Campaigns

Racial & Social Equity Tillamook (RSET) is lobbying the Garibaldi Maritime Museum to remove the fraught statue of Captain Robert Gray from its prominent place on Hwy 101 where it stands as a provocative relic of a racist past. By moving the statue inside or next to the museum, curators can more effectively provide historically accurate information to contextualize Captain Gray’s colonialist role in the northwest coastal region. Viewers could then consider their own relationship to the statue's history and meaning.