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The Dalles, OR 97058
Phone: 541-296-8600
Fax: 541-298-8660
Contact: Carolyn Purcell, executive director
Hours: Open daily 9 to 5; closed Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, New Year's Day
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Oregon Museums Association / Mt. Hood & The Gorge / Columbia Gorge Discovery Center
Columbia Gorge Discovery Center
http://www.gorgediscovery.org/
Admission: $8 adults, $7 senior, $6.50 scheduled groups of ten or more, $4 aged 6-16, free age 5 and under
The Columbia Gorge Discovery Center is the official interpretive center for the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. This 26,100 square foot exhibit wing holds interactive displays which bring to life the tremendous volcanic upheavals and raging floods that created the Gorge, theories of why ice age’s occur, the mighty River which sculpted patterns for a unique and spectacular diversity of vegetation, wildlife, and ancient life ways, and follow the currents that shape our futures in the Gorge.
The Wasco County Historical Museum is a 17,200 square foot exhibit wing which tells the stories of the people of Wasco County past and present. Once the largest county in the nation, Wasco County is home, place of work, and gateway to the interior of western North America.
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