WALLA WALLA — A scavenger hunt is slated for all of April at Fort Walla Walla Museum, 755 NE Myra Road, plus April 6 is an open house with free admission for everyone.

April Fool’s Day continues all month in the museum’s authentic outdoor Pioneer Village, which opens its season with a scavenger hunt that extends into the permanent galleries.

“Historically Incorrect” is the name of the game. Entrants go hunt for the incongruous items they can spot in exhibits and turn in their list of found items and locations for a prize.

Open house

The museum’s open house is April 6, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. This is a chance to mingle with visiting community vendors and perhaps even dance to live music. Community Bank is sponsoring the event.

Living history

And now that the Pioneer Village is open, living history programs are on the calendar.

These programs are offered on the grass of the village, weather permitting, on Sundays at 2 p.m.

On April 14, Charlie Potter, stagecoach driver, will talk about rough roads and his beloved horses hauling people all over creation. Harris Gwynn portrays Potter.

April 21, E.B. Whitman makes an appearance as Walla Walla’s first mayor, portrayed by the distinguished Daniel Clark.

Then, on April 25, the evening program Museum After Hours will feature a presentation on the “Steptoe & Wright Campaign: An American Dunkirk,” presented by Lyle Gleason, who will present as a military character assigned out of Fort Walla Walla in the mid-1800s. Admission is free, and the presentation starts at 5 p.m.

About

The museum is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission to the three exhibit galleries and five exhibit buildings, plus the village, is $12 adults, $10 seniors and students, $5 children ages 6-12 and free for children 5 and under.

Museum members receive free admission all year.

Memberships start at $35 for seniors and students, $55 for a couple or $65 for a household.

Membership includes free admission, email announcements of special events, the quarterly newsletter “The Dispatch,” and a discount at the museum store. It is also good for free admission to the Tamástslikt Cultural Institute near Pendleton.