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Hanthorn Cannery Museum, Astoria, OR
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Hanthorn Cannery Museum

A self-guided museum on a pier in Astoria that preserves the history of Columbia River salmon canning.

Pier 39, 100, 39 th Street, Astoria, Oregon 97103 · Astoria, OR

About Hanthorn Cannery Museum

The museum sits over the water at the end of 39th Street on Pier 39 in Astoria, in what is described as the oldest fish processing plant on the Columbia River. Visitors can walk among fish boats, nets, and processing machinery, and can touch most of the equipment. It is run by a nonprofit foundation formed by former workers and managers of a well-known seafood company. Access is by a long planked bridge, parking is limited, and the pier is a working commercial property, so visitors should watch their footing and keep children close near the dock edge.

  • #maritime history
  • #fishing industry
  • #self-guided
  • #Columbia River
  • #working waterfront

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