"Telling Our Westside Stories: Land, Work, and Home", a collection of 40 oral history interviews and photographs from the society’s collection is set to open to the public on Aug. 26 at the Log House Museum near Alki. It is the first exhibit of a three-year project being developed by The Southwest Seattle Historical Society/Log House Museum.

The exhibit brings to life the stories of ordinary people on the Duwamish Peninsula in the decades after the Alki landing in 1851. The first phase focuses on how residents have interacted with the land and water—the Duwamish Peninsula, Puget Sound, Elliott Bay, and the Duwamish River.

The public is invited to the grand opening, Sunday, August 26 from 1 to 4 p.m.

The Log House Museum is located on Alki, 3001 61st Ave. S.W. Parking is available in the parking lot of the old Homestead Restaurant, half a block north.

An interactive map of southwest Seattle, with audio clips from interviews, will travel in 2012-2013 to local libraries, schools, and community centers.

For more information, contact the Log House Museum at 206-938-5293 or loghousemuseum@comcast.net.

In the interim the Museum will be closed and reopening August 26th.