Hours of Operation

Open Daily: 10:00am - 5:00pm
Closed: New Year's Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day

Call Us: (800) 991-2338
             (509) 427-8211

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Address Information

Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center Museum
990 SW Rock Creek Drive
P.O. Box 396
Stevenson, WA 98648
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About The Museum

Blue Star Museum
Museum Honors Military Personnel.........
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Museum Affiliations
The Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center Museum is affiliated with several prominent chambers, institutions and other museums.
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Museum Information
General Museum Information
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Museum Rental and After Hours
The Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center Museum offers a unique atmosphere in a pristine setting for any special event.
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Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy
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See What Museum Visitors Have to Say...
The Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center Museum has guests visit from all over the world. Here are some of the things they have said.
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The Challenge Continues with The Artifact Benefactor program
We are proud to offer the opportunity to support the Museum in a creative and personalized manner. The Artifact Benefactor program involves contributing to a specific artifact as selected by the Board of Directors. For a specified contribution, your ...
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The Legend of Tsagaglalal
The logo for the Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center is the petroglyph, "Tsagaglalal" or "She Who Watches."
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The Legend of Tsagaglalal
The logo for the Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center is the petroglyph, "Tsagaglalal" or "She Who Watches."
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Museum Events

Auction & Bridges at the Museum Photo Gallery
Auction & Bridges at the Museum Photo Gallery
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Events at the Museum
Events at the Museum
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Mushrooms in the Gorge
Each month the Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center Museum presents a speaker on one subject or another. Year to year the most popular has been local naturalist, John Davis, talking about wild mushrooms. This year there will be a twist: Davis will conc ...
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New Addition to the Lobby
Historic beauty is parked at Interpretive Center............
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Skamania Performing Arts Presents: 2011 line up
The Skamania Performing Arts will hold several conserts at the Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center Museum.................
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Sunday Afternoon with Gorge History Presents: Gary Lentz
Gary Lentz was the Park Ranger at Lewis 7 Clark Trail State Park near Waitsburg, Washington.......
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Collections and Exhibits

A One-of-a-Kind Spiritual Collection Finds a Home
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.
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About Don Brown
The unique Don Brown Rosary Collection is the result of one man�s lifelong devotion to sacred art.
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About the Rosaries
It is worthy to note that visitors of many faiths are astonished at the beauty of the exhibit.
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Clahclehlah and the Corridor of Commerce
This semi-permanent exhibit complements additional smaller exhibits relating to the Corps of Discovery.
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Collections and Exhibits
When you visit the Columbia River Gorge Interpretive Center Museum, you are able to visualize and participate in the bountiful life of the Columbia River Gorge.
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Community Gallery
A house-like structure introduces community development.
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Early Changes
The Doumitt Store front depicts a typical dry goods store as it existed in Stevenson, WA. in 1907.
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First People
First People focuses on the history of the original people specific to this area of the Gorge, the Cascade Chinook.
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Grand Gallery and Harvesting Resources
The largest gallery in the Museum is Harvesting Resources with a focus on the timber and fishing industries.
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Harsh Demands
Harsh Demands Gallery
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History of the Don Brown Rosary Collection
The Don Brown Rosary Collection, the world's largest of its kind, is displayed in the Spiritual Quest Gallery of the Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center Museum in Stevenson, WA. under the aegis of the Skamania County Historical Society.
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Military Presence
In the early 1850's, three forts or blockhouses were located within a seven mile radius along the north bank of the Columbia River in Skamania County.
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Natural History of the Gorge
On the mezzanine level is a field tent containing information about the geology of the Gorge.
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Nature's Vessels
The art gallery at the Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center is once again full of colorful and beautiful vessels made from hand decorated gourds and woven baskets...
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Outdoor Exhibits
A diesel locomotive, cedar log carvings, logging equipment, a portion of the Broughton flume and in interpretive kiosk are all available outdoors.
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Second Floor Theatre
The program in the second theatre presents a humorous review of some of the odd historical events in Skamania County and our positive outlook for the future.
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Short Term Art Gallery
Located next to the Museum Store, the Short Term Art Gallery is dedicated to showing the art work of Gorge artists.
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Spiritual Quest Gallery
This gallery is divided into two separate spiritual quests with one being successful and the other a failure.
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Transportation
The histories of the SP&S (Spokane, Portland & Seattle) Railroad, the development of Highway 8 and the era of the sternwheeler are interwoven in this gallery.
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Turning Point
The gallery structure represents a trading post and First People's contact with the Euro-American culture.
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Get Involved

Become a Volunteer!
Become a Volunteer! The Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center Museum welcomes those in our community with the volunteer spirit.
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Join Us
The Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center Museum is the 501-c-3 nonprofit museum of the Skamania County Historical Society.
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Reciprocal Membership - World
Your membership card with the Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center Museum also entitles you to reciprocal membership with the World Forestry Center in Portland, Oregon.
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Kids' Corner

Kids' Corner
There are a lot of really cool things to see at the museum. Here are a few of the things you might see during a day here; a totem, a salmon, a biplane, and a caboose!
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Featured Guest Articles

Gorge Skies 3-2-2011
March is now upon us. Hopefully the snows of winter are over.......
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Gorge Skies 3-30-11
March has been nothing but wall-to-wall clouds.......
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Gorge Skies 4-13-2011
As we continue into April the majority of the planets are positioning themselves for a special line-up that will occur at the end of the month.
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Gorge Skies 5-11-2011
The majority of our solar system planets are still playing leapfrog in the morning skies.
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Gorge Skies 6-15-2011
As June continues the weather patterns seem to be shifting.....
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Gorge Skies 7/27/2011: Summer Stars
In previous articles I wrote about three of my favorite summer stars, Arcturus, Spica, and Antares. It is now time for the last three, Vega, Deneb, and Altair. Vega is the easiest of all the summer stars to locate. Simply step out into the darkness t ...
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Press Releases

*Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center Chooses Emagineering
The site is the creation of Bend, Oregon-based Emagineering, LLC, whose team designed and developed the site located at http://www.columbiagorge.org.
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Become a Volunteer!
The Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center Museum welcomes those in our community with the volunteer spirit.
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New Benefits For Supporting Members !
Supporting Members get admission to over 400 museums nationwide....
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For Teachers

Field Trip Guidelines
Students, stay with your group leader. Group leaders, stay with your students.
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Field Trip Reservation Form
Field Trip Reservation Form
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For Teachers
We are proud to introduce to you the Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center Museum.
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School Group Orientation
In order to help you prepare for your visit to the Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center Museum, we have provided some guidelines to make your visit more enjoyable for students, teachers, parents, staff and other museum visitors.
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