List of museums in Portland, Oregon
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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
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!| Name !| Neighborhood !| Area !| Type !| Summary |
| 3D Center of Art and Photography
| | | Art | Antique and contemporary 3D imagery, currently closed and seeking new location |
| [http://visitahc.org Architectural Heritage Center]
| Buckman | Southeast | Art - Architecture | [http://www.visitahc.org/ Website]; changing exhibits about architecture and art |
| Blue Sky Gallery
| Northwest | Art | Photography gallery |
| Cooley Gallery
| Southeast | Art | [http://web.reed.edu/gallery/index.html Website]; part of Reed College |
| Gallery 114
| Northwest | Art | [http://www.gallery114.org website], non-profit artists' collective and gallery in all media |
| Hat Museum
| Southeast | Commodity - Hats | [http://www.thehatmuseum.com/ 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{{cite web|title=Kidd’s Toy Museum|url=https://www.travelportland.com/directory/kidds-toy-museum/|publisher=Travel Portland|accessdate=1 September 2017}} |
| Movie Madness Video
| Southeast | Media | Video rental shop and museum of film history with costumes, props and Hollywood memorabilia |
| Museum of Odd History
| North | Fraternal History | History of Odd Fellows and their contributions to the development of North Portland [http://www.keepportlandodd.com Website] |
| Oregon Historical Society Museum
| Downtown | Multiple | State history, science, art |
| [https://www.ojmche.org Oregon Jewish Museum and Centre for Holocaust Education]
| Northwest | Ethnic - Jewish | Jewish culture in Oregon, America and the world, art, history |
| Japanese American Museum of Oregon
| Northwest | Ethnic - Japanese | [https://jamo.org 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)
| 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 |
| 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 | 22 room French Renaissance estate situated on {{convert|46|acre|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
| Southwest | |
| Portland Community College Cascade Gallery
| Humboldt | Northeast | Art | [http://www.pcc.edu/about/galleries/sylvania/ Website], on the Cascade Campus |
| Portland Community College North View Gallery
| Southwest | Art | [http://www.pcc.edu/about/galleries/ 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 | Puppet | [http://www.puppetmuseum.com/ website] |
| Portland State University School of Art & Design Galleries
| Downtown | Southwest | Art | [https://www.pdx.edu/art-design/exhibitions 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 | [http://www.vintagetek.org/ 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
| Southwest | Industry - Forestry | Forest industry, importance and natural history of forests |
Defunct museums
- American Advertising Museum, closed 2004
- The Faux Museum, closed January 2015{{cite web|title=The Faux Museum, absurd downtown Portland gallery, is closing in 2015|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2014/12/the_faux_museum_closing.html|publisher=The Oregonian|accessdate=27 January 2015|date=December 4, 2014}}{{cite web|title=Official site|url=http://thefauxmuseum.com/|publisher=The Faux Museum|accessdate=27 January 2015}}
- Velveteria, closed January 2010
- Museum of Contemporary Craft, closed 2016.{{Cite web|url=https://www.opb.org/news/article/pnca-dissolve-portland-museum-of-contemporary-craft/|title=Portland's Museum Of Contemporary Craft To Be Dissolved|last=Baer|first=April|website=www.opb.org|language=en|access-date=2020-01-30}}
- Oregon Sports Hall of Fame, museum closed 2008
See also
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External links
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- [http://www.oregonmuseums.org/ Oregon Museums Association]
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