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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.
CM2--Children's Museum 2nd Generation
Located across the parking lot form the Oregon Zoo, this new children's museum opened in mid-2001. With much more space than the old museum, this "second generation" museum includes exhibits for children from age six months to 13 years. Kids can experiment with gravity, act out fairy tales, or explore a magical forest. However, it is the Water Works exhibit that is likely to make the biggest splash with your kids. There area also six studios that will have changing exhibits and opportunities for exploring the visual, literary, and performing arts. Together with the nearby zoo, this museum now makes for an easy all-day kid-oriented outing.
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.
Hilton Portland
Located in the heart of Downtown Portland. Only 15 minutes from Portland International Airport and just one block from Portland's 'Living Room' Pioneer Courthouse Square. Allows business, leisure and meeting & convention attendees to be in the center of Portland's Business, Financial, Cultural and Arts Districts. Within one block of MAX Light Rail Train that transports meeting and convention attendees to and from the Oregon Convention Center. ...
Fairfield Inn by Marriott Portland Airport
Fairfield Inn is Marriott's award winning economy lodging chain featuring clean, convenient, quality accommodations - all for a great value. At the Fairfield Inn Portland Airport, our spacious and attractive guest rooms are equipped with thoughtful amenities including cable television with free HBO premium channel, dedicated work space, free wireless high speed Internet access, iron and board, reach anywhere telephone with dataport and voicemail plus upgraded bedding with cotton-rich linens, ...
Jupiter Hotel
A new experience in Urban Hospitality, the Jupiter Hotel, Portland's premier Rock and Roll Hotel, offers 80 modern boutique guest rooms featuring Blue-Dot custom furnishings, black board doors, convenient location to the downtown entertainment district and convention center, complimentary high speed wireless internet service throughout the entire hotel and more.Our on site restaurant, The Doug Fir, is a post-modern classic, featuring eclectic Northwest Cuisine, serving breakfast, lunch, dinner ...
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