Two Rivers Heritage Museum

Two Rivers Heritage Museum 🕰️ Saturdays, 12-4pm
🗺️ 1 Durgan St, Washougal, WA
🏛️ Over 6,000 sq ft of local history! Native American artifacts and antique baskets.

...where history lives
Once you walk in the door,you will find yourself captivated by the immense variety of historical items. You will want to return again and again: art, antiques and memorabilia including antique dolls and toys, household furniture and kitchen gadgets, books, clothing, tools, mining, logging, and other items from East Clark County, Camas and Washougal's historic business and p

ioneer heritage. Over 6000 photographs and 200 oral histories including pioneering families of East Clark County. Extensive land records and local family histories including DLC and homesteading information, area maps, genealogy, and old home histories. Carriage House building with buggy, mine relics display, surveyor display, blacksmith display and local industry artifacts. Books about local history and by local authors on sale in Museum store.

05/30/2026

🎨✨ Join us for a special Mural Dedication Celebration! ✨🎨

📅 TOMORROW, Saturday, May 30
⏰ Event begins at 10:00 AM
🎤 Speakers begin at 10:30 AM

Meet us right here, in front of the Museum, to celebrate this exciting new addition to our community with a morning of art, history, and connection! And even get into the Museum early…! 😍 Enjoy:
🎨 Family-friendly activities
☕ Light refreshments
🖌️ Community celebration and speakers

We hope you’ll join us as we dedicate this new mural and celebrate the stories and creativity that bring our community together. 💙

05/28/2026

Have you taken a close look at our blacksmith shop lately…? 🌀 No time like the present! Come see us on Saturdays from Noon to 4pm! 💙 And *this* Saturday, May 30th, you can come by at 10am for a special event honoring our new mural, and follow that up with early entry to the Museum! 😍

🔥⚒️ Step inside Sam Jones’ blacksmith shop — 1914 ⚒️🔥This incredible photo gives us a rare look *inside* the very blacks...
05/27/2026

🔥⚒️ Step inside Sam Jones’ blacksmith shop — 1914 ⚒️🔥

This incredible photo gives us a rare look *inside* the very blacksmith shop featured on our new mural!

We knew a blacksmith shop had to be included in the artwork because, for generations, blacksmiths were absolutely essential to community life. They repaired tools, shoed horses, crafted hardware, fixed wagons, and kept daily life moving in growing towns like Camas and Washougal.

Before modern machine shops and mass production, the local blacksmith was often the person who could build or repair almost anything. 🔨

Photos like this remind us just how much skilled hands helped shape our community’s history. 💙

🎨✨ Our new mural isn’t the first piece of public art hosted by the museum, in fact far from it! ✨🎨At the Two Rivers Heri...
05/27/2026

🎨✨ Our new mural isn’t the first piece of public art hosted by the museum, in fact far from it! ✨🎨

At the Two Rivers Heritage Museum, we’re home to public art both big and small… and sometimes hiding right in plain sight... 👀

From murals to artistic details you may have walked past without noticing, art has long been part of the local stories we share and preserve here at 2RHM.

🗺️ Explore local public art (including ours!) here:
washougalarts.org/discover-washougal-art/

And be sure to join us on Saturday, May 30th as we celebrate and christen the newest piece of public art hosted by 2RHM! 🎉🖌️

📸 A bird’s-eye view of Camas history! 📸This 1950 aerial photo of Crown Zellerbach, which is just one of several names th...
05/27/2026

📸 A bird’s-eye view of Camas history! 📸

This 1950 aerial photo of Crown Zellerbach, which is just one of several names that the Camas Paper Mill has been known by over the decades, shows a wider view with all roads in Camas seeming to lead to the paper mill. The fact that the name on the outside of the building changed often enough is one of the reasons why you'll hear many locals simply refer to it as “The Mill.”

The landscape of The Mill may be changing, but its impact on the founding, growth, history, and even the present-day identity of Camas will never fade. Generations of families built their lives around its whistles, shifts, and steady presence along the river.

For many, The Mill isn’t just the local industry, it’s memories, community, and home 💙

👀 Did you or someone in your family work there? Did you ever get to take a class tour there? Share your stories and memories of The Mill below!

We’re excited to share that the Two Rivers Heritage Museum has OFFICIALLY made the ballot for Best of Clark County’s NEW...
05/26/2026

We’re excited to share that the Two Rivers Heritage Museum has OFFICIALLY made the ballot for Best of Clark County’s NEW Arts & Entertainment category: Museums & Cultural Centers! 🏛️💙🎉

Thank you to everyone who nominated us. YOU RULE! 😉📏
Truly, your support means the world to us! 🙌

And now that we're on the ballot, it's almost time for the next step...!

🗳️ Voting will begin on June 1st!!!
When voting opens (not yet!!), you'll be able to cast your vote at:
columbian.com/contests/bocc

Every vote helps support local history, community storytelling, and the preservation of the stories that make Camas and Washougal special ✨

Thank you for being part of our journey, and helping to get the word out about what a fabulous local museum we have! 💙

As we walk through 2RHM, we're reminded that it’s the little details that make history feel alive...! 💙These charming ca...
05/26/2026

As we walk through 2RHM, we're reminded that it’s the little details that make history feel alive...! 💙

These charming cartoon characters, painstakingly sewn onto a dishtowel long ago, remind us of something wonderfully simple: people have always been people.

Long before memes, emojis, and doodles in notebooks, people still found ways to add humor, personality, and creativity to everyday life. Even ordinary household items carried touches of joy and self-expression. 🥰

History isn’t just found in major events, it’s tucked into the small, playful moments people left behind. ✨

Do you remember the iconic Goot Barn...? 👀Not only was this barn an iconic structure, helping locals give relative direc...
05/26/2026

Do you remember the iconic Goot Barn...? 👀

Not only was this barn an iconic structure, helping locals give relative directions (things like, "Out by the Goot Barn!"), but it's also featured on our new mural!

🎨✨ Join us for a special Mural Dedication Celebration! ✨🎨

This coming Saturday, join us for a FREE event to celebrate our fabulous new mural, honoring the shared history of Camas and Washougal! Learn about the shared history of our two towns, and the iconic historic photos that inspired local artist Travis London as he set about creating a mural for 2RHM!

📅 Saturday, May 30
⏰ Event begins at 10:00 AM
🎤 Speakers begin at 10:30 AM

Come celebrate this exciting new addition to our community with a morning of art, history, and connection! Enjoy:
🎨 Family-friendly activities
☕ Light refreshments
🖌️ Community celebration and connection

We hope you’ll join us as we dedicate this new mural and celebrate the stories and creativity that bring our community together. 💙

🇺🇸 Remembering those who served 🇺🇸This photo of local army recruits from 1917 reminds us of the generations of men and w...
05/25/2026

🇺🇸 Remembering those who served 🇺🇸

This photo of local army recruits from 1917 reminds us of the generations of men and women who answered the call to serve their country.

While Memorial Day is often seen as the beginning of summer, a long weekend filled with gatherings, travel, and sunshine, it is also something much deeper.

Memorial Day is a time to honor and remember the U.S. military personnel who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces.

As we enjoy the holiday weekend, we also pause to reflect on the sacrifices made by so many in communities just like ours.

❤️🤍💙

📰✨ Hot off the presses: history is alive and well! ✨📰This 1913 photo of the Camas Paper Mill reminds us just how deeply ...
05/23/2026

📰✨ Hot off the presses: history is alive and well! ✨📰

This 1913 photo of the Camas Paper Mill reminds us just how deeply the mill is woven into the story of our community. More than a century later, The Mill still stands as part of Camas’s identity.

There may be changes happening, but we are still proudly the home of the Papermakers 💙

For generations, families in Camas and Washougal built their lives around the mill: working long shifts, supporting local businesses, and helping shape the special community that we know and love today.

👀 Did you or someone you know work at the mill? We’d love to hear your stories, memories, and family connections in the comments!

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1 Durgan Street, P. O. Box 204
Washougal, WA
98671

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(360) 835-8742

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