You can learn a lot about a place by what it chooses to remember. And dotted throughout Oregon are little shrines to our priorities: apparently, we’re into puppets, planes, and miniatures (plus vacuums and Bigfoot, naturally).
Follow along as we highlight the weirdest, wildest, most out-of-the-way museums in the Beaver State, run down the in-city institutions every Portlander must visit, and consider whether our rising esteem in the worlds of an animation and footwear might beget future museums. Grab a tote, a turtleneck, a 20 for the gift shop, and let’s get to thoughtfully nodding.
Published in the Fall in (Love with) the City issue of Portland Monthly.
10 Must-Visit Museums in Portland
Museum-hopping without leaving city limits, from OMSI to the Zymoglyphic Museum.
10 Can’t-Miss Oregon Museums Outside of Portland
Could we interest you in the world's largest pig hairball? Perhaps a gravity-defying X-Files fixation?
An Ode to Oregon Museums We’ve Loved and Lost
Rest in power, National Hat Museum.
5 New Museums Portland Should Open Immediately
We have notes.
How Did Portland Become an Art City with So Few Art Museums?
For a city with a creative reputation, we're scant on honest-to-goodness museums.
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