The façade of Maryhill Museum of Art with the Columbia River at far left. Courtesy Maryhill Museum of Art

Maryhill Museum of Art

Museum

Maryhill Museum of Art occupies a historic Beaux-Arts mansion that is situated high above the Columbia River in south-central Washington state. Conceived in 1917, it was dedicated by Queen Marie of Romania in 1926 and opened to the public in 1940.

The museum collection contains European and American paintings, works on paper, and decorative arts; a sculpture collection with many works by Auguste Rodin; gilded furniture from Romanian royal palaces; ecclesiastical arts (especially Russian icons); an international array of chess sets; and the Théâtre de la Mode—miniature mannequins that are displayed in stage sets and attired in mid-1940s Paris fashions.

Maryhill is also home to Balkan and Central American folk clothing (most notably Romanian and Macedonian garments), numerous vintage women’s hats, and more than 1,200 baskets from Indigenous North America.

Medium: 
Clay, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Mixed Media, Paper, Wood
Maryhill Museum of Art
35 Maryhill Museum Dr 
Goldendale, 
WA 
98620
https://www.maryhillmuseum.org
The Indigenous Peoples of North American Gallery at Maryhill Museum of Art; historic Columbia River Plateau pictorial beadwork display in the middle distance. Courtesy Maryhill Museum of ArtThe Indigenous Peoples of North American Gallery at Maryhill Museum of Art. This case currently features work by contemporary artists Lillian Pitt (Wasco/Yakama/Warm Springs), Nettie Jackson (Yakama/Klikitat), Pat Courtney Gold (Wasco/Tlingit), Jackie Larson Bread (Blackfeet), and Maynard Lavadour (Cayuse/Nez Perce). Courtesy Maryhill Museum of ArtThe Indigenous Peoples of North American Gallery at Maryhill Museum of Art showing portions of the Wyers Collection: basketry and beadwork by historic Klikitat artists. Courtesy Maryhill Museum of ArtThe Indigenous Peoples of North American Gallery at Maryhill Museum of Art showing a detail of the California display: baskets and beadwork from Northern California. Courtesy Maryhill Museum of Art

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