Columbia Gorge Discovery Center, The Dalles

Name: Columbia Gorge Discovery Center
Address: 5000 Discovery Dr, The Dalles, 97058, United States
Telephone: +1 541-296-8600

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The Columbia Gorge Discovery Center & Museum is the official interpretive center and history museum about the Columbia River Gorge located on 54 acres in The Dalles, Oregon. Opened in 1997, the 48,200-square-foot 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. ()

Established: 1997 (27 years ago)Coordinates: 45°39'16"N, 121°12'36"W

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5000 Discovery DrThe Dalles 97058 United States

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+1 541-296-8600

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Columbia Gorge Discovery Center – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Old St. Peter's Landmark, Fort Dalles Museum, Granada Theater, Original Wasco County Courthouse.

3.7 miS
Museum, Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Old St. Peter's Landmark, The Dalles
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Museum, Military museum, History museum
Fort Dalles Museum, The Dalles
105 min walk • The Lewis Anderson House, Barn and Granary is a historic ensemble of buildings, currently located in The Dalles, Oregon, United States.
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Concerts and shows, Theater
Granada Theater, The Dalles
100 min walk • The Granada Theater, located on 2nd and Washington streets in The Dalles, Oregon, United States, was built in 1929. The exterior of theater is in the Moorish Revival style. This theater is said to have been the first theater west of the Mississippi to show a "talkie".
3.7 miS
Museum
Original Wasco County Courthouse, The Dalles
94 min walk • The Original Wasco County Courthouse is a historic former courthouse, located in The Dalles, Oregon, United States. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places under the name First Wasco County Courthouse, and is also listed as a contributing resource in the National Register-listed Trevitt's Addition Historic District.
4.1 miS
Museum, History museum
Rorick House Museum, The Dalles
105 min walk • The Rorick House Museum, also known as the Malcolm A. Moody House, is a museum located in The Dalles, Oregon, United States. The building was originally built in 1850 as a two-room residence for non-commissioned officers from Fort Dalles, this is the oldest remaining house in The Dalles.
4 miS
Concerts and shows, Music venue, Entertainment
The Dalles Civic Auditorium, The Dalles
103 min walk • The Dalles Civic Auditorium is a historic building on the National Register of Historic Places located at the corner of Fourth and Federal streets in The Dalles, Oregon.
3.5 miS
Forts and castles
Rock Fort Campsite, The Dalles
89 min walk • The Rock Fort Campsite is a natural fortification on the south shore of the Columbia River in The Dalles, Oregon, United States.
3.7 miS
Neighbourhood
Trevitt's Addition Historic District, The Dalles
95 min walk • Trevitt's Addition Historic District is a neighborhood, primarily residential in character, located in The Dalles, Oregon, United States.
4.8 miW
National park
Mayer State Park
122 min walk • Mayer State Park is a state park in the Columbia River Gorge, near Rowena, Oregon in Wasco County in the U.S. state of Oregon. It consists of several disjointed parcels of transected by Interstate 84 and the tracks of the Union Pacific Railroad.
4 miS
Art gallery, Classes and workshops, Shopping
The Dalles Carnegie Library, The Dalles
101 min walk • The Dalles Carnegie Library is a historic former library building located in The Dalles, Oregon, United States. It is one of the thousands of libraries whose construction was funded by Andrew Carnegie.
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Tudor Revival architecture
Heimrich–Seufert House, The Dalles
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