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During your Portland vacation, don't miss these great establishments and attractions:
World Forestry Center Museum
Although Oregon depends less and less on the timber industry with each passing year, the World Forestry Center Museum is still busy educating visitors about the importance of our forest resources. Step inside the huge wooden main hall and you come face to bark with a very large and very lifelike tree. Press a button at its base and it tells you the story of how trees live and grow. In other rooms you can see exhibits on forests of the world, old-growth trees, a petrified wood exhibit, and a rain forest exhibit developed by the Smithsonian Institution. There are also interesting temporary exhibits staged here throughout the year, from photographic exhibits to displays of the woodworker's art.
Pearson Air Museum
A very different piece of history is preserved at this small air museum on the far side of Fort Vancouver from Officers' Row. This airfield was established in 1905, making it the oldest operating airfield in the United States. Dozens of vintage aircraft, including several World War I-era biplanes are on display. In August, the museum has a biplane fly-in.
Portland Art Museum
While this relatively small art museum has a respectable collection of European, Asian, and American art, the museum has in recent years been positioning itself as the Northwest stop for touring blockbuster exhibits. Scheduled June 1 to September 22, 2002, is "Splendors of Imperial Japan (Arts of the Meiji Period from the Khalili Collection);" and, from August 17 to December 1, 2002, the museum will be showing "Grandma Moses in the 21st Century." An expansion a couple of years ago added several new galleries and a small sculpture court to the museum. The galleries of Native American art and Northwest art are now the museum's most impressive displays. October through May, on Wednesday nights, the Museum After Hours program presents live music. The adjacent Northwest Film Center is affiliated with the Art Museum and shows an eclectic mix of films.
Inn at the Convention Center
Moderate prices, limited feature, five-story hotel, 97-rooms, interior corridors, rooms with two-queens and/or king. Non-smoking guest rooms (smoking available upon request), pets accepted. All rooms have in-room coffeemakers, irons and boards, data ports in all phones, free local calls, free covered parking for hotel guests, cable television with premium channles, AM/FM radios, individually controlled heating and air conditioning in all guest rooms. Hotel is located directly across the street ...
Marriott Portland Downtown Waterfront
The Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront is ideally situated opposite Tom McCall Waterfront Park on Southwest Naito Parkway just one tenth mile from the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry and Portland Keller Auditorium and two miles from the Oregon Convention Center. This full-service hotel offers recently renovated deluxe accommodations featuring high speed Internet access and Marriott's luxurious new bedding package, business center, health club and indoor swimming pool, lobby lounge and ...
Marriott Portland City Center
Situated in the heart of the Rose City, the Portland Marriott City Center allows guests to tap into the pulse of Portland's most enchanting urban rhythms. Located at the corner of Broadway and Washington, we are close to the business district and a vast array of dining, entertainment and shopping venues. Our downtown hotel is just two blocks from the MAX Light Rail system offering direct service to the Oregon Zoo, Rose Garden and Portland International Airport. Newly renovated guest rooms ...
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