A great place to visit and take your time to stroll. After looking at all the antiques grab. Cup of coffee to watch the ships go by and place a lock at the end of the pier. read more

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For a free museum, lovingly maintained by those who want to preserve the history here, its really remarkable. Had no idea about the history of canned fish here on the columbia, and seeing the old pictures of rows of workers cleaning and packing fish made me think hard about how easy i have it. Those people mustve worked their butts off. And the wooden fishing boats, amazing, you'd never get me into one of those out on the river/ocean! As an engineer, I enjoyed the 'power room'; pretty cool for the mechanically/electrically minded. Be sure to drop some $$ into the donation box. Surprised this isnt mentioned anywhere in travel guides or 'things to do' - we just stumbled on it while eating next door at the Rogue. If you look at the pictures, the same light fixtures are used in the Rogue restaurant! "As good as it gets" for a cannery museum; worth a visit if you're interested in that branch of history. read more

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This is a very special place for all you 80s kids who loved to sing "bum bum bumble bee bumble bee tuuuna, I love bumble bee bumble bee tuuuuna!" The museum is suspended in time. You can really imagine working there and appreciate the company's history. And when you get home, yes, you'll want to make a tuna sandwich. read more

This museum is fun. The kids love it, our inner children enjoy it, and we get to see things like the Bumble Bee 47 boat. We watched the videos over and again once more, as there was so much talking amongst us that we were all excited about and missed a few things. We wanted to stay longer, we ran out of time. We were short on cash for the donations or the nifty stickers, cups, and pens at the gift shop. I really did want to purchase the fishy coffee cup for $10, however, this shop does not accept credit cards. The Liberty Factory book was sold out that we wanted to get, and the curator did not have change for a $50 bill. Thought we could get a bargain there, we missed out, though. We used up all the shopping bags. Hah! read more

We stopped by for a little free adventure. This canning museum is charming, sweet, and very interesting! We came here for some sightseeing but saw some cool artifacts and learned about the equipment they use as well as some local history. They have a gift shop where you can buy some little mementos of your visit, mainly magnets, canned goods and mugs. This is good for a unique activity with an unbeatable view of the Columbia River. Complete with coffee, which you can find at the Coffee Girl which is within/next to it. The museum itself took only 20 minutes to get through. This is a must see! read more

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If you're already at Pier 39 for one of the businesses, you might as well stop by this little museum. You can quickly breeze through and get a sense for how the cannery operated or you can spend a long time reading all of the signs and watching films to learn about the economy of yesterday. The price is right (free), so there's really no downside to checking it out. read more

Bumble Bee Cannery Museum - Old fishing boat - Museums Near Me - Astoria, Oregon

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This geocaching family stumbled on the Bumble and we're sure glad we did! The material shows the amazing history of the cannery as well as local fishing, and the proprietor is extremely kind as well. Thanks so much! read more

This is located on ye olde pier 39 in Astoria which makes sense as pier 39 used to be the bumble bee cannery. They didn't have to move things all that far to form the museum. While there is true that there is parking, there is not a lot of it. As some will be use up by the businesses that have moved into the building realistically you are looking at ten or (usually much )less spaces. Generally speaking you'll be best served (unless you have mobility issues) parking somewhere nearby that is not on the pier and hoofing it on in. It's a nice walk. The museum has a ton of exhibits which under other circumstances would richly detail the history of the building and canning in Astoria. Unfortunately this is the worst curated museum I've ever seen. This is self guided space and for whatever reason much of the equipment has no description of what it could possibly have been used for. While the rooms inside give a big picture layout of canning in the area 70-80 percent of the stuff has no description at all. Interesting to see for sure-I mean it's not common that a history museum is this self interpretive-yet the lack of organization severely limits this space. The history obsessed can kill 30-45 minutes, everyone else can clear it in slightly less then fifteen minutes. Bonus points awarded for the graffiti left behind by former cannery employees. There is some massively clever snark here and there. More bonus points for this being free to do. While over all I wouldn't rate this a must do for Astoria it can be a short, interesting and at times strange side trip. It's a nice add on if you are here for the coffee, kayaking or beer that the pier also offers. read more

Interesting museum. Enjoyed walking through and seeing some old photos and equipment used for canning seafood. Worth a stop.

The Museum is housed in the oldest cannery building still standing on the Columbia River on Pier 39. It houses all sorts of memorabilia, photos and it's cold as hell in there. The Pier is a bit of multi-use modern office building with Coffee Girl Coffee House and a Rogue Ale House as well as the Cannery Museum. It's pretty dark damp and cold in the museum parts but there is some fairly unique information and memorabilia on display there worthy of seeing. If Museum's are your thing then you'll want to stroll down to the Columbia River Maritime Museum after you visit here. Enjoy read more

Very cool place. I take visitors to this place it is so cool. Been there 2-3-4 times? Small but packed with history including peoples names on the walls who worked there. I know someone who said her mom worked there. There is also a restaurant right there (have not been there, can't comment), and a cool coffee shop called "Coffee Girl" with nice people. You can even rent a room above the tuna factory which I still totally want to do. My husband went down the ladder that actually goes under the wharf and took photos of the pillars that hold the place up. Better he than I. The Bumble Been Cannery Museum is definitely one of our favorite places! But, then again.....we love Astoria.....so much so that we got married there last year at the courthouse. read more

Such incredibly cool pieces of Astoria history here. The self-guided tour allows you to get right up to the boats, machinery, and tools used back in the day. Don't forget to drop some dollars into the donation box. read more

We totally stumbled upon this "museum" by accident after breakfast at Coffee Girl. It was totally unexpected but really cool. Come check it out if you have free time. read more

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This is well worth the visit Great history about canning is the area and they have a lot of things to see read more

Interesting place. There's no one there, so you just kind of wander off the pier, into a building and walk around. LOTS of pictures (getting a bit damaged by salt air), information, boats, etc. read more

We recently stumbled across this cute little museum when we took a wrong turn looking for the East Mooring Bay to go commune with the sea lions. I'm glad we did! Located on Pier 39, a converted cannery warf and former home of the Bumble Bee Tuna cannery, now the location of a mixed retail and professional venue, it's a surprisingly nice place. It's unstaffed and clearly doesn't have much of a budget. Located in the old freezers of the cannery are an assortment of old photographs, tools, equipment, products and outfits. There are also some boats in a large area outside the freezers. You can spend just a few minutes, or up to an hour or so, but either way, it's a pretty enjoyable experience. We were very pleased to have accidentally visited. read more