SEDRO-WOOLLEY — History has a way of hiding in plain sight.

The Sedro-Woolley Museum Satellite Branch located on the second floor of Country Meadow Village at 1501 Collins Road is a perfect example.

Officially dedicated in 2011, the Sedro-Woolley Museum Satellite Branch is open to the public from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily and is curated by Country Meadow Village Program Director David Bricka, in coordination with the Sedro-Woolley Museum.

The satellite branch held an open house last month, touting the addition of several Darius Kinsey prints to its collection.

“David has curated the whole thing and they have done a very good job with the pieces that are displayed,” Sedro-Woolley Museum Director JoEllen Kesti said. “He put the prints together beautifully and they are a great addition. It’s exciting.”

The satellite branch offers an array of historical artifacts on loan from the Sedro-Woolley Museum as well as items from past and current residents, that include vintage furniture, antique school desks, farming equipment, period stove and cooking supplies, and historic maps.

Properly displaying the prints, which had been housed in a storage room for several years, was something Bricka had always wanted to do.

“We were finally able to get them framed and hung in the hallway,” Bricka said. “We also painted and redid all the flooring. So the entire area has been updated and it just looks amazing. We are just so excited about this and it’s great we are finally able to have these prints displayed.”

Don’t have a clue who Darius Kinsey is or why he’s seen as such a prominent photographer when it comes to Northwest history?

No reason to despair, Bricka provides a biography he compiled of the famed photographer, which hangs on the same wall as the prints.

Kinsey was a prolific photographer of logging activities in the Pacific Northwest from the turn of the century until the 1940s. He documented life in logging camps and photographed every aspect of logging in the Pacific Northwest.

He called Sedro-Woolley home midway through his life and in 1896, started a studio there.

“It’s just beautiful and the satellite branch does an excellent job telling some of the history of our town,” Kesti said. “They take great care of the items on display and it’s a very nice collaboration. It’s particularly nice for the people who live there.

“We are very excited about the addition of the Darius Kinsey prints. Those are always special.”

Bricka believes Kinsey’s time spent photographing in the woods in and around Sedro-Woolley is special.

“Him being in Sedro-Woolley is one of the most dramatic, historical moments in Skagit County,” he said. “He did such amazing things. We are lucky to be a part of what he did and the history he preserved through photographs.”