PRESS RELEASES

• EXTENDED! Tattoo - The Art of the Sailor
  Don't miss this popular exhibit. Originally scheduled to close at the end of September, Tattoo - The Art of the Sailor has been extended through December 31, 2011.
• Fiber Artist Courtney Gold presents Columbia River Native People: Their Baskets and Their Culture
  Saturday, October 15, 2:30 p.m., free to Museum Members or with paid admission to the Museum
• NEW EXHIBIT: Cleveland Rockwell (1837-1907), Astoria, the Lower Columbia and the Coast
  Cleveland Rockwell was the foremost painter of the Pacific Northwest. Although he did not become a full-time painter until his retirement in 1892, the many sketches he made on his expeditions with U.S. Coast Survey served as the basis for his later oil and watercolor paintings. Showing sketches, watercolors and oil paintings of this area from over a century ago, this exhibit depicts the stunning beauty of the unspoiled landscape. This opening of this exhibit coincides with the opening of Astoria's Bicentennial Celebration, May 20, 2011.
• ANNOUNCEMENT: Deputy Director Dave Pearson to participate in the Getty Museum Leadership Institute's Museum Executive Training Program
  Dave Pearson has been invited to participate with 30 museum leaders from the U.S. and around the world at the renowned Getty Museum Leadership Institute. The MLI offers intensive education and is the world's foremost professional development program for senior museum executives. MLI faculty come from top-ranked educational institutions. Coursework includes topics such as public understanding, leading organizational change, and motivating high performance.
• NEW EXHIBIT: Tattoo - The Art of the Sailor
  The Museum has gathered artifacts and images that tell the incredible story of how early maritime influences have become part of today's vigorous tattoo culture. Exhibit opens April 15, 2011 and continues through the fall.
• BOOK SIGNING: Ray Troll, Something Fishy This Way Comes
  Meet noted Alaskan artist Ray Troll on February 26, 2011 as part of the annual Fisher Poets gathering
• NEW EXHIBIT: Marking Time - Voyage to Vietnam
  Vietnam graffiti by soldiers on their way to war; opens March 18, 2011
• PRESENTATION: Rediscovering History - John Kendrick's Daring American Odyssey in the Pacific, presented by author Scott Ridley, March 19, 2011
• PRESENTATION: John Jacob Astor - Ships, Furs and the Columbia River, presented by author and historian Rex Ziak, March 24, 2011
• Columbia River Maritime Museum to display the Pilot Boat Peacock, one of the most important symbols of the Pacific Northwest's maritime heritage