The Columbia River Maritime Museum specializes in collecting and exhibiting of maritime artifacts from the Columbia River and the Pacific Northwest. The Museum’s collection, all donations to the Museum in the last 40 years, has grown in size to over 30,000 objects, 15,000 photographs, and a 7,000-volume research library. These combined resources make the Columbia River Maritime Museum one of the foremost repositories of Pacific Northwest maritime artifacts in the country.

The following pages are designed to best get you the information needed for considering a donation to the Museum or for general research. Please feel free to contact the Museum if we can assist you in any way with a potential donation or research questions.
 
 

To collect and preserve historical and cultural maritime material relevant to the Columbia River, and to display and interpret selected material from the collections for the education and enjoyment of the public.
-Mission of the Columbia River Maritime Museum