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44,000 (est. 2010) Director. Kerry Tymchuk. Website. ohs.org. The Oregon Historical Society Museum is a history museum housed at the Oregon Historical Society in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. The museum was created in 1898 and receives about 44,000 visitors annually. It houses the Portland Penny that decided the city’s name. [1]
map. The Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, commonly also known as the Lewis and Clark Exposition, and officially known as the Lewis and Clark Centennial and American Pacific Exposition and Oriental Fair, was a worldwide exposition held in Portland, Oregon, United States in 1905 to celebrate the centennial of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI, / ˈɒmziː / OM-zee) is a science and technology museum in Portland, Oregon, United States. It contains three auditoriums, including a large-screen theatre, planetarium, and exhibition halls with a variety of hands-on permanent exhibits focused on natural sciences, industry, and technology.
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.
George L. Vogt, a former president of the American Association for State and Local History was appointed as the eighth Executive Director of OHS in November 2006. [16] In July 2007, the Oregon Historical Society was awarded a $2.8 million biennial appropriation from the State of Oregon, though the organization is not a state entity. [17]
December 31, 1974. The Portland Art Museum (PAM) is an art museum in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. The Portland Art Museum has 240,000 square feet (22,000 m 2), with more than 112,000 square feet (10,400 m 2) of gallery space. The museum’s permanent collection has over 42,000 works of art. PAM features a center for Native American ...
The history of the city of Portland, Oregon, began in 1843 when business partners William Overton and Asa Lovejoy filed to claim land on the west bank of the Willamette River in Oregon Country. In 1845 the name of Portland was chosen for this community by coin toss. February 8, 1851, the city was incorporated. [1]
Website. www.orhf.org. The Oregon Rail Heritage Center (ORHC) is a railway museum in Portland, Oregon. Along with other rolling stock, the museum houses three steam locomotives owned by the City of Portland: Southern Pacific 4449, Spokane, Portland & Seattle 700, and Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co. 197, [1] the first two of which are restored ...