Open Daily from 9 am to 5 pm
We are back!
Come out and say hello
Mark your calendars
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A Sense of Place, new exhibition opening September 7th
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Our Annual Auction, October 4th, tickets on sale now!
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Grossology, October 24th
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Festive Wreath Making with Native Plants, November, 22nd
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Archaeology Road Show, December 6th
Thanks to the courageous protection from firefighters, the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center & Museum survived the Rowena Fire (June 11, 2025). As you will see in these photographs, significant areas of the Museum grounds burned. The Museum building and our raptor enclosures also sustained fire damage.
Shortly after the Rowena Fire was controlled, the Burdoin Fire burned the Washington side of the Gorge from Bingen to Lyle. The loss of approximately 100 homes and other property damage from these fires has been devastating to the Gorge Community. The Discovery Center Staff and Board of Directors feels deeply for our friends and neighbors who lost property in the fire. Please consider making a donation of support to our neighbors if you can. Please consider supporting the Museum through a contribution or a membership.
www.gofundme.com/c/act/wildfire-relief/oregon#section-1
Click on the photos to read more of how the Museum grounds were affected by the Rowena Fire
WELCOME TO COLUMBIA GORGE DISCOVERY CENTER & MUSEUM
Official Interpretive Center of the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area
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Our Mission:
To inspire stewardship of the Columbia River Gorge and Wasco County and to encourage active, life-long learning about our shared environment and the preservation, collection and interpretation of cultural and natural history of the region.
Admission
$12.00 General
$10.00 Seniors (62+)
$6.50 Scheduled Groups of 10+
$7.00 Ages 6-16
FREE Ages 5 & under
FREE CGDC&M members
Hours
Open Daily
9:00 am–5:00 pm
Closed
Thanksgiving Day
Christmas Day
New Year’s Day