Museum of History & Industry (MOHAI)

This guide to the Museum of History & Industry in Seattle traces its start to 1911, when Morgan and Emily Carkeek hosted costumed parlor parties where guests shared pioneer relics and letters, a ritual that hardened into the Seattle Historical Society. You'll hear how the Depression scattered the collection into boxes and back rooms, how a Boeing donation in 1945 revived it, and how a 1980s scandal over mishandled artifacts tested how carefully the past can really be kept. The guide follows the museum's long, unsettled search for a permanent home.