Exhibits
Current Exhibit
A View from the Top: Celebrating 100 Years of the Astoria ColumnA 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.
Permanent Exhibits
The Cedar PeopleIn 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.
Blocked Out: Race and Place in the Making of Modern AstoriaBlocked 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.
Astor’s PeopleIn 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.
ImmigrantsImmigrants 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.
The Bounty of Clatsop CountyThe Bounty of Clatsop County explores how the area’s wealth of natural resources contributed to the growth and prosperity of Clatsop County.
Vice & VirtueThe 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.
Past Exhibits

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.
“This Has Been A Terrible Day,” The Great Astoria Fire of 1922The 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.
Away From Home: Native American Boarding School StoriesThe 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.
Signs of the Times / The Model CitySigns of the Times and The Model City, are the featured current temporary exhibits at the Heritage Museum located on 16th and Exchange.


