Oregon Museum of Science and Industry - Portland Science Museum

  • Address: 1945 SE Water Avenue, Portland, OR 97214
  • Phone: 5032397804
  • Website:www.omsi.edu
Average Rating
4.0
 43+ reviews
from 3 sources
Yahoo! Travel
5.0
 3+ reviews
Frommers
1.0
 1+ reviews
Yelp
4.0
 39+ reviews

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Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
1945 SE Water Avenue
Portland, OR 97214

Oregon Museum of Science and Industry Details

Descriptions from Across the Web

  • Imagine a place where you can journey to the outer reaches of the galaxy, feel the power of an earthquake, climb aboard a real submarine, uncover a fossil, enter the world of virtual reality, or travel the globe in a five-story high domed theater. With over 200 hands-on exhibits ... more on MuseumStuff.com
  • This museum contains an extensive collection of fossils found in the Gobi desert. more on TripAdvisor
  • Located on the east bank of the Willamette River across from the south end of Waterfront Park, this modern science museum has six huge halls, and both kids and adults find the exhibits fun and fascinating. This is a hands-on museum, and everyone is urged to get involved with displays, from a disc... more on Frommers
  • OMSI is a very active science museum, from its interactive exhibits to its busy event schedule. The museum bills itself as a "playground for the mind." Displays on everything from computers to the human skeletal system engage visitors in creative ways. There's also a planetarium, a subm... more on Weather.com
  • Hundreds of hands-on exhibits draw families to this interactive science museum, which also has an Omnimax theater and the Northwest's largest planetarium. The many permanent and touring exhibits are loaded with enough hands-on play for kids to fill a whole day exploring robotics, ecology, rockets... more on Fodor's

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5.0
We go often

Lots of very educational yet fun things to do and see By A Yahoo! User from Portland, Oregon, a user of Yahoo! Travel. Read full review on Yahoo! Travel

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5.0
Great museum

OMSI is a great museum with something for everyone. There is a planetarium, an OmniMax theater, a motion simulator, the USS Blueback sub tours, life science, technology, kids stuff, paleontology and geology, rotating exhibits, chemistry, a cafe and much more. We liked it so much, we became member... msdj, a user of Tripadvisor. Read full review on TripAdvisor

4.0
Brandy S. 's review

I like to come here with younger cousins or even friends who have never been to Portland. OMSI is one of those institutions that make Portland unique. ... a user of yelp.com. Read full review on Yelp

The Best!

If you go with a group of 6 or more a membership pays for itself. If you think for even a second you might be ... a user of Trekaroo. Read full review on Trekaroo

5.0
Great fun for all ages

I loved that my honey and I could go there for a fun date night away from home! By A Yahoo! User from Oregon City, Oregon, a user of Yahoo! Travel. Read full review on Yahoo! Travel

Directions

Bus: 4, 14, or 33

Hours

Mid-June to Labor Day daily 9:30am-7pm; Labor Day to mid-June Tues-Sun 9:30am-5:30pm

Miscellaneous

  • Admission: Full package $19, museum $9, planetarium $5.50, Omnimax $8.50, submarine $3.50

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