Let's Talk About Birds presents the Syre Education Center permanent collection of over 500 mounted birds, eggs, and feathers. Students see shorebirds, birds of prey and birds of their neighborhood. Eggs are featured. A take-home booklet helps students to individually interact with the exhibit. The Northwest Coast Native American Tour and Hands-on Workshop presents regional Native American Culture through artifacts.
Ambience is built through storytelling and performance.
Following the tour students participate in a hands-on workshop. They prepare inner cedar bark and make twine, weave, split and adz wood, sharpen slate and taste salmon cooked in a bent-wood box. The program is c-sponsored by the American Association of University Women. The Bellingham History presentation includes a slide program of vintage photographs describing the development of the community, followed by a tour of logging, settlement cabin and tools, and Victorian room scenes. Students do a variety of activities in class, see posters and slides, then interact through worksheets and other activities at the museum.