Most reviewed Natural History Museums in Oregon

  1. 4.5 Tamastslikt Cultural Institute (218 reviews)
    - Indian Artifacts Rival Any Museum in America
    Sunday: Natural History Museums
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    The institute chronicles tribal heritage and the impact of Western migration from the Native American perspective. See more..
  2. 4.5 Rice NW Museum of Rocks and Minerals (188 reviews)
    - Great little museum
    Sunday: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Spent 1-2 hours Speciality Museums • Natural History Museums • Science Museums
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    The Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals houses a world-class collection recognized as the finest in the Pacific Northwest and one of the best in the nation. Located just west of Portland, Oregon, in Hillsboro, the Museum showcases not only fine rocks and minerals, but also fossils, meteorites, lapidary art, and gemstones from both the Pacific Northwest and all around the world. See more..
  3. 4.5 Thomas Condon Paleontology Center (42 reviews)
    - Very informative and educational
    Spent < 1 hour Natural History Museums
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    The Thomas Condon Paleontology Center in Kimberly performs dual functions - First as a Visitor Center for the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument and secondly, as a paleontology research facility for the fossils excavated in the area. The Center has awesome colorful murals, fossil exhibits, and a see-thru paleontology laboratory. The staff is very helpful with suggestions for visiting the three Units of the National Monument. When I visited there one early morning in June, there was ample parking. See more..
  4. 5.0 The Fossil Museum (5 reviews)
    - Cool little Museum on the history of the city of Fossil and of Wheeler county, Oregon
    Spent < 1 hour Natural History Museums • History Museums
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    On a cross Oregon road trip we saw the town of Fossil and the Fossil Museum. Of course, we thought it was a museum of fossils. Nope; it is a local history museum of the city of Fossil and of Wheeler County. Nice place - well organized so that a visitor can get a really good feel for the pioneer days of the area - up to the current hard times. There are a few fossils too because the town is near John Day and there is a local fossil hill where one can go crack rocks in search of a leaf or two (the Wheeler Fossil beds, right in town). The docent was helpful and, because it is really an under advertised museum, she gave us a personal escorted tour of everything. If you are in the area, it is a highly recommended stop. See more..

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