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Hope in Hard Times
October 24, 2014 – March 8, 2015 The Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum presents a special exhibition, Hope in Hard Times: the Long Beach Peninsula During the Great Depression. The 1930s saw many changes...
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Grand Coulee to Grunge: Eight Stories that Changed the World
May 8 – July 5, 2015 From a Starbucks store in Malaysia to a 747 on a tarmac in Antarctica; Washington is everywhere. We built “the biggest thing on earth.” We ended a world war. We introduced air...
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Pieces of the Puzzle: Recent Gifts to the Collection
July 31 – October 4, 2015 Each item in the Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum’s collection, down to the last piece of paper, has been donated to the Museum by members of our community. These donations...
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Birds of a Feather
October 29, 2015 – March 6, 2016 The Long Beach Peninsula is known for many great things, one of which is Birding. More than 300 species of birds make their home on the Long Beach Peninsula. With...
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Ilwaco High School Art Show
April 5 – 30, 2016 Exhibiting work from beginners to advanced, freshmen through seniors, the Ilwaco High School Art Department’s Annual Art Show demonstrates the variety of skill levels and interests...
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Swan’s Land: Photographs by Rich Bergeman
May 13 – July 13, 2016 While an artist in residence at Willapa Bay AiR in Oysterville, photographer Rich Bergeman retraced the travels of Washington pioneer James G. Swan. A native of Ohio and an...
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Memories of Megler
December 10, 2016 – March 11, 2017 Fourteen miles from the mouth of the Columbia River, the 4.1-mile Astoria-Megler Bridge links Astoria, Oregon, to Point Ellice at Megler in Pacific County,...
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Tabletop Tourism: Picturing America
October 21 to December 3, 2016 Many of us have memories of traveling through the United States by car. Stops were often since gas mileage was low and truck stops, roadside attractions and souvenir...
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Oregon’s Botanical Landscape
May 12 – July 8, 2017 The Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum is honored to present an exhibition of 82 paintings representing the native plants of Oregon’s eight Ecoregions by Frances Stilwell. Born in...
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Derby Days: Chasing the Prize
August 4 – October 7, 2017 Though angling developed centuries ago, the rise of recreational fishing as a popular pursuit took on a new dimension in the years after World War II. Towns such as Ilwaco...
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Flashback: Remembering the 60’s
The 1960s were a decade of change on the Long Beach Peninsula. In 1961, the loss of the fishing vessel Mermaid and the motor lifeboat Triumph became the impetus for the founding of the National Motor...
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Form & Fluidity: Eric Wiegardt and David Campiche
The Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum is honored to present a retrospective exhibition of paintings and ceramics by Eric Wiegardt and David Campiche. Form and Fluidity will open with a reception for...
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Graveyard of the Pacific: Dangerous Currents- Shifting Sands
Winter weather brings winter storms and the winter storms of the past brought many ships to ground along the coast of the Long Beach Peninsula. The Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum presents a special...
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Ilwaco High School Art Show
The Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum is happy to host the Ilwaco High School Art Department’s 2019 Annual Art Show. Exhibiting work from beginners to advanced, freshmen through seniors, this exhibit...
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Birds of a Feather
October 29, 2015 – March 6, 2016 The Long Beach Peninsula is known for many great things, one of which is Birding. More than 300 species of birds make their home on the Long Beach Peninsula. With...
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Ilwaco High School Art Show
April 5 – 30, 2016 Exhibiting work from beginners to advanced, freshmen through seniors, the Ilwaco High School Art Department’s Annual Art Show demonstrates the variety of skill levels and interests...
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Swan’s Land: Photographs by Rich Bergeman
May 13 – July 13, 2016 While an artist in residence at Willapa Bay AiR in Oysterville, photographer Rich Bergeman retraced the travels of Washington pioneer James G. Swan. A native of Ohio and an...
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Memories of Megler
December 10, 2016 – March 11, 2017 Fourteen miles from the mouth of the Columbia River, the 4.1-mile Astoria-Megler Bridge links Astoria, Oregon, to Point Ellice at Megler in Pacific County,...
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Tabletop Tourism: Picturing America
October 21 to December 3, 2016 Many of us have memories of traveling through the United States by car. Stops were often since gas mileage was low and truck stops, roadside attractions and souvenir...
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Oregon’s Botanical Landscape
May 12 – July 8, 2017 The Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum is honored to present an exhibition of 82 paintings representing the native plants of Oregon’s eight Ecoregions by Frances Stilwell. Born in...
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