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Oregon Museum of Science and Industry vs Portland Art Museum
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry and Portland Art Museum are both rated highly by travel writers. Overall, Portland Art Museum is the choice of most professionals compared to Oregon Museum of Science and Industry. Portland Art Museum comes in at 88 with praise from 7 publications such as Travel + Leisure, Lonely Planet and Fodor's.
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
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1945 SE Water Avenue, Portland, OR 97214
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Fodor's
"Hundreds of hands-on exhibits draw families to this interactive science museum, which also has an Omnimax theater and the Northwest's largest planetarium."
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"For obvious reasons, the Oregon Museum of Science & Industry is a kid’s dream: planetarium, check, robots, check, giant digital globe, check. "
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"OMSI is a hands-on museum where visitors, especially children, are encouraged to touch things, try experiments and question why things happen. "
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Michelin Guide
2 Stars
"OMSI features an outstanding array of hands-on exhibits, an Omnimax Theater, a planetarium and a submarine. Allot extra time for a visit to the Omnimax theater, the planetarium and the submarine."
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Travel + Leisure
"Tour the planetarium—and a retired Navy fast-attack submarine, the USS Blueback—at OMSI, the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, which also hosts cool exhibits on topics like animation and renewable energy."
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Portland Art Museum
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1219 SW Park Avenue, Portland, OR 97205
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Fodor's
"The treasures at the Pacific Northwest's oldest arts facility span 35 centuries of Asian, European, and American art."
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Concierge
"The permanent collection includes a range of contemporary, Native American, and European art."
Frommer's
"This is the oldest art museum in the Northwest, and it has an excellent collection of modern and contemporary art."
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Travel + Leisure
"Since the construction in 2005 of a new wing, the Pacific Northwest’s oldest art museum has really become two facilities in one."
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"Now one of the 25 largest museums in the United States, the Portland Art Museum has a collection of more than 32,000 works of art from American Indian artifacts to Monet’s Waterlilies."
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