Museums in Portland

Discover 8 unusual museums in Portland.

Portland, Oregon

The Skeleton Key Odditorium

This museum and curiosity shop provides a glimpse into an often-overlooked past to show guests that there is beauty and wonder in the macabre.

Portland's Center for Native American Art

Portland, Oregon

Native American Art Center

One of the most comprehensive collections of historic Native American culture in the country reframes artifacts as artwork.

Portland Puppet Museum

Portland, Oregon

Portland Puppet Museum

A puppeteer’s paradise offering shows, workshops, and an archive of over 2,000 puppets.

USS Blueback in Portland.

Portland, Oregon

USS Blueback

The U.S. Navy's last diesel-electric submarine rests half-submerged in the middle of Portland.

The Poison Dart frogs show.

Portland, Oregon

Morrison Street Minigallery

A tiny art gallery in Sunnyside helps keep Portland weird.

Portland, Oregon

The Zymoglyphic Museum

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.

Permanently Closed

A wooly ant picture wall at the Faux Museum.

Portland, Oregon

The Faux Museum

The home of the world's first and last remaining "wooly ant."

Portland, Oregon

The Vacuum Cleaner Museum

These machines have been collecting dust for decades.