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Open Daily: 10:00am - 5:00pm
Closed: New Year's Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day
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(509) 427-8211
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Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center Museum
990 SW Rock Creek Drive
P.O. Box 396
Stevenson, WA 98648
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A One-of-a-Kind Spiritual Collection Finds a Home
- Chapter 1: Brief History of the Rosary
- Chapter 2: About Don Brown
- Chapter 3: A One-of-a-Kind Spiritual Collection Finds a Home
- Chapter 4: About the Rosaries
A county funded museum was established with the historical society as the advisory body. Space was allocated in the basement of the courthouse annex for local Native American and pioneer artifacts with a separate room for the rosary collection.
This small county museum has now been replaced by the Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center Museum, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Skamania County Historical Society. The Rosary collection is owned by the county but maintained and preserved by the society.
During the process of deeding his collection to the people of Skamania County, the issue of church-state separation was discussed. It was resolved in that the collection has representations of many faiths. The collection and his writings are the only remaining tangible objects that represent his life. Don is recognized as one of the founders and what better way to commemorate his life than to have his unusual collection exhibited. If the subject of his collecting was something else, and it was all that was left of his life, it would not be questioned that the founder of the organization which owns the museum should be represented by having it on exhibit.
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