A Trip To The Portland Art Museum

The Portland Art Museum is one of the most visited places in the city of Portland. If you are an art connoisseur, you will love what the Portland art museum has to offer.

http://portlandartmuseum.org

1. What is an art museum?

An art museum is a place where various artworks are displayed for the general public to view. This kind of a museum specializes in displaying only works of art. There are no other exhibits related to the field of art. An art museum is different from an art gallery. An art museum will have several galleries of art works based on selected categories such as eras. You cannot buy the art work that is on display at an art museum. However, you can usually buy high quality prints of these art works from museums.

2. How to get to the Portland Art Museum?

http://portlandartmuseum.org/visit/

The Portland art museum is located in the central downtown area in Portland. It ism located in the historically significant Park Blocks. The Portland Business Alliance has thoughtfully installed signs in this area that direct you to the cultural district of the city where the museum is located.

The official address of the museum is 1219 SW Park Avenue. It is about 12 blocks south of West Burnside Street and nine blocks to the west of the Willamette River. The Willamette is the river that divides the city into two parts.

You can also find a lot of good Portland hotels in this area if you want to stay near the cultural district or the art museum itself.

The museum is open six days a week and has evening hours on a specific few days of the week.

3. Things to see and do at the Portland Art Museum

Collections

http://portlandartmuseum.org/collections/

Events calendar:

http://portlandartmuseum.org/calendar/

The total collection of art objects in the museum is about 42,000 and it spans from the ancient to the contemporary. There are also regular events held at the museum, which are updated to the calendar. For the current events, please click the calendar link.