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.]] The Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI) is a Museum in the Montlake neighborhood of Seattle , Washington , USA , dedicated to the history of Seattle and the Puget Sound region. It opened February 15 , 1952 . MOHAI, as it is known, is part of the Seattle- King County Historical Society, which was formed in 1911 on the 60th anniversary of the landing of the Denny Party at Alki . The museum is visited by over 60,000 people annually. Among its collection are 1,500,000 historic Photograph s. PERMANENT EXHIBITS MOHAI's permanent exhibits cover several different periods of Seattle's and the region's history. The exhibit is divided into "This Native Land" (1792–1859) about native settlement and early European exploration and settlement; "Little Town on Elliott Bay" (1859–1889) about the period until Washington statehood and the Great Seattle Fire (both 1889); "Boom Times, Hard Times" (1889–1940) covering, especially, the Klondike Gold Rush and Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition and the Great Depression ; "Homefront" (1941–1945) about Seattle during World War II and the U.S. Homefront more generally; "Our Own City" (1946–present) covering the Suburb an boom, the American Civil Rights Movement , and the rise of companies such as Microsoft .Gallery Guide, MOHAI, undated, current as of 2007. Other permanent exhibits include "Salmon Stakes" (covering a sweeping history of the 's old red "R", which used to be on top of the brewery next to Interstate 5 .Wyatt Buchanan, Neon's illuminating stories find a home , ''Seattle Post-Intelligencer'', October 11, 2003. Accessed online 11 January 2007. SEE ALSO NOTES EXTERNAL LINK |
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