HERITAGE MUSEUM

A View from the Top
Celebrating 100 Years of the Astoria Column

This exhibit made possible through the generosity of the
Samuel S. Johnson Foundation.

Come celebrate 100 years of the Astoria Column with the Clatsop County Historical Society! Our newest special exhibit, A View from the Top: Celebrating 100 Years of the Astoria Column is open at the Heritage Museum throughout 2026. Learn more about the Column through spectacular historic photos and informative text. Then try your hand at one of our many exciting interactives. Can you build a miniature Column that stands up to strong wind gusts? Design a better airplane to launch off the top? Create your own sgrafitto-style artwork? Do all of this and more with our newest Heritage Museum exhibit.

Signs of the Times
Portrait photograph of Attilio Pusterla wearing a brimmed hat, round eyeglasses with a cord, a suit jacket, white shirt, and patterned tie, presented as a formal identification-style likeness.
The Astoria Column rises in the foreground overlooking a hillside park, parked cars, and the town of Astoria with the Columbia River and Astoria-Megler bridge extending across the water in the background, conveying a scenic viewpoint from the monument.

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