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Columbia Gorge Discovery Center

About Columbia Gorge Discovery Center

The Columbia Gorge Discovery Center & Museum is the official interpretive center and history museum of the Columbia River Gorge, located on 54 acres (22 ha) in The Dalles, Oregon. Opened in 1997, the 48,200-square-foot (4,480 m2) center features exhibits about the area's geology, Ice Age prehistory, Native American culture and basketry, exploration by Lewis and Clark and others on the Oregon Trail, settlement, transportation and natural history. The Wasco County Historical Museum is a 17,200 square-foot exhibit wing which tells the history of the people of Wasco County, Oregon.

The center also offers live raptor programs, a research library, meeting rooms, auditorium, gift shop and cafe. The site includes a wheelchair-accessible paved interpretive trail with vistas of the Columbia River Gorge and the Klickitat Hills.

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Founded
1997

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Nearby museums

Make a day of it. 4 more museums are within 4.1 miles of Columbia Gorge Discovery Center; the closest, Original Wasco County Courthouse Museum, is about 3.7 miles away.