Portland Art Museum
Art museum · Downtown
1219 SW Park Ave, Portland, OR 97205
Highlights
Asian, Native American, European & American art collections
Asian, Native American, European & American art collections
"The city where photographer Dina Ávila resides, known for its vibrant arts scene, diverse culture, and beautiful natural surroundings." - Ivy Manning
"A vibrant city in Oregon known for its artsy vibe, food culture, and beautiful natural surroundings." - Rebecca Flint Marx
"The Portland Art Museum has been a fixture of the Rose City for longer than you’d expect—it’s the oldest art museum on the West Coast, opened in 1892. The current location, on the South Park Blocks, debuted in 1932 with a design by Pietro Belluschi. Today, the permanent collection includes 42,000 works along with a rotating selection of exhibits. Among the highlights in past years: pieces by Rodin and Andy Warhol, and what is thought to be the largest cat painting in the world. The 2.5-block campus also includes the Northwest Film Center."
"The Portland Art Museum was founded in the late 1800s, making it the seventh oldest museum in the United States, and the oldest in the Pacific Northwest. In addition to its extensive permanent collection, rotating exhibits have featured everyone from Andy Warhol, Anish Kapoor, Steve McQueen, conceptual artist Hank Willis Thomas, and photographer Fazal Sheikh, who photographs displaced and marginalized communities around the world."
"Like Portland itself, the Portland Art Museum is just the right size—approachable, and not overwhelming. Comprised of two buildings connected below ground—one designed in 1932 by renowned Italian-born Portland architect Pietro Belluschi, the other a 141,000-square-foot renovated Masonic temple—the museum sits on a quiet stretch of the elm- and oak-lined South Park Blocks, once home to grand Italianate mansions housing some of the city’s most affluent residents. Founded in 1892 (making it the Pacific Northwest’s oldest art museum), the museum's permanent collection includes more than 42,000 pieces, and is known for its extensive Native American, Asian, European, American, and English silver holdings. Be sure to tour the graphic arts and Northwest arts centers, and check the Northwest Film Center calendar to see if there’s anything interesting screening in the Whitsell Auditorium, especially in March, when the annual Portland International Film Festival takes place." - Jen Stevenson
