Portland Oregon History
American Advertising Museum
211 NW Fifth Ave. and Davis St., Portland, Oregon 97209, phone: 503-226-0000
Bybee House & Howell Territorial Park
Sauvie Island, Portland, Oregon, phone: 503-222-1741
Children's Museum
44015 SW Canyon Road, Portland, OR 97221, phone: (503) 223-6500
Kidd Toy Museum
1327 SE Grand Ave, Portland, Oregon, phone: 503-233-7807
Lilah Callen Holden Elephant Museum at the Oregon Zoo
4001 SW Canyon Rd, Portland, Oregon, phone:
503-226-1561
Museum Company, The
700 SW 5th Ave, Portland, Oregon, phone: 503-223-0069
Northwest Rail Museum
Portland, Oregon, phone: 503-244-4449
OMSI
-- Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
1945 SE Water Ave, Portland, Oregon, phone:
503-797-4000
Founded in 1944 and one of the nation's top ten science museums, the
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry is a world-class tourist attraction and
educational resource that puts the
"WOW!" in science for the kid in each of us. Five
exhibit halls and eight
science labs offer 219,000 square feet of brain-powered fun through hundreds
of interactive exhibits and hands-on demonstrations. OMSI's multi-attraction
complex features a big screen OMNIMAX®
Theater, the Northwest's largest
planetarium, and the
USS Blueback, the last fast-attack, diesel-powered submarine built by the
U.S. Navy and after serving for 31 years, the last of its kind to be
decommissioned. In addition to enjoying one of the featured exhibits at
temporary display at OMSI, you can touch a tornado, uncover a fossil, surf the
internet, enter the world of virtual
Oregon Jewish Museum
310 NW Davis St., Portland, Oregon, phone: 503-226-5224
The Oregon Jewish Museum was founded in 1989 by a volunteer group,
committed to providing Oregon with a museum dedicated to Jewish art and history,
During the five first years, our focus was to build a membership, create a
strong Board of Directors and bring traveling exhibits of Jewish content to this
area.
Oregon Maritime Center & Museum
113 SW Front, Portland, Oregon, phone: 503-224-7724
Oregon Sports Hall Of Fame Museum
900 SW 5th Ave, Portland, Oregon, phone: 503-227-7466
Pittock Mansion
3229 NW Pittock Drive,
Portland, OR 97210, phone: 503-823-3624, email:
[email protected]
Once the private home of Henry Louis Pittock,
founder of The Oregonian, this 22-room house was built in 1914. The
mansion sits 1,000 feet above sea level and commands a view of five mountains in
the Cascade Range. It is an outstanding architectural achievement, combining
fine plasterwork, cut and polished marbles, cast bronze, and superbly crafted
hardwoods and paneling. The house is completely furnished with antique furniture
and objets d'art appropriate to its 17th, 18th, and 19th century French and
English designs.
Portland Children's Museum
3037 SW Second Ave., Portland, Oregon, phone:
503-823-2227
U F O Museum
1637 SW Alder St, Portland, Oregon, phone: 503-227-2975
Washington
County Historical Society & Museum
17677 NW Springville Rd, Portland, Oregon, phone:503-645-5353
World Forestry Center
Museum
4033 SW Canyon Rd., Portland, Oregon, phone: 503-228-1367
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