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Things to do in Portland, OR  - Portland Attractions

• Japanese Gardens
  Situated about 500 feet above sea level, the Japanese Gardens are one the most beautiful gardens outside of Japan. Proclamed as a garden of tranquil beauty, this garden attracts visitors from home and abroad. Representing a merging of American and Japanese forms, this garden has more that forty years in the making comparing to its Japanese equivalents which are hundreds of years old. Creative views of the of  garden have been created through placement of stones, routing of pathways, and calm soothing arrangements. Five of the personalities are reflected in the one and one half acres of Japanese Gardens: Strolling including the Pond Garden, the Natural Garden, the Sand and Stone Garden, the Flat Garden and the Tea Garden.
  
  
• Portland Art Museum
  Boasting a 141,000 square-foot building, this project represented 10 years of expansion and growth. Challenging the new generation of art lovers, the new Museum provides access to collections never before made possible. Featuring a new center for Contemporary Art,  2 large ballrooms, and  a 33,000 - volume Art Study Center and Library, this new Museum has hours of sophisticated intrigue. Diversified collections of over 35,000 objects and works of art including European painting and sculptures, American painting, silver, Asian art, Native American art, Pre-Columbian art, Cameroon and other African art, and  much more. Treasures of Ancient Egypt group tours are now offer with reservations.
  
  
• Portland Children's Museum
  Five interactive fun packed exhibits provide all the stimulation that your child could ever want here at the Portland Children's Museum.  Education through hands on projects is the objective of this Museum. Kids can frolic through the Five Friends From Japan and learn an appreciation for the Asian culture, or get hands on training in Kids Care feeding, bathing and clothing babies, drive and ambulance or participate in a construction project at Building Bridgetown. Getting wet is the name of the game at Water Works Exhibit where little ones can crank, funnel, pour, squirt, measure, float, redirect water or hand crank a conveyor belt and whatever comes to mind. Rentals of the whole Museum are available for special occasions.