In 1852 Wilson McClendon Tigard, his wife Mary Ann and their young son, John, traveled across the plains from Arkansas on the Oregon Trail. They settled on a Donation Land Claim of 320 acres. The area in which they settled was called East Butte, then later...

Our mission and purpose is to preserve the city's oldest church as a family learning center to interpret the area's rich and colorful history, celebrate its diverse cultures, share its creative endeavors and teach about the natural environment of the Tualatin area.

The Oswego Heritage Council promotes and increases public awareness to preserve the community's legacy of historically significant buildings, sites. culture, natural charm, and recorded materials and cooperates with other organizations working toward similar goals.

Berry Botanic Garden is a botanical garden in southwest Portland, Oregon, in the United States. In addition to large collections of alpine plants, rhododendrons, primulas, lilies, it is known for its plant-conservation program and its large seed bank that protects...

Elk Rock Gardens of the Bishop's Close are located on a hillside estate overlooking the Willamette River in Dunthorpe, Oregon, in the United States. Peter Kerr started the gardens in 1916 on a 13-acre (5.3 ha) estate that passed to the Episcopal Diocese of Oregon...

The Art Gym's regionally recognized program serves the Portland metropolitan area and the surrounding Lake Oswego and West Linn communities, areas where Marylhurst has become a focal point for artistic expression and cultural risk-taking. The Art Gym collaborates...

"Old Sherwood Town" is only nine blocks in size, yet it represents a very large chunk of what America was about during the turn of the 19th Century. The Sherwood Heritage Trail winds through these nine blocks. It begins and ends at the Sherwood Heritage Center.

Portland Children's Museum was founded by visionary Dorothea Lensch in 1946 as part of Portland Parks and Recreation. The Museum is now the sixth oldest children’s museum in the country, and each year the Museum welcomes more than 280,000 children from birth to...

The Oregon Zoo, formerly the Washington Park Zoo, is a zoo in Portland, the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. The zoo is inside Portland's Washington Park, and includes a narrow-gauge railway that connects to the International Rose Test Garden inside the...

Our 20,000 square foot museum is located in Portland's beautiful Washington Park. Built in dramatic Cascadian style architecture, you'll marvel at the intricate hand carvings and grand entry outside, and delight in hands-on, one-of-a-kind exhibits inside.