More Arts & Culture
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Astoria Artwalk
Downtown Astoria hosts Artwalk on the second Saturday of every month. Over 20 galleries and venues host art exhibitions, where visitors get to meet artists and experience Astoria's vibrant art scene.
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Oregon Coast Public Art Trail
An inventory and map of over 800 pieces of art along Oregon’s creative coast, free and accessible to the public at all times.
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Charlene Larsen Center for the Performing Arts
588 16th Street
A performance and rehearsal resource for local and visiting performing arts groups.
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Liberty Theater
1203 Commercial Street
The historic theater is a regional gathering place offering a variety of performing arts experiences and educational programs.
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Astoria Column
1 Coxcomb Drive
OPEN Mon-Sun 5:00am-10:00pm | Gift shop Mon-Sun 10:00-5:00
Dedicated by the Great Northern Railway in 1926, the Astoria Column, a tower overlooking the mouth of the Columbia River, stands today as a monument to the hardships, bravery, and awe experienced by the first people to live in this corner of the world. It is a unique work of Northwest art offering an unparalleled view of the meeting of many roads.
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Columbia River Maritime Museum
1792 Marine Drive
OPEN: Mon-Sun 9:30-5:00
A unique combination of experiences where an extensive collection of seafaring vessels, maritime artifacts, and fine art come to life through exciting and informative exhibits, demonstrations and hands-on activities that explore the history of the Columbia River from the days of dugout canoes, through the age of sail, to present.
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Flavel House Museum
714 Exchange Street
OPEN: Mon-Sun 10:00-5:00
Experience the elegance of the late Victorian period by touring the home of Captain George Flavel. This 1886 Queen Anne home features original Eastlake influenced woodwork, period furnishings, and exotic hardwood fireplace mantels.
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Hanthorn Cannery Museum
100 39th Street
OPEN: Mon-Sun 9:00am - 7:00pm
Recounts the story of 130 years of fishing and cannery history with photos, boat displays, Columbia River Packers Association (CRPA) and Bumble Bee artifacts. Housed inside three industrial freezer rooms that were once packed full of frozen tuna, inside the oldest cannery pier on the entire Columbia River.
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Heritage Museum
1618 Exchange Street
OPEN: Tues-Sun 10:00-5:00
Two floors of gallery space covering such divergent topics as the area’s Native American tribes, Astoria’s founding, immigration to Clatsop County, the local use of natural resources, and a look at the city’s often complicated relationship between vice and virtue. Complemented by an ever-changing array of temporary and traveling exhibits.
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Oregon Film Museum
1268 Commercial Street
OPEN: Wed-Sun 11:00-4:30
Housed in the old Clatsop County Jail, the museum continues the building’s legacy as an actual working set for three movies: The Goonies, Short Circuit, and Come See The Paradise. Explore the films and production behind making movies in Oregon. Your visit will include the chance to make your own short movie utilizing our sets and green screens.
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Uppertown Firefighters Museum
2968 Marine Drive
OPEN: May - September
Showcases vintage and antique firefighting equipment utilized by the Astoria Fire Department during its 150-year-plus history. Notable pieces include an 1876 LaFrance Hook and Ladder Truck, a 1911 La France Chemical Wagon, a 1921 Stutz Pumper, and a 1945 Mack Pumper Engine.
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Astoria Sunday Market
12th Street, downtown Astoria
OPEN: Sundays 10:00-3:00
Mother’s Day - Mid October
At the heart of Astoria's Downtown, the Sunday Market hosts over 170 vendors combining fresh produce, local arts & crafts, food, music and more in a lively downtown street market atmosphere.
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HIPFiSH Monthly
Serving alternative style journalism since 1997, representing its voice, its heart, its integrity, its politics, its progressiveness – the art and culture unique to the Columbia Pacific Region.
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KMUN
91.9fm on the radio
Commercial-free community radio programs and services that enrich life by illuminating the role of the arts, promoting cultural and educational growth, and bringing focus to current issues of local and regional public interest while providing a forum for diverse and underserved groups.
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Ten Fifteen Theater
1015 Commercial Street
Ten Fifteen Productions is a non-profit theater dedicated to enriching the arts in Astoria, Oregon and the surrounding area through theater, creative education, and community events.