Reviews of Coos History Museum & Maritime Collection (Museum)

Marilyn Wolf

Wonderful

Timothy Hawkins

Much information. If you want history you can spend many hours here.

Richard Stillwagon

Very educational!

Mellisa Spriggs

My daughter and I truly enjoyed the museum and all its stuff you can touch and feel. Needs more Indian artifacts.. The people are amazing there.. They know their history and facts.. We appreciate that there's still a museum to go to.. Sincerely.. Mellisa and Krystal spriggs

Ally R

This new location is 3 times bigger than the old museum. It's very well done with a rotation of exhibits, so you'll probably see something new if you come multiple times. In addition, there are classroom and conference/banquet facilities that you can rent, and since it sits right on the bay, the views are great. Plans are in place to constantly improve the museum, so I'll be coming back for sure!

Daphne Scott

My grand daughter loved it

Philip Dickson

Nice displays.

aja 3009

Wonderful place to explore

Amy Quartermaine

Small museum. Good if you like to read a lot

David Godfrey

Staff was very friendly and helpful.

Shelby Williams

Cute

Angela Guerrero

This museum has an awesome bookstore and lots of treasures. The actual museum is spacious and clean, but the lighting puts glare and shadows on the displays, making them difficult to read. I also expected more displays, it doesn't take long to go through.

The Steere Family Adventures

Very awesome museum to go to we had a great time also check outside you could see some of the yard of facts around from the locals

Hugo Hackenbush

Fantastic museum. Plan on 1 1/2 hours if you are one who tends to read the signs. There are quite a few artifacts. Well presented narrative of the history, growth, and development of the region. Very well organized.

Tim Mcginnis

Very nice museum! Love history!

Sherri Foreman

Small but very nice museum. Volunteers John & his wife very nice & informative. 2nd Sunday of the month is free entrance & sometimes has kids activities in the early afternoon. Be nice & give a donation. Ignore Lyndall Canter review & Harold Brown review. Don't know what museum they went to ...

Alisha Shelton

They do have free days which is nice when your on a budget. The staff are super friendly and helped answer all our questions.

Karlene Stoker

What a nice surprise this museum was! Lots of things to see in there.

Wendy Martin

This was an awesome history lesson. So much to see and learn about local history. Very nice. Did have a lot of wasted space though.

Annette Whelan

Beautiful place, wonderful gift shop.

chad alcock

It was ok, took me just over an hour to see the whole thing and I read just about everything in every exhibit.

penny wells

Very ugh educational

James Little

I am planning to visit this place as soon as possible, hopefully this weekend, when I returned to the Koch well Indian reservation karma and casino.

Brian Shaw

The history museum is amazing!

Spencer Gordon

Great place to visit and they are constantly changing the displays so you can return often and always see new things.

Dawnielle Garvie

Our 3 year old loved the magnetic driftwood & magnetic build your own animals.

Valorie Davis

Interesting exhibits

Rev Robert Gumm PhD

Good decent price

Sophia Benedict

Very informative. The gentleman at the desk knows a great deal about the local logging history.

Sherry Romero

Don't miss this stop, rich with local history. Coos Bay and the region is connected to America's lineage, and this is one place where history is still unfolding today. Surprise yourself. Get out of the rain for a bit and drench yourself in a very personal past.

Jayme Halasz

Amazing, loved it!

Curt Dahlgaard

Very nice. Good historical narrative.

Sylvia Stoddard

Wonderful venue for a large gathering. Very impressed.

William Sowle

Lots to see at the Museum and knowledgeable staff

stephanie nord

Lots of interesting pieces of history! Love the Morris Code machine that allowed us to play around with to understand how they communicated back then. Nice place!

Joni Mould

Nice!

Daniel Stephenson

Really cool and informative museum.

Douglas Wood

Nice, chatty volunteers. Exhibits are not yet all in place, but worth the price of admission. The display is laid out in 3 areas, as you follow the story. Begin at the far end, in the "shore" section. It is there the story behind with the native peoples.

Megan Maloney

This small county museum has excellent displays, knowledgeable docents/volunteers and a well-stocked gift store for ages 3-93. There are varied and interesting programs about local history, as well.

Melvin Rowlett

Good for a local museum and very informative of Coos Bay history. A fun place to take children

Cindy Whitaker

Displays well worth taking the time to stop for. Fees for museum.

Jennifer Dobkins

We didn't get a chance to go when they were open but they have some neat stuff outside. We will go back someday

steven weber

Great place to learn about local history. Loved it

Lora Papineau

A lot of amazing information about the bay area.

Marlee Strain

Really cool museum had lots of fun in there!!

Claude White

Nice place

L G

Great place to view the history of Coos and Northbend.

Bruce Hilton

Iconic waterfront morning with the tugs and the salt air

David King

Very cool

Kris Colvin

Some museums can be dry and dull. This one is surprisingly interesting.

David Banks

Very fun and informing for a small musiem loved it

Liane Parker

Learned a lot about Coos Bay that I didn't know

Shirley Bower

The native American veterans display is enlightening.

George Marcott

Nice museum. Great folks.

Kathy E

Interesting and informative. Gorgeous location on the water. A nice place.

N. A.

Cool little history museum that gives you a quick rundown of the area with some artifacts to view. There are interactive stations for all ages to experience that was fun for the kids and adults. Upstairs is an exhibit for military tattoo art shown on the veterans photographed that is kind of a cool start to an awesome idea but could definitely be expanded on, still loved it. The staff is amazing. My favorite was the elderly man who talked lots, was great with the kids, and has lived in the area for 30+ years. He was youthful yet knowledgeable from time. Thank you!

Doug Strain

Came here for a week long training. Nice venue with a beautiful view

Yolanda Smithee

So much fun. I LOVED the Veterans tattoo display. Staff is amazing. Thank you

Michelle Dhillon

Very educational

Shelby G

Wonderful museum for kids and adults alike! The staff was friendly, and we had the opportunity to browse and learn at our own pace. Thank you!

Bryson Fraga

Pretty cool place. If your looking for something to do in Coos Bay, can be interesting to learn about the history.

George Strango

7 buck...good deal...good break from driving when raining Not really good for young kids

Josh Palko

Nice little museum. Lots of great stuff to learn about the areas history.

Randy Corrigan

The museum has many exhibits that show the history of the local area. These exhibits are changed on a regular schedule so you may something completely different each time you visit.

Don Stubbs

You need to see this....History coming at you.

Shena Holliday

Friendly staff and a gorgeous meeting room

James McCann

Really well done.

Debbie Filson

Nice friendly staff. Beautiful exhibts.

sheena Gordon

Ssssoooooo amazing!!!

Damon Yanes

Its neat

Lyndall Canter

Not much of a museum. Mostly a gift shop

Michael Tiday

Full of local history

Chris Hunter

Very nice Museum for the area.

Phil Banry

I thought that there would be more stuff

Phil Christiana

Excellent museum. Lots of local history with welldone, informative displays. Nice gift shop and friendly, knowledgeable staff. We will definitely return.

Ben Paxton

small but interesting

Christian Wildhagen

Excellent event venue. Had a catered reception with about 55 guests. Everybody enjoyed the view, parking was easy, and the catering company we chose (Wildflour) and museum were familiar with each other which made coordination very simple. Joni was great to work with, helpful, and flexible through the whole process.

Richard Kirkendall

Fun little museum

Rick Stillwagon

Always changing, host great informative events, a must visit when in Coos Bay.

John Lott

Nice

C

Interesting museum. Would have stayed longer, but my four year old was on a mission to see 'boats that float.'

Erika Krieg

This was a fun place, don't miss it.

Karen Stevenson

Great history information. Nice displays

Austin Peavey

Had a great time very fun.

Beth Towle

$6.00 to get in very small museum. But kinda interesting.

Monte Davis

Very nice with friendly staff

Eric Evans

Better than expected

Pamela Montanez

I attended a Writers Conference here today Comfortable room with the beautiful water as a backdrop. Nice Gift Shop. I purchased a key chain in metal of the state of Oregon with a pine tree cut-out in the center. I love trees, Oregon and my home in Washington.

Campion Journot

Nice museum. Lots of local history about fishing, logging and industry in the Coos Bay/North Bend area.

Renee Buell

Great

steven oles

Nice place has some stuff on logging, vets, and the local indians. I would like there to be a bit more although my understandings is that its ran by volunteers so cant complain.

Megan morton

Nice local place to find out about the local history. Great school program. Is good for kids, they have good interactive areas for them.

Jannette Stoddard

Always enjoy my time at the museum

Robert G

Great place to visit. A lot of history.

Ellen Farrell

A treasure. Must visit!

Dave Martinak

Excellent staff (Barb & David) and informative displays. A really nice stop...

UFO Alpha and Omega Randy Seay

Coos Bay Oregon well I was supposed to be my girlfriend there in Coos Bay and I got a message that she had been robbed at the bus station for $400 in Louisiana so we were to meet there and be at our best girlfriend's house but without Nina this was not going to happen because her best friend's boyfriend was very jealous and I was stuck out on the streets nowhere to go I didn't know anybody I couldn't get her best friend to come out and meet me face-to-face so I assume that this was just another scam so I found a place to stay and to sleep on the streets and I have my camera and I begin to take naps and illustrations I have made $300 in 3 weeks the people there were very generous and they were taking care of the needy the shelters on the other hand well not so generous I stayed at the house for seven nights and then you have to go back out on the streets for 7 days of course it was always more than seven but I managed to leave Coos Bay and I had went back to Salt Lake City Utah that's where I had came from I was supposed to meet Nina there as well but her and her best girlfriend or evicted from their apartment and they had left for Arkansas leaving me there by myself thinking what now so now I've been here at the homeless shelter and Salt Lake City since then and meanwhile I have got rid of Nina this was an eight-month endeavor and attempted to be with somebody I really loved and wanted to share the rest of my life with but I couldn't bring myself to do it anymore I hated her for this show I have pictures to show for it and needless to say that the rain it would be warm at night and comfortable and then the day after it would be cool and getting cold and the day after that it would be down in the 30s degrees and all I had was one girl eventually I had gotten a couple of sleeping bags from somebody and that raincoat that I wear that was given to me as well people made sure that I had things to help me get by and without them I wouldn't have made it I may even go back there and retire I like to think that I've been on one big adventure and hopes of being with the one that I love and that seems to change like the weather now for one to another many are scams and so few are not

Sharon Marshall

The front sales clerk was rather rude to my granddaughter regarding the Celebration of Life function we were there fot

Larry Lynn

They've done a good job here. It was very interesting!

Capi Reed

Good history of early Koos.

Diana Olsen

This is the place to go if you are interested in the history of how this area developed, the Indians plight and great pictures.

Rod Young

Excellent museum

Mitchell Clem

A look back at real Coos Bay history to current happenings in the Coos Bay area. A real treat to see the how my ancestors worked and help make the Coos Bay Area it is today. They even have an Olympic Gold medal on display. Can you guess who’s it is? An informative look at the History of Coos Bay.

Brandee Langarica

I could and did spend hours roaming the gift shop. All educational delights to be had here. I wanted to do all my Christmas shopping in this wonderful place. I only wish it was bigger as there were so many neat things to discover there. Thank you coos bay history museum for getting this one right.

Harold Brown

A history museum should have old history not recent history. The place is a joke

Megan Gardella

Cute place, small town museum, nice staff. Interesting history.

Leslie Olson

Learned a great deal about the. settlement of the area.

nick Grant

Good stuff

Madelyn Stradford

Museum was full of interestesting facts. Pleasant people more then willing to tell you more details.

Tracy Broderick

You have to see for yourself. A lot of very interesting topics/items to check out! If I’m correct the young ;) man who educated us his name is John. A very respectable and knowledgeable man and a very clean environment.

Bubba Smithe

Knowledgeable volunteers, friendly very interesting

Ariel Shih

I enjoyed my experience. Really informative. Also, 2nd Sundays are Family Sundays and admission is free!

rick hunter

Nice exhibitis on the local pioneer communites.

Thomas Evans

Great on history of local area. Spent a good couple hours there. Lots to read so may not work for younger children.

Edward Gonzalez

Enjoy the history of the fellow Veteran Natives that serve in each conflict of war. Was very honored to see the fellow Native that was part of the flag raising on Iwo Jima that is a continuous symbol to today Veterans of this USA country.

Bella Earls

Very informational and fun!!!!

Beth Pat

Nice displays, and pictures. Very interesting

Tanya Haight

Loved the museum and history of Coos Bay!

Susan Prock

This is a small information packed museum. There are several child friendly stations and many places to sit. A fantastic way to learn local history.

Donna King

So full of history and such unique items on display! Completely worth the entrance fee and with AARP, we saved a $1. The hostesses were knowledgeable and friendly!