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
Questions?: email us
Address Information
Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center Museum
990 SW Rock Creek Drive
P.O. Box 396
Stevenson, WA 98648
Driving Directions
About The Museum
- Blue Star Museum
- Museum Honors Military Personnel.........
Read More - Museum Affiliations
- The Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center Museum is affiliated with several prominent chambers, institutions and other museums.
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- General Museum Information
Read More - 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
Read More - 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.
Read More - 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 ...
Read More - The Legend of Tsagaglalal
- The logo for the Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center is the petroglyph, "Tsagaglalal" or "She Who Watches."
Read More - 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
Read More - Events at the Museum
- Events at the Museum
Read More - 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 ...
Read More - New Addition to the Lobby
- Historic beauty is parked at Interpretive Center............
Read More - Skamania Performing Arts Presents: 2011 line up
- The Skamania Performing Arts will hold several conserts at the Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center Museum.................
Read More - 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.
Read More - About Don Brown
- The unique Don Brown Rosary Collection is the result of one man�s lifelong devotion to sacred art.
Read More - About the Rosaries
- It is worthy to note that visitors of many faiths are astonished at the beauty of the exhibit.
Read More - Clahclehlah and the Corridor of Commerce
- This semi-permanent exhibit complements additional smaller exhibits relating to the Corps of Discovery.
Read More - 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.
Read More - Community Gallery
- A house-like structure introduces community development.
Read More - Early Changes
- The Doumitt Store front depicts a typical dry goods store as it existed in Stevenson, WA. in 1907.
Read More - First People
- First People focuses on the history of the original people specific to this area of the Gorge, the Cascade Chinook.
Read More - Grand Gallery and Harvesting Resources
- The largest gallery in the Museum is Harvesting Resources with a focus on the timber and fishing industries.
Read More - Harsh Demands
- Harsh Demands Gallery
Read More - 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.
Read More - 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.
Read More - Natural History of the Gorge
- On the mezzanine level is a field tent containing information about the geology of the Gorge.
Read More - 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...
Read More - Outdoor Exhibits
- A diesel locomotive, cedar log carvings, logging equipment, a portion of the Broughton flume and in interpretive kiosk are all available outdoors.
Read More - 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.
Read More - 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.
Read More - Spiritual Quest Gallery
- This gallery is divided into two separate spiritual quests with one being successful and the other a failure.
Read More - 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.
Read More - 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.
Read More - Join Us
- The Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center Museum is the 501-c-3 nonprofit museum of the Skamania County Historical Society.
Read More - 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.......
Read More - Gorge Skies 3-30-11
- March has been nothing but wall-to-wall clouds.......
Read More - 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.
Read More - Gorge Skies 5-11-2011
- The majority of our solar system planets are still playing leapfrog in the morning skies.
Read More - Gorge Skies 6-15-2011
- As June continues the weather patterns seem to be shifting.....
Read More - 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.
Read More - Become a Volunteer!
- The Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center Museum welcomes those in our community with the volunteer spirit.
Read More - 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.
Read More - Field Trip Reservation Form
- Field Trip Reservation Form
Read More - For Teachers
- We are proud to introduce to you the Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center Museum.
Read More - 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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