The Museum is housed in the former Bingen Congregational Church, which was dedicated in May, 1912. The Museum was established in 1984 by the West Klickitat County Historical Society to promote interest in the legacy passed to us by the native people and the immigrants who settled and traded in the mountainous river valleys and along the Columbia River.

You are invited to explore the heritage of the native peoples and pioneers of West Klickitat County and East Skamania County. This scenic region between Mt. Adams and the Columbia Gorge is the background for rich histories of Native Americans, explorers, trappers, pioneer settlers, fruit growers, ranchers, miners, and loggers.