United States
Oregon (OR)
Portland
Things to Do in Portland
Museums in Portland

Top Museums in Portland, OR

Museums in Portland

  • Traveler favorites
    Things to do ranked using Tripadvisor data including reviews, ratings, photos, and popularity.
  • Traveler ranking
    Highest rated attractions on Tripadvisor, based on traveler reviews.
Category types
Attractions
Tours
Day Trips
Outdoor Activities
Concerts & Shows
Food & Drink
Types of Attractions
Museums
Nightlife
Sights & Landmarks
Nature & Parks
Fun & Games
Spas & Wellness
Museums
Traveler rating
Neighborhoods
Good for
66 places sorted by traveler favorites
Things to do ranked using Tripadvisor data including reviews, ratings, photos, and popularity.
Clear all filters
  • The Museum at night

1. Portland Art Museum

1,151
Speciality Museums
Downtown
By PS945
Staff was fantastic, museum exhibits thoughtful and well planned, gift shop fun and coffee shop well stocked.
  • OMSI from the river

2. Oregon Museum of Science and Industry

1,636
Speciality Museums
By angelasY8661HL
An excellent science museum with lots of opportunity to touch and interact with the exhibitions.
  • Outside museum

3. Oregon Historical Society

443
History Museums
Downtown
By M6273YXbarbarab
The history of Oregon is interesting and I admired the way the native peoples, their customs and artifacts were displ...
  • Portland Children's Museum

4. Portland Children's Museum

353
Children's Museums
Northwest District
By smkymtngrl
What a fun museum for the kids, rock climbing, water features, grocery/cooking, hands on clay classes and art class.
  • The steamer PORTLAND cruising the Willamette River. The tugboat is usually moored along Naito Pa

5. Oregon Maritime Museum

45
Speciality Museums
Old Town - Chinatown
By PaddyV124
Each summer the Maritime Museum 'fires up' the boilers and offers a four hour fund raising cruise down the Willamette...
  • WFC Lobby Exhibits

6. World Forestry Center - Discovery Museum

109
Speciality Museums
Northwest District
  • A Photo with the Peculiarium Sasquatch

7. Freakybuttrue Peculiarium

76
Speciality Museums
Northwest District
By marysS8556XW
Crazy exhibits like the murder dollhouse, the educational guide about harvested organs, alien autopsy and Krampus pho...
  • Entry room

8. Real Life Exhibit Portland

17
Speciality Museums
  • The Hat Museum

9. The Hat Museum

16
Speciality Museums
  • World War II service uniform of Nisei soldier

10. Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center

20
Speciality Museums
  • Photo of our core exhibition Discrimination and Resistance, An Oregon Primer.

11. Oregon Jewish Museum and Center For Holocaust Education

27
Art Museums • History Museums
Pearl
  • Gold in Oregon

12. Wells Fargo Museum

41
History Museums
Downtown
•
Temporarily closed
  • Come and explore the fascinating, wonderful world of puppets

13. Portland Puppet Museum

11
Speciality Museums
  • Police Stars

14. Portland Police Museum

10
History Museums
Downtown

15. Portland Chinatown Museum

7
Art Galleries • Points of Interest & Landmarks
  • Ingrid Bergman chair at Rick's in Casablanca

16. Movie Madness Video and More

10
Speciality Museums
  • The Alberta Street Gallery in Portland, Oregon

17. Alberta Street Gallery

5
Art Galleries

18. One Grand Gallery

5
Art Galleries
  • Kidd's Toy Museum

19. Kidd's Toy Museum

11
Speciality Museums
  • Ferit Kuyas, installation view

20. Blue Sky Gallery

9
Art Galleries
Pearl
  • Image just before entering the museum

21. Hellenic-American Cultural Center & Museum

2
Speciality Museums
  • Amazing at night!

22. Elizabeth Leach Gallery

1
Art Galleries
Old Town - Chinatown
  • Entryway

23. The Faux Museum

10
Speciality Museums
  • MarkovCo Gallery Art, painting, fin art, souvenirs, gifts

24. MarkovCo Gallery

1
Art Galleries
  • Our beautiful 1883 building!

25. Architectural Heritage Center

2
History Museums

26. Sidestreet Gallery

2
Art Galleries
  • Good times at WCM!

27. Washington County Museum

5
History Museums

28. Oaks Museum

1
History Museums
Sellwood - Moreland Improvement League
  • Bullseye Projects Gallery

29. Bullseye Projects Gallery

2
Art Galleries
  • We are in the heart of Portland’s SE Industial District.

30. Asia America

1
Art Galleries • Antique Shops
2
3
Showing results 1-30 of 66
Frequently Asked Questions about Portland