The site is cleared, and crews for the Tulalip Tribes’ construction department are planning to finish pouring concrete next week on a unique addition to the reservation.
The $19 million Hibulb Cultural Center and Natural Preserve, set to open in April, includes a 10,000-square-foot curation facility where members of the Tulalip Tribes will be able to submit family heirlooms to be restored and treated for long-term archiving and storage.
The items will be collected over the next few months so staff can prepare them for display when the center opens next year. Tribal members who own antique items including baskets, textiles and photos are encouraged to submit them for display at the center.
The curation facility is completed, but the public area of the center is still under construction.
The center is on a 52-acre site, most of which will become the Natural History Preserve, scheduled to open in 2010. The preserve will include a salmon-bearing stream, an estuary wetlands complex, cedar and other trees, and forest and orchard areas.
Reporter Krista J. Kapralos: 425-339-3422 or kkapralos@heraldnet.com.
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