Experts' Choice Award World Forestry Center - Discovery Museum
What the experts agree on
This 20,000-square-foot cedar-clad museum showcases interactive exhibits on Pacific Northwest and global forests, explaining how they work and their ecological importance through hands-on displays and multimedia.
“Visitors will find interactive and multimedia exhibits that teach forest sustainability.”
– Fodor's
Lonely Planet Top Choice
"The center highlights the importance of the world's forests, with a focus on Pacific Northwest forests and their role in providing water, recreation, habitat and resources." Full review
Where "Built by a consortium of timber and related industries, the World Forestry Center Museum offers information and hands-on exhibits emphasizing the forests of the Pacific Northwest and beyond. " Full review
Michelin Guide 0 Stars
"Housed in an octagonal, cedar-clad building with a tentlike roof, this museum just west of the zoo is a storehouse of information about the world's forests." Full review
Condé Nast Traveler "A 20,000-square-foot homage to everything tree-related...within these (wooden) walls, learn everything there is to know about local and international forests, pore over special exhibits." Full review
Frommer's "Attempts to explain how forests work and how complex they are. Exhibits on the first floor concentrate on the vast forests of the Pacific Northwest and those on the second floor focus on Russia, China" Full review
"The tree-focused World Forestry Center Discovery Museum is a 20,000 square-foot museum which features a range of interactive, forest-focused exhibits"
Lonely Planet "The World Forestry Center, an educational museum highlighting forests and their trees"
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