Reviews of Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum (Museum)

Melynda Brown

Wonderful! Celebrating our local area's history and achievements.

Stacy Mohondro

Fun to visit to learn about the peninsula and Thursday's are free admission!

Ted Owen

Visited here during a craft bazaar, it was great!

Jan Hill

Fantastic little museum of historic items of the area..

Laura Lettunich

A great venue for special occasions and a wonderful museum

Ann White

Very charming

Holly Beller

Love spending time here!

Jeremy Wekell

One of my favorite local museums. Super friendly staff and great displays. The lower Columbia has a lot of history to share.

Debra Jones

Wonderful place to visit. Lots to see. Nice gift shop. Knowledgeable staff. Perfect for large gatherings. I was there for an art show.

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Cute

Anthony Sims

This place is located in Illwaco WA and hosts all types of events. We have been here for Pinball exhibit and several Quilt shows Neat small town and the scenery is great.

Michele Waite

Visited the Quilt Show, but also wandered through the Museum. The gift shop is good too!

Marcus K.

Has a variety of exhibits about the Chinook, Lewis and Clark, trains and more. Upstairs is a small but very moving exhibit about Gerard D'Aboville who paddled from Japan to here. Took him over 100 days and what an amazing feat and story. There is a current exhibit about the Megler and Union Pacific ferries and building of the Astoria bridge. Well done.

Linda Marsh

Informative place

Rock Forehead

Love the Pacific County history and the people are first rate. This place deserves your support!

Catherine Watson

I attended a quilt show and discovered this wonderful little museum telling the story of this region. Im a little embarrassed to have not stopped in before. This is the perfect spot for multigenerational family visits. I loved the mesuem and the gift shop.

Judy Schlotman

Great small museum.

Becky Breshears

Loved this museum...was so much more than we expected. Great place to spend a couple of hours learning all about the history of this peninsula.

Don Disbrow

Wonderful place

Chris Frye

Nice little museum.

Andrea Matzen

Best little museum

kadi smith

Great local museum! The breadth of exhibits was surprisingly broad. The museum has a prominently positioned native people's exhibit with more information that just material culture. Facsimiles of 19th century treaty agreements were presented alongside explanations of their current relevance. There are galleries about the development of railroad, white settlement, and then tourist economies and culture. Two (!) different working model railroads! The staff were very helpful and enthusiastic.

Bill Freitag

Fascinating displays and info about the Chinook people and the early industries of the area. Go see it if you are in the area!

Joyce Baker-Gerkens

My 4 year old grandson loves trains! We spent 3 hours and pretty much had the museum to ourselves. Bring quarters to operate the model trains!

Glen Hansen

Loved the history... the old Pullman car and the model railroad upstairs

Lawrence Wilson

Attended the Cranberry Festival. Amazing talent on display.

le corguillé Isabelle

A very interesting museum with a wonderful staff, eager to help and so very nice!

Judy Scott

This museum is a hidden gem in Ilwaco, just off Hwy 101! Amazing history and artifacts from the area as well as local artist works display.

Kelli Hoover

Let me start of by saying that the exhibits are really neat! Unfortunately the staff is lacking! I'm not sure if they are volunteers are actual paid employees, but there is one in particular that is so miserable and unhappy that she literally screamed at the children in our homeschool group. It was so uncomfortable that we left immediately. The kids were having an amazing field trip prior, so this was extremely disheartening to have it end this way. I would recommend that the employees reevaluate if they actually want to work with the general public, and if so learn to interact accordingly. This is especially important in a position where you are dealing with malleable young minds. We do not plan to go back anytime soon.

J M

Interesting museum about the area.

Mary Funk

The museum has excellent exhibits showing the history of the area. They have a very good Chinook display.

Robin Ayers

A nice historical park . Nice to see how the milatery operated , just wished the buildings were open to be able to see the housing.

Martin Adams

Great museum

Glenn Burke

Great place to visit and take the kids

Carol Tellis

Large well said our museum of local history. Lots of interesting info on native Americans and railroads and fishing

Karen Hoch

Very interesting, nice gift shop.

Michael Swanson

Wonderful walk thru museum!

Steve H.

This is a very nice historical museum for such a small town. There are nice displays including a town scene and the history stories are well laid out.

Brian Schmidt

Fun little museum, full of eclectic collections of local items and memorabilia.

Laurel Briggs

It's my family history

Neil Butler

Definitely a great museum with a lot of displays. It clearly explains the history of the area and was a great place to bring the kids. The train car and depot were especially fun.

Matt Lessnau

A great place to visit and learn about the areas rich history. I love each of their exhibits and events and the staff couldn't be more engaging. Definitely one of the better museums I've been to!

Cinde Poore-Murphy

Anything on the Long Beach is pretty darn good!! Got a few awesome books here and the museum is very interesting. They've done a great job preserving our wonderful American history!

Kathy

They offer educational speakers. We went to learn about razor clamming. Enjoyed it and learned a lot. The museum was extremely interesting too.

K Ward

What a surprise! This museum features local history from the Chinook peoples to twentieth century fishing and cranberry industries. For train enthusiasts, two sections of the museum were dedicated to railroads. Staff were friendly and helpful.

Crystal Graziano Capizzi

Free on Thursdays. Staff knowledgeable and very friendly! Restrooms available. Eclectic exhibits. Currently being revamped but still worth a visit. The biggest hit was, of course, the working train sets (25 cents makes them go). Both 5yo and 2yo enjoyed it. Worth a stop if you have time.

Sim Card

Very unique museum with displays of local history.