Portland Art Museum
Portland Art Museum
4.5
Thursday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday
10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Saturday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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One of the oldest art museums on the west coast with an impressive collection of Native American and Asian art, plus a large modern and contemporary wing. Rotating special exhibitions bring the best of the art world to Portland.
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- dvorac4722 contributionsOK for a small cityGood museum for a small city; right downtown. Entrance location is on the side behind a sign and on the left down a pathway which is confusing. Different exhibits are in different buildings. Beware - despite the impression created that there is a whole exhibit of Botticelli works of art, there is actually one one piece which is described as mostly being painted by his art studio students. Impressionist wing has one by most key artists of that era so a small collection.Visited March 2023Written 24 March 2023
- NHjoSaco, Maine8,448 contributionsThe exhibit was so good, we went back a second time.We saw their special exhibition American Perspectives, featuring over seventy significant works from NYC's American Folk Art Museum’s collection. There were so many enchanting and fascinating pieces in the form of quilts, paintings, prints, sculptures, papier-mache, primitive painted boxes, and so on. The canvas made of broken pieces from antique wooden chairs was especially intriguing.Visited March 2023Travelled with friendsWritten 5 April 2023
- EaglesFan27Reading, Pennsylvania631 contributionsNice VarietyI really enjoyed my time at the art museum on a rainy afternoon. The native american exhibits were unique. I enjoyed the digital artificial intelligence display, which I've never seen before. They had a good collection of European and modern art also. I spent about 2 hours here.Visited May 2023Written 7 May 2023
- Ellen28New York City, New York1,000 contributionsEnjoyable stopThis is a good tourist stop. I didn’t spend too long there - I want to say the spent an hour or so looking through the works. Some were pretty impressive. It’s undergoing a major facelift so I’m guessing it will better in a year or so once the transition is complete and more exhibits are in place.Visited June 2023Travelled soloWritten 25 June 2023
- Beth_sageMinnetonka, Minnesota539 contributionsNice variety of artAn interesting mix of art. We appreciated the native art the best. There seem to be a lot of twists, turns and stairs that lead to something new. Some spaces get a bit crowded when the entrance to the room is small, and its a long narrow room. It seems to be a busy place with groups singing etc.Visited April 2023Travelled with familyWritten 9 October 2023
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Larry
Zionsville, PA8 contributions
Oct 2023 • Solo
My main complaint is that they charged full fare for daily admission when only one exhibit was open due to construction. The exhibit was well done and enjoyable but not worth $25 admission.
Written 20 October 2023
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Mark I
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Sep 2023 • Family
How is this museum nervy enough to charge full price for access to 1/3 of the actual museum? Disgraceful. Greedy. I saw no disclaimer online when I purchased my tickets, either. Why does Portland have to keep letting its people down like this?
Written 18 October 2023
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Beth_sage
Minnetonka, MN539 contributions
Apr 2023 • Family
An interesting mix of art. We appreciated the native art the best. There seem to be a lot of twists, turns and stairs that lead to something new. Some spaces get a bit crowded when the entrance to the room is small, and its a long narrow room. It seems to be a busy place with groups singing etc.
Written 9 October 2023
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Bugqueen
Burnaby, Canada854 contributions
Jan 2023 • Couples
I was surprised at how large the museum is. It was excellent and well worth visiting. The museum’s permanent collection has over 42,000 works of art.
Written 20 September 2023
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SMF-Collegeville
Batesville, IN212 contributions
Jul 2023
When I go to an art museum, I expect to see a fair amount of art in relationship to the museum's size. This museum had some art, but mostly it was blank walls. The space was terribly utilized. It was very expensive for what was there, and very disappointing. We finally felt our kids were old enough this year to appreciate art, this is one of the first art museums that we take them to, and it was almost empty. I have seen small-town (less than 10,000 people) museums with more artwork than this.
There was one exemption and one reason this is not a one-start review - they had a very good traveling display on Guillermo del Toro. However, it was not appropriate for the young.
There was one exemption and one reason this is not a one-start review - they had a very good traveling display on Guillermo del Toro. However, it was not appropriate for the young.
Written 19 August 2023
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allezgently
St. Petersburg, FL188 contributions
Aug 2023 • Couples
The museum has a lot of potential but wait a year or 2 before going. It is undergoing major construction and the primary exhibits are closed, e.g., native American art and American western artist like Bierstadt. We were very disappointed. Despite closures the museum charged full entry fees. We complained and received a refund. The day we were there, water fountains were shut off, yet the museum website still said to bring no water to the museum. And they did NOT offer any free bottles of water. Only bottles, at $2 each could be purchased at the gift shop. We had heard from friends that the exhibits were really good, and were terribly disappointed. The one open exhibit, Impressionists, was very good, but small.
Written 9 August 2023
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Winkie2017
Littleton, CO11 contributions
Aug 2023 • Friends
This is a nice museum. We happened upon a special exhibit about the making of the movie Pinocchio. Fascinating. They also had a nice Impressionist exhibt.
Written 7 August 2023
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EllenChr
Oslo, Norway2,433 contributions
Jul 2023 • Couples
The building is lagre but only about half of it was oven when we visited. There was so little to see that the entrance fee should have been reduced. The Tickets are at the same rate as the really big art museums elsewhere in the US so to pay such an amount for so little felt like Boeing ripped off.
Written 8 July 2023
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Ellen28
New York City, NY1,000 contributions
Jun 2023 • Solo
This is a good tourist stop. I didn’t spend too long there - I want to say the spent an hour or so looking through the works. Some were pretty impressive. It’s undergoing a major facelift so I’m guessing it will better in a year or so once the transition is complete and more exhibits are in place.
Written 25 June 2023
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TravelorDe
Indian Shores, FL38 contributions
May 2023 • Solo
Superb even though one of the larger galleries was closed of for an exhibition installation. Looks like they plan to extend buy building a spectacular new adjacent building, will definitely come back when this has come to reality.
Written 28 May 2023
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jgbtravels
Louisville, KY3,444 contributions
I didn't anything about parking on their site. Do they have a parking lot?
candyvody
Chicago, IL41 contributions
We parked on the street within a block of the museum.
bushbabe2013
Auckland, New Zealand111 contributions
Do you know of any hotels with a shuttle bus to airport nearby that arent over $120 per night...seems they are all a bit pricey
JimmieMacPDX
Portland, OR84 contributions
The Portland Airport (PDX to casual travelers and KPDX if you are a pilot) is about 15 miles / 30 km northeast by north of the downtown area near the Portland Art Museum by road.
Taxi cabs are not cheap in Portland because the cab numbers are seriousl;y constrained by government regulation. Little competition. Uber does not currently serve Portland, though may be doing so after 1 April 2015.
Because I live here I don't usually stay in hotels, so I have never had the occasion to take a hotel shuttle to / from the airport. I simply do not know which, if any, of the downtown hotels have an airport shuttle service. Perhaps a bit of research / e mail directly to one of the downtown hotels will yield an answer.
As to rates, $ 120.00 including local taxes is doable but difficult. A friend about a little over a year ago stayed at the Portland Marriott on the river front down town for a room rate of $ 90.00 / night in September, 2013. Her company was doing a multi day event and the relatively low rate may have had something to do with the event being located at the hotel.
The Portland Convention and Visitors Bureau supposedly has an online private chat application with a staff member who can advise on hotel questions.
Google Travel Portland. I am not allowed by Trip Advisor to directly give you the URL for the website.
The "big" hotels downtown are The Portland Marriott; Portland Hilton; Heathman; Embassy Suites; Mark Spencer; Monaco; Benson. Those are not in any particular order of recommendation; they are just the local hotels I recall off the top of my head.
A more extensive list is available Trip Advisor. I would send you the URL for that Trip Advisor page, but Trip Advisor bars folks answering questions from transmitting URLs for web sites, including Trip Advisor's.
I think you best bet may be getting on the Portland Convention and visitors Bureau site and doing a "chat" with one of their paid staff members.
The International Date line always causes me much confusion, and I do not readily know the time difference between our two locations. You may need to watch out for that in contaction the Visitors Bureau. I do know they are closed on Sunday, so today ? / tomorrow ? may not be a good time to contact them.
I wish I had better direct answers to your question, but this should get you on to the people who will have answers. I think the combination of $ 120 / night plus shuyyel may be a tough one to meet.
I hope you do enjoy our city.
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