Architectural Heritage Center: Portland’s Love Letter to Its Old Buildings
Housed in an 1883 former firehouse on Grand Avenue, the Architectural Heritage Center is Portland’s headquarters for old-building love. Part museum, part advocacy hub, it...
Category : Museums
Oregon Military Museum: Honoring Oregon’s Citizen-Soldiers at Camp Withycombe
At historic Camp Withycombe in Clackamas, the Oregon Military Museum tells the story of the citizen-soldier — the neighbors who have answered Oregon’s call from...
Japanese American Museum of Oregon: Honor and Resilience in Old Town
At the gateway to Old Town, the Japanese American Museum of Oregon stands in the heart of what was once Portland’s Nihonmachi — Japantown —...
Oregon Jewish Museum: Stories of Community in the Pearl District
In a light-filled space in the Pearl District, the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education tells a story at once local and universal:...
Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum: Home of the Spruce Goose
An hour southwest of Portland in McMinnville’s wine country stands a cathedral of flight built around a single legend: the Spruce Goose. Howard Hughes’ H-4...
Rice Museum: The Pacific Northwest’s Gem and Rock Treasure House
In a ranch-style house in Hillsboro that collectors Richard and Helen Rice built around their passion, the Rice Museum of Rocks and Minerals guards the...
Oregon Rail Heritage Center: Where Portland’s Steam Giants Live
Two of America’s most famous steam locomotives live in Portland, and you can stand close enough to feel their heat. The Oregon Rail Heritage Center,...
World Forestry Center: Where Portland Celebrates Its Forest Soul
Portland is a city built by timber and shaded by it — and the World Forestry Center in Washington Park tells that story with joy....
Oregon Historical Society Museum: The State’s Story, Beautifully Told
On the leafy South Park Blocks, the Oregon Historical Society Museum does for the state what every great museum should: it makes the past feel...
USS Blueback: Dive Into History Aboard OMSI’s Submarine
Moored in the Willamette beside OMSI floats the longest-serving fast-attack submarine of her class — and a movie star. The USS Blueback (SS-581), the U.S....
