Free Admission Days at World Forestry Center’s Discovery Museum

Photo courtesy of the World Forestry Center

Visit the World Forestry Center during this upcoming free admission days. 

We love our forests in Oregon. The World Forestry Center’s Discovery Museum is located right here in our city, inviting visitors to examine forests and consider all the ways they benefit our lives. 

The museum is located in Washington Park just a short walk from the MAX light rail and the Oregon Zoo. The museum has been a Portland icon since 1971. Step inside a 20,000-square-foot building and be taken on a journey through all things forest. 

Here’s more information about free admission days.

Free Admission Days at World Forestry Center’s Discovery Museum

The Discovery Museum at the World Forestry Center gives visitors a bird’s-eye view of a Northwest forest. Explore the human connection to the woods and learn about the challenges and opportunities facing our critical natural resource.

The first floor covers the roles forests play in our lives. Examine forest habitat, recreation and reflection, and the critical resource.

Then on the second floor offers  a global perspective, exhibiting how people around the world are connected to and dependent on their local forests.

There is a temporary exhibit called Following Fire: A Resilient Forest / An Uncertain Future, which documents the aftermath of the Holiday Farm Fire, a wildfire that burned 173,000 acres along the forested McKenzie River canyon in the Cascade Range of Oregon.

Other museum highlights include a five million-year-old, 10,000 pound petrified stump and a locomotive you can climb aboard.

Free Admission Schedule

World Forestry Center is hosting a series of free admission days, thanks to the generous support of the Ben B. Cheney Foundation.

Here are the upcoming free days at the museum:

• Monday, March 24
• Sunday, April 27
• Sunday, August 24
• Sunday, October 26
• Sunday, November 30

The Discovery Museum is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. While you’re there, explore all of Washington Park on the free shuttle. 

The World Forestry Center is located at 4033 SW Canyon Road in Portland. For more information about this attraction, visit the World Forestry Center’s website.

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