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  Columbia River Maritime Museum
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​Whether you are a “museum person" or not, whether you like maritime stuff or not, you will love the Columbia River Maritime Museum.  Climb aboard the floating lighthouse, see Coast Guard rescues, learn about the maritime culture of Indigenous Northwest peoples, and understand why our mighty Columbia River Bar is called the Graveyard of the Pacific.
Visiting the Museum
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Museum open everyday 9:30AM - 5:00PM
(Except Thanksgiving & Christmas Day)
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Lightship Columbia is open 11:00AM - 3:00PM
Please call for day-of availability
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​Museum Address
1792 Marine Drive
Astoria, Oregon 97103
503.325.2323

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ADMISSION
Museum Members Free


Adults (18+): $18.00
Seniors (65+): $15.00
Children (6-17): $8.00
Kids 5 & under: FREE

AAA Members:
Ask about your discount
(AAA card and matching ID required)
College Students 18+:
$15 with student ID
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​Active Duty Military: FREE

SNAP and WIC Recipients: $3.00 per person (up to 4) with EBT or WIC Card
​with matching ID

Lightship Only: $5.00

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Museum Members FREE
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3D film: $5.00
Museum Members FREE
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MUSEUM ACCESSIBILITY

​​Ample complimentary parking is available onsite for Museum visitors.  The Museum building and 3D theater are fully accessible; however, the Lightship Columbia is not recommended for those with mobility challenges.
Service Animal Policy

The Columbia River Maritime Museum is committed to welcoming a wide and diverse audience, include those assisted by trained service animals.

The Columbia River Maritime Museum complies with the Americans with Disabilities act (ADA), which defines service animals as a dog that has been individually trained to do work or perform tasks for an individual with a disability. The task(s) performed by the dog must be directly related to the person’s disability.  The Columbia River Maritime Museum allows service dogs in all public areas of the Museum.

The Columbia River Maritime Museum does not allow Emotional Support Animals (ESA) inside the Museum.  Emotional Support Animals, Comfort Animals, or Therapy Animals which provide comfort do not qualify as service animals under the ADA.

The following questions will be asked of each guest with a service dog:
  • Is the service dog required because of a disability?
  • What work or task has the dog been trained to perform?

​If the dog is out of control or not housebroken, the handler will be asked to remove the dog from the Museum.
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WHAT OUR VISITORS ARE SAYING

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​Activities

​Unlike any other site on the north Oregon Coast, you can board a floating lighthouse, pilot a tugboat, participate in a Coast Guard rescue and walk the bridge of a WWII warship.  Marvel at the motor lifeboat plowing through the waves, and learn why the mouth of the Columbia River is known as the Graveyard of the Pacific.
The Lightship ​Columbia, a National Historic Landmark that once guided ships to safety at the mouth of the Columbia River, offers an opportunity to hop aboard and see for yourself where the sailors would cook, eat, sleep, and work.
VISIT THE LIGHTSHIP

EXPLORE OUR CURRENT EXHIBITS
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This is Our Place
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​A collaboration with the Chinook Indian Nation to share Chinook maritime traditions and culture
as lived today ​through the photography of Amiran White.
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​Cedar and Sea:  the Maritime Culture of the Indigenous People of the Pacific Northwest
Featuring voices of contemporary Indigenous artisans presenting their work as part of their living traditions, demonstrating resilience as they blend old and new tools, technologies and knowledge to prosper in the face of continuing threats to traditional lifeways.
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Graveyard of the Pacific

At the entryway to the Museum, experience the interactive exhibit map of the Graveyard of the Pacific, where over 200 large ships and 700 people have lost their lives to the sea.  Then visit the gallery for an informative film on the Great River of the West​.
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Crossing the Bar:
​Perilous Passage

Our Crossing the Bar exhibit features dramatic, never-before-seen video of rough water passages captured while working with the U.S. Coast Guard and Columbia River Bar Pilots during fierce winter storms.
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Towboating


​Visit the Brix Maritime Hall, and learn about towboating by working the controls inside an operating model of a Columbia River towboat.  This exciting, interactive display shows you how to make a tow, dock and turn the 5,000 horsepower towboat.
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SHIPWRECKS!


​EXPERIENCE
the terror!
Visit our newest exhibit to learn about shipwrecks on our shores and the impacts they have on the environment and the economy.

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  • Home
  • Visit
    • Accessibility
    • Current Exhibits
    • Lightship Columbia
    • 3D Theater
    • Warnock Model Boat Pond
    • Museum Gallery Map
    • What Our Visitors Are Saying
    • Upcoming Events
    • Online Exhibits
  • Education
    • Schools >
      • Miniboat Program >
        • Miniboats in the News
      • Field Trips >
        • Learning Labs
        • Group Visit
      • Museum in the Schools
      • Children of a Common River Poetry Contest
    • Adult Education >
      • Workshops
      • Group Visits
      • Lectures
      • Senior Enrichment Programs
      • Adult Carving & Weaving Clubs
    • Public Programming >
      • In the Community
      • In Museum Programming
      • Online Learning
  • Collections
    • Online Collections
  • Reference Library
  • Store
  • Join/Give
    • Individual/Family Memberships
    • Business Memberships
    • Planned Giving
    • Donate to Curatorial
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    • Join Our Crew
  • Campus Transformation
  • Celebrating 50 Years of The QuarterDeck
  • MARINERS HALL PROJECT GOALS