Editing La Conner, Washington (section)

==Arts and culture==
[[File:La Conner's Old Fir Log.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|"The Old Fir Log" display on First Street includes this timeline of historic events.]]

The [[Museum of Northwest Art]] showcases a permanent collection of northwest artists and revolving shows throughout the year. The town is also home to the Skagit Historical Museum,<ref>[http://www.skagitcounty.net/Departments/HistoricalSociety Skagit Historical Museum]</ref> with perhaps the best view in town, and the Quilt Museum,<ref>[http://www.laconnerquilts.org/ Quilt Museum]</ref> located in one of the oldest homes in town, the Gaches Mansion.

The town of La Conner is home to several fine art galleries, including La Conner Seaside Gallery, Forum Arts, Earthenworks, and Alek's Art Studio. Visual artists, painters, and photographers have also worked from spaces in and around La Conner, including [[Northwest School (art)|Northwest School]] members [[Guy Anderson]],<ref name="SeattleTimes1982GuyAnderson">{{cite news |last=Tarzan |first=Deloris |date=July 11, 1982 |title=Skagit magic feeds the soul |page=E4 |url= |work=[[The Seattle Times]] |url-access= |access-date= |quote=Not until Guy Anderson became a La Conner resident did the artist feel that he hit his full stride as a painter}}</ref> [[Morris Graves]], and [[Richard Gilkey]].{{citation needed|date=December 2022}} [[Fishtown (art colony)|Fishtown]], an informal artists' community housed in a cluster of old cabins and fishing shacks on the north fork of the Skagit River delta, housed many artists from the late 1960s to the mid-1980s.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

Also famous for its many feral domestic turkeys, the town named the turkey as their "Official Town Bird in 2005".<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vchfWM9ey8 YouTube - La Conner Town Turkeys<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goskagit.com/no-fowl-weather-here-la-conners-turkeys-steal-the-spotlight/article_5846841b-c66f-52a3-99cd-cade1343a96a.html|title = No fowl weather here: La Conner's turkeys steal the spotlight| date=November 10, 2007 }}</ref> On August 8, 2006; however, a debate was heard in town council about whether the birds should be removed because of nuisance complaints about noise, fecal matter, and ingestion of garden materials.<ref>[http://www.laconner.net/uploads/TC_Minutes_06-0808.pdf Laconner.net] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070615144513/http://www.laconner.net/uploads/TC_Minutes_06-0808.pdf |date=June 15, 2007 }}</ref>  As of October 2010, the town council declared the turkeys to be a nuisance and has since taken action to have them removed from the town limits.

La Conner's [[public library]], which is run by the town government and serves residents of the local school district, opened on November 26, 1993, at a former storefront.<ref>{{cite web |title=About |url=https://laconnerlibraryfoundation.org/about/ |publisher=La Conner Library Foundation |accessdate=December 5, 2022}}</ref> Plans to construct a permanent library were announced in 2012 with a ten-year fundraising campaign. Construction on the new library began in October 2021 and was completed the following year at a cost of $5&nbsp;million. The {{convert|5,500|sqft|sqm|adj=mid}} building opened on October 18, 2022, and includes community spaces, a rooftop [[solar array]], and signage in English, Spanish, [[Braille]], and [[Lushootseed]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Gullett |first=Courtney |date=May 28, 2022 |title=La Conner Swinomish Library expected to be completed in the fall |url=https://www.goskagit.com/news/local_news/la-conner-swinomish-library-expected-to-be-completed-in-the-fall/article_5be83037-1a35-5475-8fa6-18908d03fdcc.html |work=Skagit Valley Herald |accessdate=December 5, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Fletcher-Frazer |first=Emma |date=December 3, 2022 |title=La Conner library opens to warm reception |url=https://www.goskagit.com/townnews/software/la-conner-library-opens-to-warm-reception/article_6185c470-71c4-11ed-8747-175e2f5d7ded.html |work=Skagit Valley Herald |accessdate=December 5, 2022}}</ref>