Boldman House Museum

Boldman House Museum Come take a journey to 1920s Columbia County with us! In addition to our normal hours, tours are available by appointment.

The Boldman House Museum—a restored Queen Anne Victorian home with an elegant garden of 19th and early 20th century heirloom cultivars—presents a time capsule of early 20th century home life.

This year's Boldman House Museum "Quilts in the Garden" show, Saturday, June 27, will feature over 30 historic and conte...
06/11/2026

This year's Boldman House Museum "Quilts in the Garden" show, Saturday, June 27, will feature over 30 historic and contemporary pieces displayed by some of our most talented and experienced Touchet Valley quilters.

Special guests will be Amy and Ken Cox, owners of the new Dayton Quilt Company (grand opening Saturday, June 20!). Make time in your schedule for the show, 11:00-3:00 p.m June 27. 410 N. 1st Street.

See you there!
(event will be canceled in the unlikely event of uncooperative weather!)

06/05/2026

Everyone is welcome to join Yogi Sylvia Buehler for Yoga in the Garden at Boldman House Museum, Saturdays at 9:00 a.m. 410 N. First St. in Dayton.

Starting tomorrow! No-cost, beautiful start to a day.

05/29/2026

Thanks for the piano, girls!

Hear it live at the Boldman House.

Thanks, everyone, for a beautiful day in the gardens!
05/23/2026

Thanks, everyone, for a beautiful day in the gardens!

05/22/2026

Don’t forget to drop in at the Boldman House this Saturday, the 23rd, during Dayton Days, 11:00-2:00 pm, for good old-fashioned sweet cream butter churning (with fresh homemade bread to eat it with!), rope-making, wheat and corn and coffee-grinding (hand-crank!), 19th-century games, down-home laundry on the wash board, and antique tool demos! Free for everyone (donations accepted!). Enjoy the vintage gardens in bloom and have a fun old time! See you after the parade!

A big thank you to Boldman House volunteer, Van Whysong, for producing four new finials for our garden fence, which is b...
05/14/2026

A big thank you to Boldman House volunteer, Van Whysong, for producing four new finials for our garden fence, which is being repaired and painted by local contractor, Arthur LaBerge.

From the Boldman archives: on the left, a 1930 copper Lincoln wheat penny. On the right, a 1945 copper Lincoln wheat pen...
05/09/2026

From the Boldman archives: on the left, a 1930 copper Lincoln wheat penny. On the right, a 1945 copper Lincoln wheat penny. In the middle of World War II, not enough copper was available for minting. So in 1943 - and that year only - the penny was made from zinc-coated steel. Not only were they a bit lighter than copper pennies, they were also magnetic.

We used to have three drug stores in Dayton, including our own Elk Drug, which has endured the ages. Come by and see thi...
05/01/2026

We used to have three drug stores in Dayton, including our own Elk Drug, which has endured the ages. Come by and see this Boldman drug display, and all the time-traveling artifacts from the life of this one (very interesting) pioneer farm family.

We move to Summer Hours next week: Thursday-Saturday, 11:00 am to 5:00 pm. Cheers!

Address

410 N 1st Street
Dayton, WA
99328

Opening Hours

Thursday 11am - 5pm
Friday 11am - 5pm
Saturday 11am - 5pm

Telephone

(509) 382-1548

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