Astoria Children's Museum will delight your young child for hours. Sail in the nautical area, be a storekeeper, create crafts in the creation station. Call 325-8669 for schedule and current offerings. Sea Captain George Flavel constructed Flavel House in 1885. It has six fireplaces that are all hand-carved mantels and tiles imported from Italy, Holland, Belgium and Algeria.
Exhibits display nautical heritage of the Columbia River and NW Coast year round.
Original Fire Station collection of firefighting equipment used from 1877-1963. The Great Astoria Crab and Seafood Festival attracts nearly 20,000 visitors each year. It includes a carnival, traditional crab dinners and seafood, and helicopter rides. Last weekend in April 325-6311 Maritime Week has tours of the lightship Columbia, contests, demonstrations, and live entertainment. Shanghaied in Astoria , presented by the Astor Street Opry Company, invites the family to get involved, from boos to cheers and throwing popcorn at the villian.