List of museums in Portland, Oregon facts for kids
This list of museums in Portland, Oregon encompasses museums defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included. Also included are non-profit and university art galleries.
Museums
| Name | Neighborhood | Area | Type | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3D Center of Art and Photography | Art | Antique and contemporary 3D imagery, currently closed and seeking new location | ||
| Architectural Heritage Center | Buckman | Southeast | Art - Architecture | Website; changing exhibits about architecture and art |
| Blue Sky Gallery | Pearl District | Northwest | Art | Photography gallery |
| Cooley Gallery | Eastmoreland | Southeast | Art | Website; part of Reed College |
| Gallery 114 | Old Town Chinatown | Northwest | Art | website, non-profit artists' collective and gallery in all media |
| Hat Museum | Hosford-Abernethy | Southeast | Commodity - Hats | Website; displays a selection of most characteristic styles of past eras; in the Ladd-Reingold House; open for private tours for costumers, fashion and history academics and for millinery students |
| Kidd's Toy Museum | Buckman | Southeast | Toy | Includes mechanical banks; trains, planes and automobiles; character toys; police badges; railroad locks, lanterns and related items; early Oregon memorabilia; teddy bears and dolls; and holiday collectibles |
| Movie Madness Video | Sunnyside | Southeast | Media | Video rental shop and museum of film history with costumes, props and Hollywood memorabilia |
| Museum of Odd History | University Park | North | Fraternal History | History of Odd Fellows and their contributions to the development of North Portland Website |
| Oregon Historical Society Museum | Downtown | Southwest | Multiple | State history, science, art |
| Oregon Jewish Museum and Centre for Holocaust Education | Northwest District | Northwest | Ethnic - Jewish | Jewish culture in Oregon, America and the world, art, history |
| Japanese American Museum of Oregon | Old Town Chinatown | Northwest | Ethnic - Japanese | Website; lives and contributions of Oregon's Nikkei community, located in Portland's old Japantown area |
| Oregon Maritime Museum | Downtown | Southwest | Maritime | Located on the steam sternwheeler Portland in Tom McCall Waterfront Park |
| Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) | Hosford-Abernethy | Southeast | Science | Also includes the USS Blueback (SS-581) submarine and a planetarium |
| Oregon Rail Heritage Center | Hosford-Abernethy | Southeast | Railroad | Vintage railroad equipment, including steam and diesel locomotives and passenger coaches |
| Oregon Sports Hall of Fame | Hall of fame - Sports | Closed temporarily, as of May 2008, according to its website | ||
| Pacific Northwest College of Art Galleries | Pearl District | Northwest | Art | Campus includes twelve public exhibition galleries, two professional galleries and ten spaces reserved for student and community showings |
| Pittock Mansion | Hillside | Northwest | Historic house | 22 room French Renaissance estate situated on 46 acres (190,000 m2) |
| Portland Art Museum | Downtown | Southwest | Art | Includes centers for Native American, Northwest art, and modern and contemporary art, Asian art, an outdoor public sculpture garden, and the Northwest Film Center |
| Portland Children's Museum | Washington Park | Southwest | Children's | |
| Portland Community College Cascade Gallery | Humboldt | Northeast | Art | Website, on the Cascade Campus |
| Portland Community College North View Gallery | Far Southwest | Southwest | Art | Website, on the Sylvania Campus |
| Portland Institute for Contemporary Art | Downtown | Southwest | Art | Contemporary performance and visual arts |
| Portland Police Museum | Downtown | Southwest | Police | Photographs, equipment, uniforms, and documents; run by the Portland Police Historical Society |
| Portland Puppet Museum | Southeast Uplift | Southeast | Puppet | website |
| Portland State University School of Art & Design Galleries | Downtown | Southwest | Art | Website. MK, Autzen, AB Lobby and Broadway Galleries |
| Stark's Vacuum Museum | Kerns | Northeast | Commodity - Vacuum cleaners | Collection of 300 items includes the two-person-operated Busy-Bee (one person pumps, the other vacuums); operated by Stark's Vacuum Cleaner Sales & Service |
| VintageTek | Hayhurst | Southwest | Technology | website, historic Tektronix equipment |
| Wells Fargo History Museum | Downtown | Southwest | History | Wells Fargo Company in Oregon history; includes a 19th-century stagecoach, an interactive telegraph, a life-size reproduction of a turn-of-the-20th-century bank, and a treasure box used to carry gold long distances. This museum has closed. |
| World Forestry Center | Washington Park | Southwest | Industry - Forestry | Forest industry, importance and natural history of forests |
Defunct museums
- American Advertising Museum, closed 2004
- The Faux Museum, closed January 2015
- Velveteria, closed January 2010
- Museum of Contemporary Craft, closed 2016.
See also
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