Gorge Guide

BESIDE THE BIG RIVER: IMAGES AND ART OF THE MID-COLUMBIAN INDIANS

March 15 -  May 28, 2012
10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Maryhill Museum of Art
Goldendale, WA

The Middle Columbia River region extends nearly 200 miles from the mouth of the Snake River to present-day Bonneville Dam. Between 1900 and the late 1950s, three photographers—Lee Moorhouse, Thomas H. Rutter and J.W. Thompson—captured nearly 6,000 images of Indian life along this section of river. “Beside the Big River: Images and Art of the Mid-Columbia Indians” presents 40 of their photographs and select examples of regional American Indian art.

VISITING MARYHILL MUSEUM OF ART

Maryhill Museum of Art is located off Highway 97, 12 miles south of Goldendale, Washington. The museum is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., March 15 to November 15. Admission is $9 for adults, $8 for seniors, $3 for youth age 7-18 and free for children 6 and under. Family admission is $25 to admit 2 adults, plus related children under the age of 18.

Gourmet coffees, beverages, deli food, individual wine and cheese platters, homemade baked goods and desserts are available at the museum’s café, Loie’s, which is open from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily. Seating is available inside and outdoors within view of the Columbia River and Mt. Hood. The Museum Store features art and history books, jewelry, and other mementos.

Travel four miles east of the museum to Sam Hill’s replica of England’s Stonehenge, built as a tribute to the soldiers of Klickitat County who lost their lives in World War I. Admission to the Stonehenge Memorial is free; it is open from 7:00 a.m. to dusk daily. Nearby, the Klickitat County War Memorial was erected in 1995 to honor those who have died in the service of their country since World War I.

http://www.maryhillmuseum.org