COLUMBIA: The Magazine of Northwest History features fascinating articles by writers and scholars on a wide variety of Pacific Northwest history topics, and is richly illustrated with historic photographs, maps, documents and more. The Washington State Historical Society has published this award winning journal since 1987.
WSHS members receive COLUMBIA as a member benefit, mailed to their homes four times a year! Magazine subscriptions are also available, and make a great gift for the history lovers in your life.
Read COLUMBIA and experience the dialogue between past and present. Explore the relationships between local history and regional or national events. Stay up-to-date with heritage happenings around Washington. Find reviews of recent books, films and other media about Pacific Northwest history. Get a glimpse of artifacts, maps, historical photographs, ephemera and more from WSHS’s collections and other collections around the Northwest.
Subscribe to COLUMBIA – just $35/year! Become a member and get COLUMBIAYou can also purchase issues published during the past two years by emailing eileen.price@wshs.wa.gov. Issued published prior to two years ago are available as PDFs here.
COLUMBIA received a Board Award of Excellence from the Washington Museum Association in 2015 and a Leadership in History Award of Merit from the American Association for State and Local History in 2016.
Heritage Organizations
Would your members enjoy reading COLUMBIA Magazine? If you would like your organization to carry COLUMBIA Magazine for its members, contact Marketing and Communications Director Julianna Verboort at 253-343-7004 or julianna.verboort@wshs.wa.gov.
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The Washington State Historical Society does not discriminate on the basis of disability in its program delivery. COLUMBIA is available in an alternative format upon request.