The World Forestry Center does a great job of explaining that there are more than one kind of forest wordwide. Some of the exhibits and interaction may be a little bit more geared towards children, but adults can learn a lot too. Subjects include recreation, conservation, occupations, and who owns different areas of the forest. Some of the more interesting... More

The purpose of the museum is to educate people about all aspects of forests, not only trees but wild life, logging, fire fighting, etc. I had the impression the museum was targeting kids since there were many simple (and not so simple) hands on exhibits. The special bat exhibit was very informative but closed the next day. I became so... More

Always enjoy the Center for it's approach to world-wide forest and wood products education. Many good exhibits. Current traveling exhibit on bats from all over the world is excellent. This week the Center was bubbling with parents and children exploring during break - what fun! More

I used to live in Portland, but somehow never got to visit the Forestry Center - located right next to the Zoo. It rains often in Portland during winter months, and the zoo is not always at the top of the rainy-day list of things to do. Took grandkids to the Forestry Center this wet weekend - kept kids and... More

We are a retired couple that spent a couple of days in Portland before taking a bus tour through Oregon and Redwood Forests. We enjoyed this introduction to forestry and the timber topic which we would encounter later on our tour. An easy way to get here is to take the Max line to the Woodland Park stop (underground stop)... More

When I visited, I will admit that the information presented was top quality. But, I felt that the information was at times a little too basic/shallow (for example, the rainforests of the world video exhibit upstairs). The downstairs exhibits included a raft ride, tree planting station, a retired tree cutting tractor, and a bunch of other interactive exhibits. These were... More

This is a fun and educational museum all about trees and forests. There is an extensive exhibit about the pendleton wool company which shows off many of the blankets they create. If you come here on the first Wednesday of the month admission is just $3 each. You can go though all the exhibits in about 2 hours. Our kids... More

This place is definately more for the kids, the white water rafting is merely a rubber boat sat in front of a screen, you have to make your own fun there, But the smoke jumping and logging simulators are a little more entertaining, bit pricey for $8.00 and adult plus $2.00 parking but the coolest thing i saw was trees... More

The tag line for this museum is "It'll change the way you look at trees." and I think that perfectly summarizes it. This is much more than a museum. I had a fantastic time and it was an excellent educational environment. I only had 2 hours to spend at the center and it took every moment to see the main... More