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Museums
A Wealth of Museums.Downtown:
- Portland Art Museum
Downtown Park Blocks & Jefferson.
- Oregon History Center Downtown Park Blocks & Jefferson.
- Oregon Sports Hall Of Fame Museum
- Oregon Maritime Museum On the waterfront
- Oregon Jewish Museum Downtown/Old Town.
- Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center Downtown/Old Town.
- Mercy Corps Downtown/Old Town.
- Multnomah County Central Library Downtown, SW 10th & Taylor. Full of books, beautifully remodeled in 1997 and free.
- Velveteria A Museum of paintings on velvet. Yes, Really.
- 3D Center Art and Photography
- Oregon Museum of Science and Industry On the river. Look for the submarine near Hawthorne & Marquam (I-5) Bridges
- The Hat Museum located in "Ladd's Edition" (close in).
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(all at the same bus stop):
- Oregon Zoo
- World Forestry Center A great interactive museum for kids from 4 to 100 that teaches about the value of forests around the world.
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial See also
- Children's Museum Portland Children's Museum is the sixth oldest children's museum in the world and the oldest West of the Mississippi. The 50,000 sq. ft. Museum receives over a quarter of a million visits from children and their families every year.
- Pittock Mansion One of America's Castle homes.
- Evergreen Air Museum Spruce Goose, SR-71, Warbirds, Ford Tri-Motor. Rockets. 1-Hour from Downtown Portland.
- Tillamook Air Museum 90 minute drive, on Oregon Coast.
- Pearson Air Museum Vancouver Washington.
- Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum Hood River - 1 hour East on Hwy 84
- Maryhill Museum Columbia Gorge - 2 hours East
- The Maryhill Winery
& event venue, is nearby.
- Stonehenge Replica
also nearby in Maryhill WA.
- End of the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center
Oregon City
- Washington County Historical Society & Museum
Beaverton. In the "Silicon Rain Forrest." Exhibits include the original Washington County Jail built in 1853.
- Pacific Northwest Truck Museum
Salem.
- Asahel Bush House Museum
Salem.
- Marion County Historical Society - MCHS
Salem
- Mission Mill Museum
Preserved and presents a Mission house, an Oregon Trail settler's house, a historic church and the structures, equipment, and original water-powered turbine of the Thomas Kay Woolen Mill with related artifacts.
- Historic Deepwood Estate
Salem.
- The Maryhill Winery
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