List of museums in Oregon

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This list of museums in 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. Lists of Oregon institutions which are not museums are noted in the "See also" section, below.

Below the main list are separate lists for defunct museums, alternate names for some Oregon museums and a list of museums encompassed by the Antique Powerland Museums.

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To use this sortable table, click on the icons at the top of each column to sort that column in alphabetical order; click again for reverse alphabetical order. The "Type" entries are meant to suggest the main subject or subjects the museum covers, with words immediately after hyphens indicating either the museum's focus within that subject or a related subject. "History - Local", for instance, indicates a museum focuses on local history. A slash mark ("/") indicates a largely unrelated subject also covered by the museum. The Type column describes only the major 1–3 topics covered by the museum. Web links in the Summary section are identified as "Website" for a link to the institution's official website; "Web page" for a link to an offiical Web page (usually when the website covers a larger organization that encompasses the museum), or, if neither are available, "Information" for an unofficial web page. Summary section entries give slightly more detailed descriptions, a sense of the area of study, and unusual features.

Name Community County Region Type Summary
A. C. Gilbert's Discovery Village Salem Marion Willamette Valley Children's Hands-on museum that displays several inventions by Alfred Carlton Gilbert inventor of the Erector Set; has world's largest Erector Set tower at 52 feet
A. R. Bowman Memorial Museum Prineville Crook Central History - Local Website; Covers Crook County history, including the City of Prineville Railroad, the local timber industry, and a military exhibit
Agness-Illahe Museum Agness Curry Coast Web page; run by the Curry Historical Society
Albany Regional Museum Albany Linn Willamette Valley History - Local Website; local history museum in an 1887 Italianate Victorian building
Anderson Homestead The Dalles Wasco Mt. Hood/
The Gorge		 Historic house Web page; 1895 homestead consisting of Swedish log house, granary, and barn; across the street from the Fort Dalles Museum, which provides tours of this homestead
Antique Powerland Museums Brooks Marion Willamette Valley Railroad / Machinery See "Museums and organizations encompassed by Antique Powerland Museums" section below; Exhibits and demonstrates steam powered equipment, antique farm machinery and implements; includes Oregon Electric Railway Museum and 13 other museums on site
Applegate Pioneer Museum Crow Lane Willamette Valley History - Local West Lane history in pictures and memorabilia[1]
Applegate Trail Interpretive Center Sunny Valley Josephine Southern History Web page
Architectural Heritage Center Portland Multnomah Portland Metro Art - Architecture Website;
Asher Car Museum Fossil Wheeler Eastern Transportation - Automobile Web page; Opened about 1970[2]; still in operation as of 2006[3]
Astoria Children's Museum Astoria Clatsop Coast Children's Website; interactive learning exhibits; on second floor of the Uppertown Firefighters Museum
Astoria Column Astoria Clatsop Coast
Astoria Riverfront Trolley Astoria Clatsop Coast Transportation - Trolley Website
Baldwin Hotel Museum Klamath Falls Klamath Southern History - Local Web page; Local history and the studio of photographer Maud Baldwin in a four-story 1906 building; run by Klamath County Museums organization
Bandon Historical Society Museum Bandon Coos Coast History - Local Website; Local history of the area, Native American artifacts, displays on logging, fishing, cranberry farming and the 1936 fire that destroyed the city; maritime room
Barn Museum Troutdale Multnomah Portland Metro History / Farm implements Web page; displays farm equipment and other artifacts; exhibits on various historical topics; run by the Troutdale Historical Society
Beekman House (Jacksonville) Jacksonville Jackson Southern Historic house Web page; Closed as of May 2008; former home of C. C. Beekman, a prominent Jacksonville banker; run by the Southern Oregon Historical Society
Benton County Historical Society and Museum Corvallis Benton Willamette Valley History - Local / Natural history Website; County history; now incorporates 60,000-items related to natural history from the former Oregon State University Horner Museum; research library; art gallery; in the 1867 Philomath College building on the National Register of Historic Places
Blind Slough Logging Camp Knappa Clatsop Coast Industry - Timber / Ghost town Information
Bonneville Dam Visitor Centers Bonneville Multnomah Portland Metro Dam - Visitor center
Brooks Depot Museum Brooks Marion Willamette Valley History - Local Website; run by the Brooks Historical Society
Burrows House of the Oregon Coast History Center Newport Lincoln Coast Historic house Web page; run by the Lincoln County Historical Society
Bush House Museum Salem Marion Willamette Valley Historic house Italianate Victorian residence built in 1877-78; vintage fittings and furnishings, including original wallpapers and ornate marble fireplaces; located in Bush's Pasture Park; park includes a collection of historic roses, an 1882 greenhouse, and a 19th-century barn now a community arts center
Butterfield Cottage Seaside Clatsop Coast Historic house Web page; Built in 1893, restored to depict a beach cottage and rooming house of 1912; run by the Seaside Historical Society
Canby Depot Museum Canby Clackamas County Portland Metro Railroad / History - Local Web page; Area history and railroad history; in a former train depot
Cannon Beach Historical Society Cannon Beach Clatsop County Coast History - Local Website; Collection includes cannon, Tillamook Rock Lighthouse model, Native American longhouse
Canyon Life Museum Mill City Marion Willamette Valley History - Local Information; Focuses on life and logging in North Santiam Canyon; photographs; research library; Run by North Santiam Historical Society
The Caples House Museum Columbia Columbia Portland Metro Historic house / Toys Web page; 1870 home, including a doctor's office, old-fashioned kitchen and pantry; items include antique furniture, medical instruments, Native American baskets, pioneer tools in the wash house and tool shed; a doll museum in the carriage house has two floors of dolls, toys and clothes
Cascade Locks Historical Museum Cascade Locks Hood River Mt. Hood/
The Gorge		 History Information
Chetco Valley Museum Brookings Curry Coast History - Local Website; Local history including logging, fishing, bulb farming, ranching, Native American artifacts; claims to have the largest Monterey Cypress Tree in Oregon; run by Curry County Historical Society
Children's Museum (Jacksonville) Jacksonville Jackson Southern Children's Web page; Hands-on history exhibits, including a 1920s kitchen, a pioneer cabin, a Native American lodge, a puppet theater, a general store, and a barber shop; in a former jail building next to the Jacksonville Museum; run by the Southern Oregon Historical Society
Children's Museum of Klamath Falls Klamath Falls Klamath Southern Children's Website
Children's Museum of Eastern Oregon Pendleton Umatilla Eastern Children's Website
Chinese House Railroad Museum Echo Umatilla Eastern Ethnic - Chinese American / Railroad Web page; Artifacts of railroad history and of Chinese workers; in an original "China House" for Chinese railroad workers
Clatskanie Historical Society Museum Clatskanie Columbia Portland Metro History - Local Information
Clatsop County Heritage Museum Astoria Clatsop Coast History - Local Website; local history exhibits; Clatsop County Historical Society archives; Chinook and Clatsop Indian artifacts and crafts; former City Hall
Columbia County Museum St. Helens Columbia Portland Metro History - Local As of March 2007, closed due to litigation[4]
Columbia Gorge Discovery Center The Dalles Wasco Mt. Hood/
The Gorge		 Website; encompasses Wasco County Historical Museum
Columbia River Maritime Museum Astoria Clatsop Coast Maritime History of the Columbia River, including four interactive and hands-on exhibits, the Lightship Columbia (a National Historic Landmark), maritime artifacts from the Pacific Northwest
Conger Street Clock Museum Eugene Lane Willamette Valley Commodity - Time pieces Website; Hand-made clocks and figures of cars, tractors, trains
Coos Art Museum Coos Bay Coos Coast Art - Contemporary Website; state's third oldest art museum; in an Art Deco post office; contemporary art collection; art classes, lectures and events
Coos County Logging Museum Myrtle Point Coos Coast Industry - Timber Information; displays tableaux, pictures and artifacts about 20th-century logging; housed in an onion-shaped, shingled-dome, wooden building from the early 20th century meant to modestly replicate the Mormon Tabernacle
Coos Historical and Maritime Mus‎eum North Bend Coos Coast History - local / Maritime Website; formerly part of the Coos-Curry Museum (1958-1970s); then called Coos County Historical Society Museum (until 2004); south Oregon coast history, logging, area Native Americans, ship construction
Cottage Grove Museum Cottage Grove Lane Willamette Valley History - Local Information; Lumbering, mining, agriculture, covered bridges, prints, RMS Titanic displays; in an octagon-shaped former church
Crater Rock Museum & Gift Shop Central Point Jackson Southern Geology Website
Creswell Historical Museum Creswell Lane Willamette Valley History - Local Information; Local history in a restored 1889 Methodist Church
Crown Point Country Historical Society Corbett Multnomah Portland Metro History - Local Website; a large classroom in the Historic Springdale School Community Center
Crown Point Vista House Troutdale Multnomah Portland Metro Natural history / History - Local Information; Museum with displays on history and geology of the Columbia River Gorge; in a 1916 Octagonal building designed by Edgar Lazarus, brother of the poet Emma Lazarus; run by the Friends of the Vista House
Curry Historical Society Museum Gold Beach Curry Coast History - Local / Regional Website; Local and regional history; run by the Curry County Historical Society
Dentzel American Carousel Museum Albany Linn Willamette Valley Commodity - Carousel Website
Des Chutes Historical Museum Bend Deschutes Central History - Local Web page; Unlike the county and the river, the Des Chutes Historical Society and its museum render "Des Chutes" as two words, not one
DeWitt Museum Prairie City Grant Eastern History - Local / Railroad Web page
Dolly Wares Doll Museum Florence Lane Coast Toy - Doll Collection of more than 3,000 dolls, including one from 1604
Dorris Ranch Living History Farm Springfield Lane Willamette Valley Farm - Living history Website; Established in 1892, the 250-acre site is said to be Oregon’s oldest working filbert (hazelnut) farm.
Douglas County Museum Winchester Bay Douglas Coast Natural history / History - Local Website
Douglas County Museum of Natural & Cultural History Roseburg Douglas Southern Natural history / History - Local Website
Dr. Norman Lee House Museum Junction City Lane Willamette Valley Historic house / Medical / History - Local Website; Medical equipment and items relating to Junction City history; run by the Junction City Historical Society
Dufur Historical Society Living History Museum Dufur Wasco Mt. Hood/
The Gorge		 History - Local Information; Local history displays in a historic log cabin, school
Eagle Point Museum Eagle Point Jackson Southern History - Local Information
East Linn Museum Sweet Home Linn Willamette Valley History - Local Information; Collection includes logging tools, period rooms and farm tools and equipment, photographs
Eastern Oregon Fire Museum & Learning Center La Grande Eastern Information; former (1899–2002) fire station; exhibits on history of firefighting; firehouse culture and advances in technology; vintage fire trucks
Eastern Oregon Museum Haines Baker Eastern History - Local Website; Has exhibits or artifacts related to logging, mining, cowboy memorabilia, ranching, housewares, period clothing, dolls, toys, a former railroad depot and a former one-room schoolhouse
Echo Historical Museum Echo Umatilla Eastern History - Local Web page
Elgin Museum Elgin Union Eastern History - Local Information
End of the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center Oregon City Clackamas Portland Metro History Website; Presentations by live history Interpreters in pioneer-period clothing
Ermatinger House and Living History Tea and Textile Museum Oregon City, Oregon Clackamas County Portland Metro History / Textile Information; 1845 house, the oldest in Clackamas County
Eugene Telephone Museum Eugene Lane Willamette Valley Commodity - Telephone Replicas of Alexander Graham Bell's original telephone, photographs, telephones and equipment dating from the beginning of the past century[1]
Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum McMinnville Yamhill Willamette Valley Aviation / Aerospace museum Website; home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose; The Evergreen Aviation Museum is scheduled to open its Space Museum in June 2008 in an adjacent building, and the organization is now called the "Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum"
Favell Museum Klamath Falls Klamath Southern Art - Western / Ethnic - Native American Website; Western art and Native American artifacts
Flavel House Museum Astoria Clatsop Coast Historic house Website; 1886 Queen Anne style home of Captain George Flavel, river pilot, businessman; original Eastlake-influenced woodwork, period furnishings, Clatsop County Historical Society administrative offices
Fort Astoria Astoria Clatsop Coast Fort Small park with a partial replica of the 1811 fort founded by John Jacob Astor
Fort Clatsop National Memorial Astoria Clatsop Coast Fort Replica of original 1805–1806 winter encampment of the 33-member Lewis and Clark Expedition
Fort Dalles Museum The Dalles Wasco Mt. Hood/
The Gorge		 History - Local Website; Native American artifacts, Oregon Trail relics, early tools, household items, photographs; listed on the the National Register of Historic Places; Oregon's oldest history museum; opened in 1905
Fort Hoskins Kings Valley Benton Willamette Valley Fort
Fort Klamath Museum Klamath Falls Klamath Southern Fort Information; Eight-acre site of Fort Klamath (1863–1890), no original buildings remain; replica of the fort guardhouse contains artifacts from the fort; run by Klamath County Museums organization
Fort Rock Valley Historical Homestead Museum Fort Rock Lake Southern Open air museum Website
Fort Stevens Historical Area Warrenton Clatsop Coast Fort In Fort Stevens State Park
Fossil Museum & Pine Creek Schoolhouse Fossil Wheeler Eastern Natural history / History - Local Information
Four Rivers Cultural Center & Museum Ontario Malheur Eastern History - Local / Ethnic - Native American Website; Local history and Native American exhibits; includes the Horace Arment Collection of artifacts from the Sioux, Navajo, Pauite, Haida and earlier Native Americans
Frazier Farmstead Museum Milton-Freewater Umatilla Eastern Historic house - Farmstead Website; 1892 farmhouse, 1918 barn, a carriage house and several other buildings
Fruit Foundation Historical Society Hood River Hood River Mt. Hood/
The Gorge		 Industry - Fruit packing, cold storage Information; 1930s fruit-packing and cold-storage plant; collection includes equipment, historic photographs
Garibaldi Museum Garibaldi Tillamook Coast Maritime / History - Local Website; Focuses on 18th-century Captain Robert Gray; his historical vessels, the trade with native Americans of the Pacific Northwest; displays include models of his two ships, reproduction of Columbia's figurehead; interactive exhibits; one wing on local history
Gateway Coastal Natural History Center Seaside Clatsop Coast Natural history / History - Local Website; about area natural, cultural, and historical resources
Gilliam County Historical Society Condon Gilliam Eastern History - Local / Historic buildings Web page; Information; Early farm equipment, Union Pacific Railroad caboose, an agricultural-machinery building, 1884 log cabin, 1910 school, 1900 tonsorial parlor, 1905 railroad depot, and early 20th-century jail.
Gold Hill Historical Society Gold Hill Jackson Southern History - Local Information;
Gordon House Silverton Marion Willamette Valley Historic house Usonian house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
Grant County Historical Museum Canyon City Grant Eastern History - Local Webstie;
Grants Pass Museum of Art Grants Pass Josephine Southern Art Website
Gresham History Museum Gresham Multnomah Portland Metro History - Local Website; History of Gresham and surrounding area; run by the Gresham Historical Society
Hallie Ford Museum of Art
at Willamette University		 Salem Marion Willamette Valley Art Collection includes Asian, European, Native American, and regional art
Hanley Farm Museum Central Point Jackson Southern Farm Web page
Harlow House Museum Troutdale Multnomah Portland Metro Historic house Web page; on the National Register of Historic Places; the grounds are part of the city park system; run by the Troutdale Historical Society
Harney County Historical Museum Burns Harney Eastern History - Local Website
Harrisburg Area Museum Harrisburg Linn Willamette Valley History - Local Information; Scale models of historic buildings, including Crater Lake Lodge; cameras and buttons; antique farm equipment, steam engine, tractors, engines, blacksmith shop and household items; pictures and biographies of settlers; 1867-era house and household items; Overland automobile; a chapel
Harrison-Brunk House Eola Polk Willamette Valley Historic house Information; Farmstead of 1861, period furnishings of 1860-1920; occupied by the pioneer Harrison-Brunk family

6 miles west of Salem, Oregon
Hat Museum Portland Multnomah Portland Metro Commodity - Hats Website; Calls itself "Amerca's only Hat Museum"; displays a selection of most characteristic styles of past eras; in the Ladd-Reingold House
Hatfield Marine Science Visitor Center Newport Lincoln Coast Natural history - Science center - Maritime Website; Exhibits and programs to explain the role of scientific research in marine natural history as well as the fishing industry
Heritage Station Museum Pendleton Umatilla Eastern History - Local Website; run by the Umatilla County Historical Society
High Desert Museum Bend Deschutes Central Natural history / History - Living history Website;
Historical Society of Columbia County Museum St. Helens Columbia Portland Metro History - Local Information; County history; located in the South Columbia County Chamber of Commerce office at the former railroad station
Historic Deepwood Estate Salem Marion Willamette Valley Historic house Website; 1894 Queen Anne style Victorian Home on about four acres of manicured gardens and nature trails
The History Museum of Hood River County Hood River Hood River Mt. Hood/
The Gorge		 History - Local Web page; County history
Hoover-Minthorn House Museum Newberg Yamhill Willamette Valley Historic house
Horace Baker Log Cabin Carver Clackamas Portland Metro Historic house / Historic church Website; only cantilevered log cabin in state (on List of Registered Historic Places in Oregon), built 1856; also, 1895 Pioneer Church and antique stage coach
Hutson Museum Parkdale Hood River Mt. Hood/
The Gorge		 Natural history / History - Local Information; more information; and more; Also known as the "Jesse and Winifred Hutson Museum"; rocks, minerals and Native American artifacts, memorabilia, dolls and items related to local history; in a building constructed to match the neighboring Ries-Thompson House; part of a 2-acre complex designated a National Historic Site; U.S. Forest Service amphitheater on the site offers lectures and demonstrations.
I. O. N. Owyhee Heritage Council Museum Jordan Valley Malheur Eastern History - Local Web page; History of an area encompassing parts of Idaho, Oregon and Nevada (the "I.O.N." in the title)
Independence Heritage Museum Independence Polk Willamette Valley History - Local Website
International Museum of Carousel Art Hood River Hood River Mt. Hood/
The Gorge		 Commodity - Carousel Website; The museum calls its holdings "world's largest and most comprehensive collection of antique carousel art"; as of May 2008, temporarily closed as museum relocates
Jacksonville Museum Jacksonville Jackson Southern History - Local Collection includes local history artifacts and photographs and items of 19th-century photographer Peter Britt
Jensen Arctic Museum at
Western Oregon University		 Monmouth Polk Willamette Valley Natural history - Arctic Web page; Arctic culture and ecology
Jesse H. Settlemier House Woodburn Marion Willamette Valley Historic house 14-room, Queen Anne style home built in 1892 by Jesse Settlemier, founder of Woodburn
John Tigard House Tigard Washington Portland Metro Historic house Web page; 1880 Victorian style farm home; on the National Register of Historic Places; run by the Tigard Historical Association
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art Eugene Lane Willamette Valley Art / University American and regional art, Korean, Chinese, Japanese and European art, including Russian icons
Kam Wah Chung & Co. Museum John Day Grant Eastern
Kathrin Cawein Gallery of Art
at Pacific University		 Forest Grove Washington Portland Metro Art - Contemporary Website
Kerbyville Museum Kerby Josephine Southern History - Local Information; displays on local history including mining, logging and pioneer history, and Native Americans; on the National Register of Historic Places
Kidd's Toy Museum Portland Multnomah Portland Metro Toy Information; "One man's collection of over 10,000 toys — toy cars, trains, banks, dolls, and railroad memorabelia", according to the "Virtual Tourist" website;[5] free museum next door to the Kidd family auto parts store[6]
Kids Imagination Discovery Space Medford Jackson Southern Children's Website
Klamath County Museum Klamath Falls Klamath Southern History - Local / Natural history Web page; History and natural history; in a 1935 building, formerly a National Guard armory; run by Klamath County Museums organization
Lake County Museum Lakeview Lake Southern
Lane County Historical Museum Eugene Lane Willamette Valley History - Local Website; Oregon Trail exhibit, historic vehicles, period rooms, children's exhibits, early crafts, photographs; run by the Lane County Historical Society in a National Historic Register site that is the oldest building in the county (built 1853)
Latimer Quilt and Textile Center Tillamook Tillamook Coast Art - Quilts Website; exhibits on antique and contemporary quilts
Linn County Historical Museum Brownsville Linn Willamette Valley History - Local Website; Life from pioneer days to the 1940s; in Brownsville's original railroad depot
Little Log Church Museum Yachats Lincoln Coast Multiple Web page; Local historical artifacts, seashell collection, and works of local artists and authors
Log Cabin Museum Newport Lincoln Coast Historic house Web page; Information; part of the "Oregon Coast History Center" run by the Lincoln County Historical Society
Manuel Museum La Grande (Hot Lake Springs) Union Eastern Multiple Information; Native American artifacts, military memoriabilia, pioneer items; museum moved from Joseph to Hot Lake Springs, southeast of La Grande
Marion County Historical Society & Museum Salem Marion Willamette Valley History - Local Website
Marshfield Sun Printing Museum Coos Bay Coos Coast Media - Newspaper Information; Information; The weekly Marshfield Sun (1891-1944) newspaper office and job printing shop displaying printing presses, newspaper and photo-related exhibits of Marshfield (now Coos Bay)
Milwaukie Museum Milwaukie Clackamas Portland Metro Historic house / History - Local Information; 1865 farmhouse; collection includes 1872 Portland Street Railway Co. horse-drawn streetcar
Mission Mill Museum Salem Marion Willamette Valley Industrial - Wool mill / Religious history Website; The former Thomas Kay woolen mill (1889–1962); Jason Lee's Methodist mission to Oregon which settled in the Willamette Valley in 1834; mission houses, Oregon Trail settler's house, historic church and the structures, equipment, and original water-powered turbine of the mill and related artifacts
Molalla Museum Complex Molalla Clackamas Portland Metro History - Local Information; Includes the Dibble House, Vonder Ahe House, Ivor Davies Hall and a farm & logging machinery shed; emphasis on Native Americans, early pioneers, agriculture, timber industry, commerce, schools, genealogy, Wilhoit Mineral Springs, and the Molalla Buckeroo Rodeo
Mt. Hood Cultural Center & Museum Government Camp Mt. Hood/
The Gorge		 History - Local Website; History of Mt. Hood area, encompassing Clackamas, Hood River, Multnomah and Wasco counties
Thomas and Walter Monteith House Albany Linn Willamette Valley Historic house 1849 restored Pioneer Era home; listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Morrow County Museum Heppner Morrow Eastern History - Local Web page
Moyer House Brownsville Linn Willamette Valley Historic house Web page; built in 1881 from an original design inspired by the Italianate Villa style, with exterior details including carved finials, corner boards, frieze boards, and eave brackets; interior details include ornately painted ceilings and panels
Mt. Angel Abbey Museum Mount Angel Marion Willamette Valley
Murphy Museum St. Paul Marion Willamette Valley History - Local Web page; Pioneer settlements on French Prairie and the 1839 Catholic mission in St. Paul
Museum At Warm Springs Warm Springs Jefferson Central Ethnic - Native American Website; History and culture of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs
Museum of Contemporary Craft Portland Multnomah Portland Metro Art - Craft Website; collection has more than 1,000 objects including works in ceramic, glass, metal, fiber and wood, showing development of West Coast craft since the mid-20th century
Museum of the Oregon Territory Oregon City Clackamas Portland Metro History Website
National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center Baker City Baker Eastern Oregon Trail / Living history Website; Living-history demonstrations, interpretive programs, exhibits, multi-media presentations, more than four miles of interpretive trails."[7]
Wallowa Band Nez Perce Trail Interpretive Center‎ Wallowa Wallowa Eastern Ethnic - Native American Website; Wallowa Band Nez Perce culture and history
Robert Newell House Museum St. Paul Marion Willamette Valley Historic house / History - Local / Living history Website; Reconstructed home of the first Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives; living history activities, archives, and artifacts from the French Prairie region of the northern Willamette Valley; also known as "Newell House" and "Newell House Museum"
North East North West Museum of Art La Grande Union Eastern Art
North Lincoln County Historical Museum Lincoln City Lincoln Coast History - Local Website; about north Lincoln County history, including Native Americans and pioneers
Oakland Museum Oakland Douglas Southern History - Local Web page
Oakridge Pioneer Museum Oakridge Lane Willamette Valley History - Local Information; Farming, logging, railroading, U.S. Forest Service, schools and families; a caboose, trucks[1] Historical artifacts of the upper Willamette River region
Old Aurora Colony Museum Aurora Marion Willamette Valley History - Local Website;
Old St. Peter's Landmark The Dalles Wasco Mt. Hood/
The Gorge		 Historic building - Church Website; Former Roman Catholic 1898 Gothic Revival church with Italian Carrara marble altars; Povey Brothers stained glass windows; six-foot rooster weather vane on a 176 foot spire
Oregon Air and Space Museum Eugene Lane Willamette Valley Aerospace Aircraft, artifacts, displays and exhibits on the history of aviation and space exploration; collection includes rare World War II American Eagle aviator uniform and pilot's personal effects
Oregon Caves Chateau Cave Junction Josephine Southern Part of the Oregon Caves National Monument
Oregon City Municipal Elevator Oregon City Clackamas Portland Metro
Oregon Coast History Center Newport Lincoln Coast History Website;
Oregon Fire Service Museum Brooks Marion Willamette Valley Firefighting Website; Historical fire records, apparatus, equipment and memorabilia
Oregon Historical Society Museum Portland Multnomah Portland Metro History
Oregon Jewish Museum Portland Multnomah Portland Metro Ethnic - Jewish Website
Oregon Maritime Museum Portland Multnomah Portland Metro Maritime Website
Oregon Military Museum Clackamas Clackamas Portland Metro Military Website; the state's official military history repository; has military arms and ordnance, restored military vehicles and aircraft, uniforms and insignia, and military equipment, historic structures, and a library and archives
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) Portland Multnomah Portland Metro Science - Industry
Oregon Sports Hall of Fame Portland Multnomah Portland Metro Hall of fame - Sports Closed temporarily, as of May 2008, according to its website
Oregon Trail Agricultural Museum Nyssa Malheur Eastern Oregon Trail / Agriculture Information; collection includes early farm and ranch equipment; restored sheep wagons, historical photographs of Nyssa, Adrian and the surrounding area, Oregon Trail history
Oregon Trail Regional Museum Baker City Baker Eastern History - Local / Geology - Crystal rocks Website; Collection includes, according to the museum website, "one of the largest crystal collection in the country", local history exhibits, the restored Adler House, antique automobiles
Original Courthouse Museum The Dalles Wasco Mt. Hood/
The Gorge
Pacific Northwest Truck Museum Brooks Marion Willamette Valley
Pacific University Museum at Pacific University Forest Grove Washington Portland Metro History of Pacific University Web page; Open by appointment only; the history of the university; in Old College Hall, the oldest (1850) building at Pacific University; on the National Register of Historic Places
Patrick Hughes House Sixes Curry Coast Historic house Website; Built in 1898 by P.J. Lindberg; part of the "Historic Patrick Hughes Ranch"; listed on the National Register of Historic Places; run by Friends of Cape Blanco
Pendleton Air Museum Pendleton Umatilla Eastern Aviation / Military Website; Construction was scheduled to begin in 2008; items representing military and civilian aviation, particularly the history of the Pendleton Army Air Base and early predecessors of the Eastern Oregon Regional Airport, collection includes a restored World War II-era B-25 Bomber and a Vietnam War-era UH-1 Huey helicopter
Pendleton Round-Up Hall of Fame Pendleton Umatilla Eastern Hall of fame - Pendleton Round-Up Web page; Cowboy and cowgirl memorabilia, Native American regalia, championship saddles, historical photographs and documents; also known as the "Pendleton Round-Up & Happy Canyon Hall of Fame"
Petersen Rock Garden & Museum Redmond Deschutes Central Information; miniature buildings, lagoons, bridges, gardens, churches, castles made of rock; closed
Philip Foster Farm Eagle Creek Clackamas Portland Metro Farm Website; has original 19th Century houses and barn, covered wagons, replica blacksmith shop and store, and heritage gardens
Phoenix Historical Society Phoenix Jackson Southern History - Local Information
Pioneer Mother's Memorial Log Cabin Museum St. Paul Marion Willamette Valley History Information; Log cabin, artifacts from the Oregon Trail and pioneer times; in Champoeg State Park
Pioneer/Indian Museum Canyonville Douglas Southern History Information; Run by the South Umpqua Historical Society
Pitney House Museum Junction City Lane Willamette Valley Historic house Web page; run by the Junction City Historical Society
Pittock Mansion Portland Multnomah Portland Metro Historic house
Polk County Museum Rickreall Polk Willamette Valley History - Local Website; Includes exhibits on agriculture, logging, and the Kalapuya tribe that occupied Polk County
Portland Art Museum Portland Multnomah Portland Metro Art
Portland Children's Museum Portland Multnomah Portland Metro Children's
Portland Police Museum Portland Multnomah Portland Metro Police Website; Photographs, equipment, uniforms, and documents; run by the Portland Police Historical Society.
Port Orford Lifeboat Station Museum Port Orford Curry Coast Maritime Website; Displays about the lifeboat station, in a 1934 building closed in 1970; hiking trails; listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Prewitt-Allen Archaeological Museum
at Corban College		 Salem Marion Willamette Valley Archaeology Website; 900 items related to archaeology from the Middle East and Greece
Rail Depot Museum Troutdale Multnomah Portland Metro Railroad Web page; in 1894, Coxey's Army, a band of unemployed men, went into the railyard and hijacked a train; the present building was built in 1907, the year the previous one burnt down; a Union Pacific caboose is in the parking lot; in Depot Park; run by the Troutdale Historical Society
Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals Hillsboro Washington Portland Metro Geology Website; Claims to have the "largest opal-filled thunderegg in the world", large pieces of crystalized gold, metorites, dinosaur eggs and fossils
Ripley's Believe It Or Not Newport Lincoln Coast
Rinehart Stone House Museum Vale Malheur Eastern Oregon Trail / House museum / Information; Local history items and photographs, exhibits on the Oregon Trail in an 1872 sandstone building that was a wayside stop for travelers until the early 1900s, a shelter for settlers during the Bannock Paiute uprising of 1878, also field headquarters for General O. O. Howard, on the National Register of Historic Places
Rogue River Museum Gold Beach Curry Coast Multiple Website; Natural history and history of the Rogue River; run by a for-profit boat excursion company; free admission
Rorick House Museum The Dalles Wasco Mt. Hood/
The Gorge		 Historic house Website; oldest house in The Dalles
Sage Museum Shaniko Wasco Central History - Local Information
Saint Benedict Abbey Museums Mount Angel Marion Willamette Valley
Sandy Pioneer Museum Sandy Clackamas Portland Metro History - Local Web page; run by the Sandy Historical Society
Schmidt House Museum Grants Pass Josephine Southern Historic house Web page; run by the Josephine County Historical Society
Schminck Memorial Museum Lakeview Lake Southern Historic house Website
Schneider Museum of Art at
Southern Oregon University		 Ashland Jackson Southern Art Website;
Schreiber Log Cabin Dufur Wasco Mt. Hood/
The Gorge		 Historic house / Living history Information; Pioneer living-history exhibits, weaving, old photos, farm implements
Science Factory Children's Museum & Planetarium Eugene Lane Willamette Valley Children's / Science - Science center Website; hands-on science museum for children
Science Works Hands-On Museum Ashland Jackson Southern Children's - Science Website
Scio Historical Depot Museum Scio Linn Willamette Valley History - Local Memorabilia from the area, including clothing, farm implements and household goods; in the original 1890s West Scio railroad depot[8]
Seaside Historical Society Museum Seaside Clatsop Coast History - Local Website; Local history and Native American artifacts
Shelton-McMurphey-Johnson House Eugene Lane Willamette Valley Historic house Website; the "Castle on the Hill," built in 1888, a Queen Anne style Victorian mansion
Sherman County Historical Museum Moro Sherman Eastern History - Local Website; More than 15,000 artifacts, including Native American items
Sherwood Heritage Center Sherwood Washington Portland Metro History / Living history Information; Museum and living history site in two historical buildings; train exhibit
Shedd Museum Shedd Linn Willamette Valley Historic house / History - Local Information; Home of the pioneer Shedd family; community memorabilia, including Civil War and Oregon Trail items
Siletz History Museum Siletz Lincoln Coast Ethnic - Native American Focuses on the history and culture of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz, including the Cheteo, Shasta Costa, Makanontni, Tututini, Joshua, Six, Takelma, Coquille, Coos, Siuslaw, Alsea and Tillamook
Silverton Country Museum Silverton Marion Willamette Valley History - Local Information; Silverton area history; in the 1908 Ames/Warnock House
Siuslaw Pioneer Museum Florence Lane Coast History - Local / Natural history Siuslaw River and its pioneers; logging, agriculture, blacksmithing, and transportation; Native American artifacts
South Benton Communities Historical Association Museum Monroe Benton Willamette Valley History - Local Photos, artifacts from 1850s to present; 1920s Metzker map of original donation land claims, campaign buttons; pictures and history of more than 200 veterans from World War II to present
South Umpqua Historical Society Museum Canyonville Douglas Southern
Spray Pioneer Museum Spray, Oregon Wheeler Eastern History - Local Information; Collection includes pioneer items, photographs, and farm implements
Springfield Museum Springfield Lane Willamette Valley History - Local Website; in the 1911 Oregon Power Company transformer station, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Stevens-Crawford Heritage House Oregon City Clackamas Portland Metro Historic house Web page; operated by the Clackamas County Historical Society
Sumpter Municipal Museum Sumpter Baker Eastern History - Local / Natural history Website; history and natural history of the Sumpter Valley, in the former "Sumpter Supply" building, an 1899 structure that survived the 1917 town fire
Sumpter Valley Gold Dredge Sumpter Baker Eastern Industry - Mining
Sumpter Valley Railway Sumpter to McEwen Depot Baker Eastern Railroad Website
Talent Historical Society Talent Jackson Southern History - Local Website
Tamastslikt Cultural Institute Pendleton Umatilla Eastern Ethnic - Native American Website; Tamastslikt history and culture; associated with the Wildhorse Resort and Casino
Think Link Discovery Museums La Grande Union Eastern Children's Website
Tillamook County Pioneer Museum Tillamook Tillamook Coast Military - Aviation Website; more than 30 warplanes housed in a World War II blimp hangar covering 7 acres and 15 stories high
Tillamook Air Museum Tillamook Tillamook Coast Aviation
Tillamook Naval Air Station Tillamook Tillamook Coast Military Website
Tillamook Cheese Visitor’s Center‎ Tillamook Tillamook Coast Industry - Cheese making
Timberline Lodge South slope of Mt. Hood Mt. Hood/
The Gorge		 Historic building Website; 1930s mountain lodge constructed and furnished entirely by hand, including American design, painting, and craft work
Toledo Historical Museum Toledo Lincoln Coast History - Local Information; logging, railroad and settlement history of the Toledo area
Trail Creek Museum Trail Southern History - Local Information; Artifacts and pictures from the Upper Rogue; in a former tavern
Traveling Children's Heritage Museum Deadwood (Greenleaf) Lane Willamette Valley Children's / History - Local Website; Museum run by area teachers that can be moved from location to location in its cargo trailer; has a model covered wagon, canvas lodging tent, historical artifacts, oral histories, late-19th-century photographs
Tualatin Heritage Center Tualatin Clackamas Portland Metro History - Local Website;
Umatilla Museum and Historical Foundation‎ Umatilla Umatilla Eastern History - Local Website
Umpqua Discovery Center Reedsport Douglas Coast Natural history / History - Local Website; Nature exhibits and history exhibits about the Kuuich tribe, fur traders and European settlers of the Lower Umpqua River; "Interactive exhibits and programs illustrate how land, water and people have shaped each other over time", according to the Center's website[9]
Umpqua River Lighthouse and Coastal History Museum Winchester Bay Douglas Coast History - Local Information; Local history artifacts; in a working lighthouse and adjacent former Coast Guard Station
Union County Museum Union Union Eastern History - Local / Natural history Information
University of Oregon Museum
of Natural and Cultural History		 Eugene Lane Willamette Valley Natural history / History
Uppertown Firefighters Museum Astoria Clatsop Coast Fire fighting Website; fire-fighting equipment from 1879 to 1963; hand-pulled, horse-drawn, and motorized fire engines; fire fighting memorabilia and photos; run by Clatsop County Historical Society
Vacuum Museum Portland Multnomah Portland Metro Commodity - Vacuum cleaners Web page; 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
Velveteria Museum of Velvet Paintings Portland Multnomah Portland Metro Art - Velvet paintings Website; Collection of 1,000, with 300 on display
Vernonia Pioneer Museum Vernonia Columbia Portland Metro History - Local Web page; Artifacts of local history and Native American artifacts
Waldport Heritage Museum Waldport Lincoln Coast History - Local Information; In a 1941 building constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps and used as an internment camp for World War II conscientious objectors
Wallowa County Museum Joseph Wallowa Eastern History - Local Web page
Washington County Historical Society & Museum unincorporated Washington County Washington Portland Metro History - Local Website; on the Portland Community College Rock Creek Campus
Watts House Pioneer Museum Scappoose Columbia Portland Metro Historic house / History - Local Web page; run by the Scappoose Historical Society
Wells Fargo History Museum Portland Multnomah Portland Metro History Information; about the Wells Fargo Company in Oregon history; has a 19th-century stagecoach, an interactive telegraph. a life-size reproduction of a turn-of-the-century bank, and a treasure box used to carrry gold long distances
Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum Hood River Hood River Mt. Hood/
The Gorge		 Aviation / Transportation - Automobile Website
Willamina Museum of Local History Willamina Yamhill Willamette Valley History - Local Information
Willamette Shore Trolley Portland to Lake Oswego Multnomah Portland Metro Trolley Website; Trolley ride along Willamette River, through the 1,396-foot Elk Rock Tunnel
Woodburn Historical Museum Woodburn Marion Willamette Valley History -Local Information
Woodville Museum Rogue River Jackson Southern History - Local Information
Working Wonders Children's Museum Bend Deschutes Central Children's
World Forestry Center Portland Multnomah Portland Metro Industry - Timber / Natural history - Forests
Yamhill County Historical Society Museum Lafayette Yamhill Willamette Valley History - Local Website; run by the Yamhill County Historical Society, the museum is sometimes called "The Yamhill Museum" or the "Yamhill County Historical Society"
Yamhill Valley Museum of Anthropology Grand Ronde Polk Willamette Valley Anthropology Anthropology museum[10]
Yaquina River Railroad Historical Society Toledo Lincoln Coast Railroad / Industry - Timber Website; Railroad and logging "Heritage Square"; static display of 1922 Baldwin Steam engine, 1923 railway Post Office car, 1907 caboose
Yaquina River Museum of Art‎ Toledo Lincoln Coast Art Website; Paintings by artists inspired by the land and people of the Yaquina River watershed

[edit] Museums and organizations encompassed by Antique Powerland Museums

Antique Powerland Museums, according to its website, "encompasses 14 additional museums and heritage organizations operating in partnership", which are not listed in the sortable table above (except as noted):

  • Antique Caterpillar Machinery Museum
  • Antique Implement Society
  • Branch 15 - Early Days Gas Engines & Tractor Association
  • Brooks Historical Society Inc.
  • Northwest Blacksmith Association
  • Northwest Vintage Car and Motorcycle Museum
  • Oregon Electric Railway Museum (listed above)
  • Oregon Fire Service Museum and Learning Center
  • Oregon Tractors Pullers, Inc.
  • Oregon Two Cylinder Club
  • Pacific Northwest Truck Museum (listed above)
  • Western Steam Fiends Association, Inc.
  • Willamette Valley Model Railroad Museum
  • Willow Creek Railroad

[edit] Oregon regions

The region designations used in the table above follow the Oregon Museums Association regions (the state tourism authority uses slightly different regions):[11]

[edit] Alternate names and changed names

Museums are sometimes known by more than one name, and they sometimes change their names. Here are some known variations of the names of museums in the above list (which uses each museum's most widely known name):

  • Baker Cabin – see Horace Baker Log Cabin
  • Gateway to Discovery — the name used by the North Coast Land Conservancy for the Gateway Coastal Natural History Center[12]
  • Coos County Historical Society Museum – Coos Historical and Maritime Museum (2004 name change)
  • Coos-Curry Museum – later split into what now are the Coos Historical and Maritime Museum and Curry Historical Society Museum
  • Deepwood Estate – see Historic Deepwood Estate
  • Fruit Heritage Museum – see Fruit Foundation Historical Society
  • Heritage Museum – see Clatsop County Heritage Museum
  • Historic Patrick Hughes House – see Patrick Hughes House
  • Hood River County Historical Museum – see History Museum of Hood River County
  • Hughes Historic House – see Patrick Hughes House
  • Jordan Valley Owyhee Heritage Council Museum – see I. O. N. Jordan Valley Heritage Museum
  • Montieth House Museum – see Montieth House
  • Museum of Natural History at the University of Oregon – University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History
  • Old College Hall – see Pacific University Museum
  • Oregon History Center – runs the Log Cabin Museum and the Burrows House
  • Scio Depot Museum – see Scio Historical Depot Museum
  • Scio Historical Museum – see Scio Historical Depot Museum
  • Tillamook Naval Museum – see Tillamook Naval Air Station
  • UO Natural History Museum – University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History
  • Wasco County Historical Museum – part of the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center
  • Yamhill Museum — see Yamhill County Historical Society Museum

[edit] Defunct museums

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c "Ticket / Calendar: Stage, Museums, Opportunities, Karaoke and DJ dances", Eugene Register-Guard website, October 5, 2007, retrieved May 23, 2008
  2. ^ Google News Archive search results page for "Asher" "Car Museum"[http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=%22Asher%22+%22Car+Museum%22&btnG=Search+Archives&num=100&hl=en&um=1&ie=UTF-8 "Walla Walla Union Bulletin (Newspaper) - June 21, 1970, Walla Walla ..."], "Wheeler County Judge Clarence Asher and his son Edwin have recently opened an old car museum which is attracting much attention", retrieved May 25, 2008
  3. ^ [Google News Archive search results page for "Asher" "Car Museum""$2.95 - East Oregonian - NewsBank - Sep 21, 2006", retrieved May 25, 2008
  4. ^ Web page titled "Oregon Historical County Records Guide / Columbia County Records Inventory" at the Oregon State Archives website, accessed May 24, 2008
  5. ^ Web page titled "Portland Travel Guide", Virtual Tourist website, retrieved May 25, 2008
  6. ^ "January 2005 / Kidd Museum" at the website for Via/American Automobile Association, retrieved May 25, 2008
  7. ^ National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center Web page at the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management website, retrieved May 23, 2008
  8. ^ Ingalls, Cathy, "Lamb & Wool Fair turns 70", article in the Albany Democrat-Herald, May 19, 2005, retrieved May 22, 2008
  9. ^ "About" Web page at the Umqua Discovery Center website, retrieved May 21, 2008
  10. ^ Web page titled "Yamhill Valley Museum of Anthropology" at the Oregon Museums Association website, accessed May 22, 2008
  11. ^ Oregon Museums Association home page, map of regions, retrieved June 1, 2008
  12. ^ Web page titled "Natural History Center" at the North Coast Land Conservancy website, retrieved May 21, 2008

[edit] External links

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