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Cultural District: With art and museums wherever you turn
Jul 25, 2010
No trip to downtown Portland is complete without walking around the Cultural District. Close to all major downtown hotels, you can see many sites within a short radius. Everything that Portland has to offer in terms of museums, galleries, and public art is right at your fingertips. Even if you do not have time to make it into any of the museums, a walking tour can be a great for photos and viewing outdoor sculptures.
The Cultural District in Portland spans the area west of City Hall with the South Park Blocks making a nice middle point. Included in the Cultural District is the Arlene Schneizter Concert Hall, the Portland Center for the Performing Arts, Portland Art Museum, the Oregon Historical Society and other notable buildings.
Museum Family Days are a great way for parents to introduce their kids to the all of the wonderful museums in the Cultural District. With discounted prices to many of the museums, you can see a lot for a little money and be delighted as your children learn something new.
A good recommendation is to visit the Portland Art Musuem and the Oregon Historical Society as the rest can be seen on foot. Both the Portland Art Museum and Oregon Historical Society do have ample outside art as well. When visiting, walking along the South Park Blocks is not only a great way to see the public art on display, but also to keep dry in the case of Portland's many rain days.
The Cultural District is also next door to Portland State University, a large public university. If you have time, strolling through the campus adds to the lofty feeling of the surrounding district.
This part of downtown Portland is rich with history. It still holds the same esteem it did a century earlier as the home to arts and culture. While much of the cutting edge art and music now resides on the other side of the river in east Portland, there are few places in the Rose City which have the same concentration of art and cultural artifacts.
HelloPortland Tip: In the mood for lunch? Try one of downtown Portland's many food carts, which were recently named as some of the best in the world.
- by William Crane, Portland Reporter for HelloMetro
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William CraneWilliam Crane is an accomplished print and online journalist (http://www.william-crane.com) His work covers a variety of topics including features, local community news, sports, music, and political/social issues.
Graduating from Seattle University with a B.A. in Journalism, William's writing has appeared in a variety of different publications including the Stranger, Capitol Hill Times, the Skanner, Backfire Magazine, and the Internationalist.
