In the News

September 26, 2025 Cowlitz County museum to discuss 1947 B-25 crash in Rose Valley

July 19, 2025 Tour of Bunker Hill Cemetary set for September

May 31, 2025 History event features sneak peek of new Rainier Museum

April 25, 2025Cowlitz Historical Museum talk highlights Longview Community Church

February 28, 2025Hear the story of ‘The River People’ at Cowlitz County Historical Society event

September 23, 2024Children’s Discovery Museum to reopen in Kelso this weekend

September 2, 2024 Cowlitz County Historical Museum presents KLOG history talk

August 1, 2024Learn about Kelso brothel history at ‘Bites, Brews’ event

May 1, 2024Learn about timberland restoration after Mount St. Helens blast

February 6, 2024Longview Centennial: Messages for 2123 going into Longview time capsule next week

August 22, 2023 – For nearly a decade, WA state museums couldn’t’ accept forearms. A state senator and Cowlitz County museum changed that.

July 21, 2023Longview native writes historical book on planned city

June 17, 2023Cowlitz County Museum looks back to 1923 with new centennial exhibit

May 23, 2023Cowlitz County historical museum lecture explores Civil War letters

March 10, 2023Longview centennial events

April 8, 2022 Columbian Artists Association’s 44th Annual Spring Art Show award winners work on display at Cowlitz County Historical Museum in Kelso

April 1, 2022Cowlitz County juvenile center adds artwork to create welcoming space

January 28, 2022 Cowlitz County Historical Museum plans state-funded project to expand collection space

July 3, 2021Mount St. Helens audio tour launched by Cowlitz County Historical Museum

January 5, 2021 ‘History in the making’: historical committee, museum ask for COVID-19 stories

September 13, 2020 Cowlitz County Museum reopens with COVID-19 precautions

August 19, 2020Vote for women’ Local groups mark 100 years of women’s right to vote

May 10, 2020 Cowlitz County Historical Museum seeks local COVID-19 stories

April 4, 2020 Cowlitz museum director: ‘This too shall pass’

August 30, 2019 New Cowlitz Museum exhibit highlights local suffragettes

November 15, 2017 New Historical Museum exhibit explores Cowlitz County’s WWI contributions