Historic place which is well maintained. They have established good social distancing guidelines. There is enough place outside as well to sit and relax. Amazing views of the river front and you can have a tour of the ship as well! Staff is extremely courteous and well informed. Highly recommend to stop by during your visit to Astoria!

Greatly appreciated and well cared for and nice for viewing great atmosphere and got to be entained by a movie about the wonderful plans that the Navy has made throughout many years.

I visit every chance I get. This museum is truly exceptional. The layout and exhibits provide a remarkable insight into the local maritime history of the Columbia River Bar. Currently there is an exhibit on the Yosegaki Hinomaru, personal Imperial flags Japanese soldiers carried into battle during World War II. This was a moving exhibit and an impressive symbol showing reconciliation between two former foes.

This place was such a wonderful stop on my travels down the 101. Fairly priced, lots to do, cute gift shop, lots of learning, artifacts, history... its just so awesome if youre a history buff like me. One of my favorite exhibits was the whale baleen. It was so cool to see how massive the baleen actually was. I learned about grey whales in school & their hair in their mouth that filtered out the plankton in the water. There is just so much to do here, I cant even begin to list it all.

Ive lived on the Columbia River for over a decade and learned more in one trip to this museum then I had in that ten year span. The homage to the brave men and women of the coast guard who tirelessly put their lives on the line in the the worlds ship graveyard is fantastic! The tribute to the Native tribes was also fascinating from an anthropological standpoint. Well worth the small admission fee.

$14 admission. Includes walking on the deck of the Columbia light ship outside. $5 additional for 20 minute 3D movie. Plan on 4 hours if youre a reader. Great displays, quite a few artifacts. Impressive but expensive.

If your curious how your salmon meets your plate or restaurant or you might be intrigued in the bar pilots that captain and navigated maritime vessel up and down the Columbia across the bar into the Pacific ocean the grave yard of the pacific and learn about the coast guard, the ones who risk there own lives just so others may live. Then you have came too the right place! Awesome view of the Columbia river, the lighthouse ship that is moored along with a couple of the coast guard vessels, that is if theyre there and not out at sea doing what they do best

Very cool place! And its right near where the Coast Guard docks the Steadfast and the Alert. We also got to go aboard the Columbia. Astoria is a wonderful little town.

Lots of history here and good information as well. Enjoyed my time here with my husband.

I really like this museum. Great displays and friendly staff. My favorite display shows a 44 footer coastguard boat on a huge wave. This display shows how dangerous the ocean can be. My dad was in the coastguard stationed in Astoria right near the museum. I really like this museum and I recommend visiting it.

Keep the one way route through the museum. Great idea to manage crowds. It was a very interesting museum. I havent been since 2009 and was pleased to see the newer exhibits.

Surprisingly awesome! They pack a ton of exhibits into what looks like a small building. Really cool place and really glad we went. Spent about 2 1/2 hours here and honestly could have stayed longer.

Well worth the visit! There is so much detail, you should read each plaque. I knew some about the Columbia and the need for river pilots, but there way, way more to learn...

Its an interactive kids museum for adults and kids alike! This museum is top notch! You get so much history and you interact with historical items!

We just visited for the third time in a period of about 5 years. This is our first visit with the social distancing guidelines, and they have worked hard to keep from taking all the fun out of the experience while keeping to the guidelines.My entire family always enjoys a visit here. The history is amazing and the exhibits are very well done. I have no idea how it all fits in the building but don’t miss a chance to visit.

Wow! What an incredible place. You will learn so much about the history of the pacific northwest, the ocean, freight, the coast guard, world War 2 and the Columbia River. I really enjoyed the short lecture I attended called whats in that ship?

It is the most worth visiting place in Astoria, Oregon, and It is very near from the center of city, so you can visit comfortably. It is very interesting because it explains the regional characteristics and historical changes of Astoria under the theme of sea, industry and river. Of course it is educational.Astoria is now a very small place, but in the past it was an important point where inland transportation through the Columbia River and maritime trade in the Pacific Ocean intersect.It is a well-run museum that makes people want to visit again. However, the items in the gift shop are not impressive.

Great experience. Turtle movie was great. Lots of history. Was a little on the spendy with a family of four including the movie and memorabilia. But we got 3 hours of entertainment including a tour of the Colombia (outside).

Great place, very well set up if youre the museum type. Which 3/4 of us are... Our 14yr old, however, would rather hike or do a ropes course or something else adventurous, so she blitzed through & did every interactive thing she could find a bunch of times & was bored for the majority of the time we were there. I dont blame the museum at all, the rest if us really enjoyed it, just want to give a heads up for families that have a kid like ours. If she had been less mature, or too young to be able to go ahead in her own, it might have been a challenging day.

Initially I wasnt planning to visit the museum until my friend insisted we go inside. A decision I did not regret. Lots of boats and models of boats. There is even a lightship docked here so you can see inside too. Overall a very worthwhile visit.

If I was in better condition Im sure I would rate it higher! We used to go and I was able to walk into the ship that you can also tour. If you can do, do it! My children always had going there!

Absolutely loved this place! My entire family from grandparents down to my 5 year old enjoyed this place! Love the boat outside you can walk through! Will return!

Very clean and friendly! The information offered is easy to digest and very informative. Not as much of a kids scene to be expected. We spent 2 1/2 hours here marveling. Lots of heartfelt stories and wonders of the Columbia and the coast guards great defenses. Would definitely recommend!

We had a nice time looking around! Great access

A very wonderful place that covers the maritime history of the local area. Its full of the culture and economic evolution for the northwest coast. Covers the way of life as well as major ways of life for generations.

A Museum full of boats, full of history, and full of local facts about the fishing industry. I particularly enjoyed the WWII and coast guard section. I would recommend at least 2hrs to take your time and not be in a rush.

Cool ships and stuff to check out without even going inside.

I learned such an appreciation for the water and for those who serve to keep us safe in it. The Coast Guard is amazing and the danger they will go through to help other have a safe passage is amazing. This place was clean, informational and the displays were amazing.

I highly recommend visiting this museum along the Columbia River. The amount of Maritime history packed into this facility is amazing. You can easily spend the day here trying to read every placard add see, in detail, all of the exhibits offered. Dont forget to venture out to the North side of the building and check out the excellent view of the river and the extraordinarily long bridge spanning it to Washington State.

This is a lovely gem in Astoria! The museum is fascinating, and in a beautiful location. They are also very COVID cautious.

I visited the Columbia River Maritime Museum while aboard the Queen of the West along the Louis and Clark Trail on the Columbia River. This museum is absolutely awesome and should not be missed. If you really want to touch your adventure excitement a cruise with American Cruise Lines is a great way to see the Pacific North West and enjoy fine dinning, entertainment and a art enrichment workshop!

Beautiful Museum thought it would be nostalgic for my boyfriend to see the ships. He was a former Coast Guard..Lots to see in the gift shop and beautifully displayed ships in the Museum

A small but informative and comfortable museum

Cool stuff. People that dont know about the Pacific graveyard should definitely visit

Great museum with historical items and lots of information. The boat outside was also cool to walk through at the end. The 3D movie is worth the 5 dollars, definitely watch it.

This is a very interesting museum with alot of information. I never knew that I could be so interested in any of these events or ships but the museum makes everything interesting by having very cool models and videos. I have to say the view of the channel is also quite amazing.

The best Maritime Museum in the Northwest. Truly a must see if you come to Astoria, Oregon and want to know more about the rich maritime history.

Really interesting learning about mariner history and the historic Columbia River Bar

Exhibits are varied and well done, and its really interesting to learn about the amazing Columbia River. Extremely rough waters, where the river meets the ocean. Loads of freighter traffic. Recommended!

Its a pretty great affordable museum. Lots of big cool displays. Can walk on a ship in the summer. Fun low key place. Ive been a few times. We hit it every time we are in Astoria.

It was nice. Lots of things to interact with.

Thank you coast guard for all you do! Im so amazed! This place is so cool

Awesome little museum with alot of good information and cool exhibits!

Very nice at that museum like I said I dont remember being there before but maybe I have been there before but it was nice today

Very interesting museum with hands on displays for kids and adults alike. Great history lessons inside too.

Cool museum. Not super expensive and lots to see. My 9 year old enjoyed it.

Look small but there are quite a lot inside. An interesting museum! That is definitely the place you must visit in Astoria.

Awsome place for low price great exhibits for kids very hands on

Wonderful! Ive been to many very good and informative maritime museums, but this one was spectacular! Thought the am visit would do it. Wrong. Hustled through lunch and was back again for another 2 hours. A must visit.

Such a cool little museum. Staff is so friendly and be sure to ask for the AAA discount.

Excellent,great value and really enjoyed the displays.The turtle movie was very good.This museum should not be missed.

Cool place to go. Lots of interesting stuff. The Columbia was a great exploration for about 5 seconds until I started having Titanic-itus and needed to get out. For someone who likes history though, definitely a good stop!

Great information, lots of history and facts you never knew. Recommend the self guided tour. Movies, actual vessels inside the museum. Walk thru at your own pace.

Beautiful and well designed museum....more than i was expecting....also is emocional too....take your time and read everything...

Fun little place, not a ton of content. Favorite thing was the mannequins on the life sized ships, very lifelike.

Good layed out museum. Good job Astoria

Could have Spent 3 hours there. Very nice

Love the museum, took my 7 year old on our way home from camping. She thought it was so cool and got a understanding of the size of the Columbia river and the role of the coast guard. Ans so much more. Then had lunch at Moes

I wanted to like it much more than I actually did. I didnt hate it but I thought it was different somehow.There was so much information about our local Columbia River, Astoria, and more! Admission was $14 per adult, ages 6 and under are free (Ive included a photo of admission prices, current as of 9-29-19).There was so much care put into all of the displays: the mannequins are incredibly lifelike and theres many places for people to interact with the exhibits.I especially loved the Astoria specific section, and learning about Sharksville.For any fellow pressed penny collectors, there were none at this location

I love the giant propeller out front and the rest of the place is not too shabby lol.

Fun and informative. They took great covid precautions.

The Columbia River Maritime Museum is a museum of maritime history with its showcase of valuable relics and nautical knowledge. By using a telescope on your physical map this museum is charted in Astoria, Oregon which is hands down the perfect location spot. The Columbia River carries many ships. The museum has a docked ship you may check out and find what traveling life is like for seamen. Many ships are there to watch sail away only to be replaced by large cruise ships that dock for folks to come to stay in Astoria and many visit this museum. There is also a futuristic sculpture outside of the museum kids climb on. And for a little extra the museum has a 3-D film for your viewing pleasure. Anchors Away and dont get seasick -- have a great time. Be good humans!!

This was so interesting. It is amazing to learn how the waters in this area are so dangerous and to see stories of some terrifying rescues.

Wonderful museum. We really enjoyed it

Great reenactment of 2 major river rescues...detailed and well arranged exhibits.

Twice we went in for 3D movies within the last 2 weeks. Its only $5.00But weve been before many times and its an awesome museum.

We enjoyed this place so much, worth the money.

Wife and I really enjoyed the day there...and mos is a short walk

Good place to go for history of the area .was a reasonable price and kid friendly

Very cool museum about local Maritime history. The 3D movies were definitely worth the extra cost. The bunks on the Columbia were surprisingly comfortable.I would have given 5 stars if there had been more information about the Chinook people and their way of life in the area. Overall it was worth the visit and we had a blast!

I went on a field trip here, although the field trip itself was boring, the museum, was NOT. I loved it. The only flaw was ot wasnt bigger. The displays were great, the miniatures were cool, all the videos (though not high quality) were interesting, and my god, were the actual pieces of ships, one type or another, awesome.

Very interesting. I learned a lot here.

I dont know anything about the museum. Was lucky enough on vacation to be in Astoria during The Great Race stop.

Been here a few times now, and always discover more. Great exhibits, super informative, and interesting. The boats in here are amazing. Nicely designed building too. Looking forward to going again.

Really enjoyed all the museum had to offer. Loved the light ship Columbia. Lots of space to move around. Lots of exhibits and some hands on for the kids. WWII to fishing is covered. Lots of history here. We had fun!

Great displays with historic info on the Colombia Bar. Nice WWII tribute as qell.

Great time with the kids

Fun facts made boring. While it is interesting walking around and reading everything, dont expect to see much thats real, or not just words/replicas behind glass. Some museums have an amazing array of things to do. Little kids are entertained, adults feel like they learned something, and so on. Sadly, this is not the case. Some of the things were interesting, but it felt like I had to convince myself they were interesting. Besides the few odd things, I probably could have learned more (and had more fun) reading it online. Also, youre required to wear hand sanitizer before entering the gift shop, but I cannot stress enough how important it is to bring your own. The kind they have smells and feels disgusting.

Informative and fun if your kids love boats like my son. He was in awe the whole time. Our daughter, who wasnt a fan at first, also enjoyed the interactive activities and boat tour.

Nice museum. We spent about 2 1/2 hrs looking at everything. They offer video documentaries in a small theater setting for an extra $5. The admission was 14 for adults and 12 for seniors. I dont recall the child price. There are small gift shops with assorted items for purchase. All in all a nice visit.

Awesome place to visit. Took my time to wonder around and take it all in. Epic gift shop.

Neat and interesting place. Even kids loved it.

We had a blast and enjoyed the history. A great visit if you are in the area

Little on the expensive side, but to anyone who is a tourist and likes history its a great place to go. Has quite a bit interactive pieces for kids as well

Excellent museum, totally worth a stop on a road trip.

It was so neat with so much to see! Met the David Skarra who works on the Columbia as a volunteer doing Morse code/ Ham radio. He was such a neat character to enjoy. You have to go below deck to see um but I really encourage you to stop by the radio room. Everything about that place was enjoyable.

It was a really cool place to go to!!! I saw & learned a lot!

Loved this museum and the lighthouse ship, as did our 7 yo granddaughter. She had to climb up and try every top bunk bed in the lighthouse ship (which is allowed). We decided to get a membership as we plan to come back again without the little one so we can read all the info boards. I have a much greater appreciation for the river and those that have made their living from it. This ties in nicely with a visit to Flavel house.

One of my favorite museums. Great knowledge of the Columbia bar one of the most dangerous in the world.

An excellent museum! I would highly recommend you visit it. It was interesting learning about the coast guards and bar pilots.

Great view of Coumbia River and ships in port. Museum is full of wonderful local history on the River!!

My favorite place today. The museum has astounding relics and descriptions of each. The history of the area is immense and rich. Make sure you go into the lighthouse ship, such a great experience.

I have been here 2x now and I would go again. The 1st time was many years ago, pre children, and the last time with 2 kids (between 5-10). My oldest really liked all the ship history, artifacts, etc. My youngest enjoyed all the hands on and interactive items, especially the real bridge from a retired navy ship. I appreciate learning history from all the various sources. The staff are friendly, there is a AAA discount, and the whole place is clean and well laid out. We also like that it is on the Columbia River to see the ships of all sizes sailing by and the one moored there, the Columbia Lightship. Definitely stop by if you are in the area!

A very well done museum, if you are interested in anything boats, sailing, exploration, etc. Some exceptionally well done displays. Felt modern and not like I was looking at the same displays from 15 years ago.Enjoyed touring the boat put back that was a boat light house the was anchored 5 miles outside of the mouth of the Columbia river for over 25 years.Some well done videos explaining a lot about the dangers of the Columbia River bar and how they help ship navigate up the Columbia River safely.Thought the $14 admission price was a bit high.

Its amazingly good museum with lots of artifacts and enjoyable video to learn more about what happened here and the bar that is so famous in Astoria Oregon

A wonderful museum. When visiting Astoria consider it must. The maritime history of the Columbia River is well done. They also have one of the best gift shops Ive ever visited. The books and souvenirs explore every aspect of the River and area history.

Love the museum in general and the 3d movies in particular...

A very nice well-developed museum. This Museum covers The Sandbar, the Columbia River, and local fishing Enterprise.The displays are extremely well done and professionally restored. They have the previous two eras of Coast Guard rescue crafts on display as well as the original palette ship from the Columbia River.This is a first class Museum it has the additional bonus of the lighthouse ship Columbia you can tour all except the engine room deck.To understand the Columbia River Bar, the dangers that it presented and the many shipwrecks it caused, this museum is a must

So much history. Cant wait to go back!!

Really enjoyed ourselves and seeing all the exhibits