXCITED TO FEATURE IS THE
SURPRISES OF THE SOUTH IN YOUR
NEIGHBORHOOD A LOT OF PEOPLE
DON'T REALIZE HOW MANY PIECES
OF ART ARE TUCKED AWAY AND
ACTUALLY PIECES CONNECTING TO
HISTORY.
THERE'S SOME WONDERFUL OBJECTS
PRESERVED OUTSIDE AS A
SCULPTURE THAT CONNECT TO THE
TROY LANDRY BUILDING WHICH WAS
LAUNDRY INDUSTRY.
IT WAS A HUGE PART OF SOUTH
LAKE UNION'S HISTORY.
SO THAT'S A SECRET HIDDEN
TREASURE YOU'LL FIND AS YOU'RE
WALKING ALONG.
YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT LIKE UNION
HAS SUCH A RICH ART AND
ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY, IF YOU
LIKE, IS VERY TUCKED AWAY.
SO IT'S REALLY GREAT TO KIND
OF BRING THAT OUT, LET THE
NEIGHBORHOOD SHINE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE
REALLY WANTED PEOPLE TO NOTICE
ALSO ARE THE WAYS THAT PEOPLE
JUST REGULAR PEOPLE HAVE SHAPED
OUR REGION AND HAVE SHAPED THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO IT'S PRETTY EXCITING TO
LEARN ABOUT SOME OF THE LOCAL
FOLKS WHO RESPONDED TO THINGS
HAPPENING AND HAD A HUGE
IMPACT.
YOU CAN WALK THROUGH PARKS.
PEOPLE JUST LEARN ABOUT SOME
CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE
ALL HERE BECAUSE PEOPLE WANTED
TO CHANGE SOMETHING IN THEIR
NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU KNOW, AND
THAT'S INSPIRING TO WHAT IS
LADIES WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE
PART OF THE SCAVENGER HUNT?
I THINK FOR ME IT IS THE PARK
AND WALKING THROUGH THE GARDEN
AND IT'S JUST A BEAUTIFUL PLACE
AGAIN KIND OF HIDDEN AWAY
BETWEEN TALLER BUILDINGS.
YEAH, I WOULD SAY THAT, YOU
KNOW, WE FOCUSED ONE OF OUR
STOPS ON THE COMMONS WHICH
NEVER CAME TO FRUITION
UNFORTUNATELY HERE IN SEATTLE.
BUT YOU DO GET A SENSE OF IT
JUST STANDING IN THE SOVIET
UNION PARK THAT IS ACTUALLY
WHERE THE BEGINNING OF THE PARK
WOULD HAVE BEEN.
SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THIS MAP
THAT WAS THE PROPOSED MAP FOR
THE COMMONS AND THEN STAND IN
AT LEAST A PART OF IT AND KIND
OF A SENSE OF LIKE WHAT COULD
HAVE BEEN THE COMMONS I HAVE TO
ASK SO THE SEATTLE COMMONS IS
ACTUALLY IT WAS A PROJECT THAT
WAS MEANT TO BE A HUGE PARK
THAT WAS CONNECTING ALL THESE
DIFFERENT AREAS.
THE VISION WAS SOMETHING LIKE
CENTRAL PARK IN NEW YORK AND
THAT WAS PARTLY WHY THE AREA
AROUND OHIO WAS ORIGINALLY
PURCHASED BY PAUL ALLEN BECAUSE
IT WAS GOING TO BE PART OF THIS
HUGE PARK.
AND I ACTUALLY AS A YOUNG WOMAN
I REMEMBER VOTING FOR THE
COMMONS.
I WAS VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT BUT
IT ACTUALLY WAS DEFEATED.
SEATTLE VOTERS DIDN'T WANT TO
HAVE THAT AND THERE WAS A LOT
OF CONCERN ABOUT HOW IT WOULD
AFFECT HOUSING COSTS OR TAKE
AWAY LOCAL BUSINESSES.
AND SO IT ACTUALLY HAD A DIRECT
IMPACT ON WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD
BECAME BECAUSE PORTLAND HAD
THAT PROPERTY WHICH THEN HE
THOUGHT OK, WELL WHAT'S MY NEXT
VISION FOR THIS NEIGHBORHOOD?
AND THAT LARGELY LED TO IT
BEING A SORT OF TECH HUB
BECAUSE THE COMMONS WAS
DEFEATED.
YOU'RE SAYING NOT ONLY ARE YOU
SEEING AH BUT YOU ARE BY WAY
OF LEARNING HISTORY ABOUT WHERE
WE LIVE THROUGH THIS SCAVENGER
HUNT.
HOW HOW DID THIS DIGITAL
SCAVENGER HUNT COME ABOUT?
WE STARTED JUST WITH SOME BASIC
RESEARCH TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
WHICH STOPS THAT WE WERE
THINKING OR CONSIDERING WHAT
KIND OF RICH HISTORY LOCAL
CONTENT OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IS
AND THEN KIND OF LIKE WHITTLED
THAT DOWN A LITTLE BIT JUST TO
MAKE IT A NICE EASY FLOW FOR
THE SCAVENGER HUNT ITSELF.
BUT LOTS OF RESEARCH, LOTS
OF LOOKING FOR ARCHIVAL IMAGES.
WE MIND OUR COLLECTION MOHIE TO
FIND SOME HISTORICAL IMAGES AND
AND REALLY TRY TO MATCH THOSE
UP WITH THE ACTUAL LIKE WITH
REAL IMAGES OF PRESENT DAY
CONTEMPORARY IMAGES.
YEAH.
NICOLE, DO YOU THINK THIS IS
WHERE THE FUTURE OF MUSEUMS
WILL BE GOING IN A WAY I
DEFINITELY THINK WE CANNOT GO
BACK.
THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT
REALLY CAME OUT OF THE PANDEMIC
BECAUSE WE WERE CLOSED.
WE HAD SOME TIME TO LEARN THESE
SKILLS AND I AM SO EXCITED THAT
WE HAVE THIS KNOWLEDGE NOW AND
SO WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR WAYS
EVEN WHEN PEOPLE COME BACK
INSIDE THE MUSEUM WE WANT TO BE
ABLE TO CONNECT YOU TO THE
HISTORY OF YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD
AND CONTINUE LEARNING ABOUT
HISTORY NO MATTER WHERE YOU.
AND SPEAKING OF HISTORY, COMING
UP NEXT,