Free Family Days: Portland’s Museums Open Their Doors Wide
Portland’s culture is famously generous, and smart families plan around its free days. The Portland Art Museum throws open its doors on First Thursdays; OMSI...
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OMSI’s Science Playground: Where Portland’s Littlest Scientists Begin
Tucked inside OMSI is a museum within the museum, designed for the under-six crowd and celebrated nationally as a model of early science learning. The...
OMSI: Portland’s Hands-On Science Playground for All Ages
Rising over the east bank of the Willamette in a converted power plant, the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry — OMSI — is where...
Portland Art Museum: The Northwest’s Oldest Art Museum Keeps Reinventing Itself
Founded in 1892, the Portland Art Museum is the oldest art museum in the Pacific Northwest — and one of the most forward-looking. Its downtown...
Five Oaks Museum: Washington County’s Story, Told With New Voices
Named for the five white oaks that marked a Kalapuya council ground, the Five Oaks Museum at Portland Community College’s Rock Creek campus retells Washington...
Museum of the Oregon Territory: River Views and Pioneer Stories in Oregon City
Perched above Willamette Falls — the second most powerful waterfall in North America by volume — the Museum of the Oregon Territory surveys the ground...
End of the Oregon Trail: Where the Pioneer Road Meets Its Happy Ending
For 2,000 miles they walked beside their wagons — and the journey ended here. Oregon City, just south of Portland, was the official terminus of...
Hellenic-American Cultural Center & Museum: Greek Heritage in Portland
Beside the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Southeast Portland, the Hellenic-American Cultural Center & Museum preserves a century of Greek life in Oregon —...
Oregon Maritime Museum: All Aboard the Last Sternwheeler
Docked at Waterfront Park, the sternwheeler Portland is both artifact and museum: built in 1947, she’s the last steam-powered, sternwheel tugboat operating in the United...
Portland Chinatown Museum: The Story of Oregon’s First Chinatown
Portland’s Chinatown was once the second largest in America, and the Portland Chinatown Museum — housed in the historic 1910 Tung Sang Building in Old...
