In the News

August 19, 2026 – History to come alive during Stella cemetery tour

May 15, 2026 – Author to discuss history of Rainier post offices

May 4, 2026 – Learn how to research historic Cowlitz County homes

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, 2025 – Cowlitz Historical Museum talk highlights Longview Community Church

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

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

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

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

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

February 6, 2024 – Longview 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, 2023 – Longview native writes historical book on planned city

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

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

March 10, 2023 – Longview 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, 2022 – Cowlitz 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, 2021 – Mount 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, 2020 – ‘Vote 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