Museums in Oregon - Oregon Information

Naval Air Station Museum - Tillamook, Oregon

One of America's finest collections of war birds. All these war birds are housed in a rare World War II "Blimp Hanger". It is the largest wooden structure in the world.

Open daily 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Located: 1 mile South of Tillamook, Oregon on highway 101

Visit them @ Tillamookair.com


The High Desert Museum
Bend, Oregon
59800 South Highway 97
For information, call (541) 382-4754.

Bend, Oregon lies in the Western edge of the Great Basin, a region that stretches from the Cascade Range to the Rocky Mountains and is refered to as the "high desert", because of its high altitude and lack of water.

The Museum brings the cultured and natural history of the region into focus. With its main building as a "Spirit of the West Gallery", a walk through time line of western history. Life size Indian encampments, pioneer wagons, a boomtown, and a gold mine.

The High Desert Museum exists to help people of all ages explore and understand the cultures, history and wildlife of the High Desert region. The museum is funded exclusively by visitors, members and donors and features indoor and outdoor exhibits, changing art shows and a variety of animal habitats.

The region comes alive in the Desertarium where live animals of the region are in their natural settings. A pioneer homestead complete with a garden, a replica of a steam-driven saw mill, all round out the outdoor exhibits.
Just 6 miles south of Bend, Oregon on U.S. 97

Fort Dalles Museum

Some of the most important historic buildings are to be seen at this museum.
At Dalles, Oregon's 15th and Garreson streets.
Built near a site that for a thousand years had served as a gathering spot and salmon fishing ground for Native Americans.
Fort Dalles was the only Military post between Fort Laramie and Fort Van Couver, in Washington.
Established in 1850 but, by 1867 it was abandoned.

Today, several of the buildings are still standing.

The museum is open Monday - Sunday - 10:30 am - 5:00 pm

• The Back of the Beyond:
- A Story about Lewis & Clark

• The Story of Sacajawea:
- Guide to Lewis & Clark
• Sacagawea Dollar Coin
- Sacagawea Coins & Coin Sets

• Oregon Trail Games
- Oregon Trail - Africa Trail Games

• Trail of Tears:
- The Rise & Fall of the Cherokee Nation

• The Dominguez-Escalante Expeditions Journal:

Through Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico in 1776

• I Walked to Zion:
- Young Pioneers on the Mormon Trail

• The Gathering of Zion:
- The Story of the Mormon Trail

• National Geographic's Guide to:
- Lewis and Clark Trail

• Hiking Historic Trails
- Utah's Favorite Hiking Trails

• Scenic Driving - Travel guides
- Scenic Driving in Utah

• Historical reading
- The Old Spanish Trail

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