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Columbia River Maritime Museum : ウィキペディア英語版 | Columbia River Maritime Museum
The Columbia River Maritime Museum is a museum of maritime history located about ten miles (16 km) from the mouth of the Columbia River in Astoria, Oregon, U.S.. It has a national reputation for the quality of its exhibits and the scope of its collections and was the first museum in Oregon to meet national accreditation standards. The museum is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. It is the official state maritime museum for Oregon. The museum opened in August 1963〔"Seafood Packer Pledges $5,000 To Museum Fund" (September 21, 1963). ''The Oregonian'' (Portland), Section 3, p. 7.〕 in the Old Astoria City Hall and in 1982 it moved to its current location, on the waterfront. A remodeling and expansion was undertaken in 2001–02. ==History== The Columbia River Maritime Museum Association was founded in 1962 by Rolf Klep,〔"Museum founder, artist dies at 77" (September 15, 1981). ''The Oregonian'' (Associated Press story), p. D8.〕 a commercial artist and avid marine artifact collector. After a public fundraising campaign, the group acquired the Old Astoria City Hall from the Oregon Military Department, to house the new museum.〔"Astoria Obtains Site For Maritime Museum" (June 24, 1962). ''The Sunday Oregonian'', p. 29.〕 The association named its first museum director in January 1963,〔"Portland Man Named Director" (January 25, 1963). ''The Oregonian'', p. 11.〕 and the Columbia River Maritime Museum opened to the public in August 1963, in the former city hall, at 1618 Exchange Street.〔 In the early 1970s, a new fundraising campaign was launched for a planned move to a newly constructed, larger facility on the city's waterfront.〔"Astoria museum to highlight history of Columbia River" (March 27, 1972). ''The Oregonian'', p. 10.〕 As well as providing more space for the growing collection of artifacts, the move would allow the museum's buildings to be adjacent to some of the historic ships moored in Astoria, such as the Lightship ''Columbia''.〔 Construction of the new facilities began in May 1975〔 and cost $2.75 million. The museum moved to its new waterfront site in May 1982. The new building provided of space, on a site.〔
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