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This WA museum has ties to royalty

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GOLDENDALE, Klickitat County — In 1907, entrepreneur Samuel Hill arrived in Goldendale with a vision.  He bought 5,300 acres of land along the Columbia River and founded the Maryhill Land Company, hoping to create a farming community 3 ½ hours from Seattle. Seven years later, he began working on a mansion that was to be his home base in the community.  While Hill’s vision didn’t play out exactly as he planned due to a lack of irrigation and the remote location, that mansion went on to find a new life as the Maryhill Museum of Art — a place that, perhaps unknown to many Washingtonians, has ties to royalty. These days, the museum — which has an eclectic collection including more than 80 pieces by sculptor Auguste Rodin, a set of French haute couture fashions displayed on small mannequins, and more than 3,500 Indigenous art objects — welcomes up to 25,000 people annually.…

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