Exhibits

Current Exhibit

A View from the Top: Celebrating 100 Years of the Astoria Column A View from the Top: Celebrating 100 Years of the Astoria Column
Current Exhibit
A View from the Top: Celebrating 100 Years of the Astoria Column

A View from the Top: Celebrate 100 years of the Astoria Column with this interactive exhibit featuring historic photos, hands‑on engineering challenges, airplane launches, and sgrafitto‑style art. A View from the Top is the featured current temporary exhibits at the Heritage Museum located on 16th and Exchange.

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Permanent Exhibits

The Cedar People The Cedar People
Permanent Exhibit
The Cedar People

In Cedar People, learn about the Native American peoples who first inhabited the lower Columbia region prior to the arrival of Europeans.

Exhibit highlights include the basketry of Clatsop tribal members Jennie Michel and Kate Jurhs and a recreated longhouse for visitors young and old to explore.

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The Cedar People
Blocked Out: Race and Place in the Making of Modern Astoria Blocked Out: Race and Place in the Making of Modern Astoria
Permanent Exhibit
Blocked Out: Race and Place in the Making of Modern Astoria

Blocked Out: Race and Place in the Making of Modern Astoria is the featured current temporary exhibits at the Heritage Museum located on 16th and Exchange.

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Blocked Out: Race and Place in the Making of Modern Astoria
Astor’s People Astor’s People
Permanent Exhibit
Astor’s People

In Astor’s People, learn the harrowing story of the founding of the first US settlement west of the Rocky Mountains and the significant successes that followed.

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Astor’s People
Immigrants Immigrants
Permanent Exhibit
Immigrants

Immigrants explores the experiences of the diverse groups of immigrants to the Lower Columbia region with a look at where they worked, their home lives, religious practices, and leisure activities.

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Immigrants
The Bounty of Clatsop County The Bounty of Clatsop County
Permanent Exhibit
The Bounty of Clatsop County

The Bounty of Clatsop County explores how the area’s wealth of natural resources contributed to the growth and prosperity of Clatsop County.

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The Bounty of Clatsop County
Vice & Virtue Vice & Virtue
Permanent Exhibit
Vice & Virtue

The Astoria of the mid to late-nineteenth century was a frontier seaport and a land of contrasts and contradictions. Vice & Virtue explores early tensions through historic photos, artifacts from the era, and a recreated saloon.

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Vice & Virtue

Past Exhibits

Angora Hiking Club

Angora Hiking Club

Founded on July 4, 1920, the Angora Hiking Club of Astoria, Oregon is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. The club began when members of the local Knights of Pythias Lodge decided to celebrate the July 4th holiday by climbing near-by Saddle Mountain. Appreciating both the climb and the view, they decided to form a hiking club. 

Angora Hiking Club Slideshow

“This Has Been A Terrible Day,” The Great Astoria Fire of 1922 “This Has Been A Terrible Day,” The Great Astoria Fire of 1922
Past Exhibits
"This Has Been A Terrible Day," The Great Astoria Fire of 1922

The Clatsop County Historical Society’s current exhibit, This Has Been A Terrible Day, The Great Astoria Fire of 1922, will run March 16, 2022 through January 1, 2023 at the Heritage Museum located on 16th and Exchange.

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Away From Home: Native American Boarding School Stories Away From Home: Native American Boarding School Stories
Past Exhibits
Away From Home: Native American Boarding School Stories

The Clatsop County Historical Society’s current exhibit, Away From Home: Native American Boarding School Stories, will run April 6, 2021 through May 25, 2021 at the Heritage Museum located on 16th and Exchange.

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Signs of the Times / The Model City Signs of the Times / The Model City
Past Exhibits
Signs of the Times / The Model City

Signs of the Times and The Model City, are the featured current temporary exhibits at the Heritage Museum located on 16th and Exchange.

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