Maryhill Museum of Art
35 Maryhill Museum Drive
Goldendale, Washington 98620, USA
Tel: +1 (509) 773-3733
Fax: +1 (509) 773-6138
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www.maryhillmuseum.org

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Hours

• Open 7 days a week, including all holidays, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
• March 15 through November 15.

Admission

• General admission is $7
• seniors $6
• children (ages 6 – 16) $2.
• Members receive free admission. Become a Member today!
• Special rates for groups of 15 or more are available with advance reservations.
• The sculpture garden, picnic grounds and parking are free.
  
  
  • Please note:
    Very large purses, backpacks and baby-backpacs (the kind that hang from the back) are not allowed in the museum. The museum has a wheelchair and two small strollers available on a first-come first-served basis.
  • Cameras without flash may be used unless otherwise noted.
  • Please no food or drink in the museum.
    
    

WELCOME
WE INVITE YOU TO EXPERIENCE A REAL LIFE FAIRY TALE. Come explore Maryhill Museum’s world-class collection of art ranging from early 20th century European works to an extensive Native American collection. Set in a castle-like chateau on a stunning 6,000-acre site overlooking the scenic Columbia River Gorge, Maryhill Museum is one of the Pacific Northwest’s most fascinating cultural destinations and located just 100 miles east of Portland, Oregon. The museum’s permanent collection includes more than 80 sculptures and watercolors by the French master Auguste Rodin, including the only pedestal-sized plaster version of his famous The Thinker, and much more.

Mission
MARYHILL MUSEUM OF ART SEEKS to enrich the lives of Pacific Northwest residents and visitors by providing public access to the museum's influential history and broad spectrum of artistic expression. This is accomplished through growth and stewardship of the museum's unique collections, cultural and natural resources, and presentation of quality exhibitions and educational programs.

Awards and Honors
Maryhill Museum of Art has been awarded the highest honor a museum can receive: accreditation by the American Association of Museums. Accreditation certifies that a museum operates according to standards set forth by the museum profession, manages its collections responsibly and provides quality service to the public. Of the 8,000 museums nationwide, only 750 are accredited, with only 15 in Washington and Oregon.

Maryhill Museum of Art is a non-profit corporation funded by a small endowment established by Sam Hill, donations, gifts, memberships and admission fees.

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Exhibitions:

Beside the Big River: Images and Art of the Mid-Columbia Indians
July 16 – November 15, 2011

The Middle Columbia River region extends downriver nearly 200 miles from the mouth of the Snake River to present-day Bonneville Dam. Celebrated for their unique stone, wood, horn and bone carvings, for basketry, and for their beadwork, the Mid-Columbia Indians who lived along this expanse of river figured prominently in the writings of 19th-century explorers and early pioneers.

During the 20th century, these same peoples were photographed by regional photographers. Between 1900 and the late 1950s, three of them—Lee Moorhouse of Pendleton, Oregon, Thomas H. Rutter of Yakima, Washington, and J.W. Thompson of Seattle, Washington—captured nearly 6,000 images of Indian life along the Middle Columbia River. They also photographed Columbia River peoples who were relocated to communities on the nearby Yakama, Warm Springs and Umatilla Indian Reservations.

Beside the Big River: Images and Art of the Mid-Columbia Indians presents 40 Moorhouse, Rutter and Thompson photographs of regional Indian life, and select examples of Indian art worked in a variety of mediums.