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PHOTO BY PATRICK WEBB
A giant ship’s anchor has pride of place outside the Columbia
River Maritime Museum in Astoria.
By PATRICK WEBB
The Columbia River
Maritime Museum is a jewel
in the North Coast crown,
attracting 150,000 visitors
a year. David Pearson, dep-
uty director, was delighted
when he learned it had
been awarded the Readers’
Choice Award for Best Mu-
seum — again.
But Pearson and his
colleagues at the official
maritime museum of Oregon
won’t be resting on their lau-
rels. Instead, they plan more
exhibits to refine interactive
experiences that seek to hon-
or the people who earn their
living or protect the safety
of mariners on the rugged
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coast, most especially the
U.S. Coast Guard and the
Columbia River Bar Pilots.
One such is “Crossing
the Bar: Perilous Passage,”
which shows such authentic
scenes of winter storms,
with waves of 40 feet or
more, that you almost feel
like you’re getting soaked
just watching it. Another,
a cannon from the USS
Shark, highlights the history
of an artifact from an 1846
shipwreck found by a
beachcomber. Other exhibits
help preserve the history of
fish canning on the water-
front and look back at the
discovery of the Columbia
River itself.
Founded in 1962, the mu-
seum’s Astoria campus in-
cludes the Barbey Maritime
Center, which offers classes
and demonstrations of skills
relevant to the maritime cul-
ture of the Columbia River.
The Lightship Columbia, a
National Historic Landmark,
is docked outside and open
for tours. The vessel served
as a floating lighthouse from
1951 to 1980. The other
prominent vessel is the Bar
Pilots’ boat, the Peacock,
which was taken out of the
water and positioned at the
east entrance in 2011.
A recent $1 million
endowment from longtime
supporters David and Anne
Myers will enhance museum
educational offerings for
years to come.
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