Portland Art Museum: Hours, Address, Portland Art Museum Reviews: 4.5/5
Portland Art Museum
Portland Art Museum
4.5
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday
10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Saturday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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One of the oldest art museums on the west coast with an impressive collection of Native American and Asian art, plus a large modern and contemporary wing. Rotating special exhibitions bring the best of the art world to Portland.
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4.5
1Â 159 reviews
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LLD2215
Atlanta, GA83 contributions
Jun 2022
We did this on a whim during a RAINY day. Was very pleasantly surprised as I did not see a lot of reviews about the museum. Really enjoyed their permanent collection and other. Well laid out as well.
Written 23 June 2022
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Isabelle F
Portland, OR7 contributions
Apr 2022
The Frida Kahlo exhibition is well-done. I enjoyed the art and the photography - the exhibition is well-curated. Recommend seeing it.
Written 4 May 2022
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Judylyn
Idaho156 contributions
Apr 2022
I flew an hour in to see my favorite artist, Frida Kahlo. What an amazing experience. Had reserved a time to walk through online, pretty simple. The group of people showed up every 15-min, at first I got overwhelmed - don't like crowds. I stepped aside, waited patiently as possible. The over all display was okay, understand the reason for the layout.
The rest of the museum seem to be confusing - a few were closed. I didn't even run into the gift shop some how.
Checked off another box on my bucket list. A couple of photos attached, actually took over 100 photos (flash off)
The rest of the museum seem to be confusing - a few were closed. I didn't even run into the gift shop some how.
Checked off another box on my bucket list. A couple of photos attached, actually took over 100 photos (flash off)
Written 19 April 2022
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Dorbeck
Wayland, MA4 contributions
Feb 2022
Navigating the museum is a bit challenging (I half expected to encounter a minotaur), but definitely worth the trip. The collection of the "usual suspect" painters is adequate, but they had some fantastic contemporary art work that was interesting, beautiful and thought-provoking.
Written 29 March 2022
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wethiker
Naples128 contributions
Dec 2021
Do not miss this museum. Actually two museums in one connected by an art filled walkway. Give yourself a half day. Use your cellphone camera with NO flash to save the memories. We tried to time it with the weather but it was sunny and bright all day anyway.
Written 18 December 2021
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lee m
Oakland, CA47 contributions
Dec 2021
Beautiful space, building and exhibits. Beautiful park and church across the street, groovy coffee shop couple blocks up (Super Joy). The rotating exhibits are world/first class (I've been to many San Francisco, New York and European museums). The current exhibit Egypt (Nefertari and New Kingdom/Egyptian Empire time frame about 3500 years ago) was extensive and impressive. The flow and layout easy to follow, the items capture the history and understanding of those lives and times. Really beautiful and moving. And the gift shop is classy, not too expensive and has wonderful items for this exhibit and other beautiful art and books. Thank you
Written 3 December 2021
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Janet A
6 contributions
Sep 2021
The Portland Art Museum was in between traveling exhibits, but we still spent over four hours touring all of the galleries throughout the museum. My favorite was the collection of European paintings and my friend's was the Asian collection. I would have appreciated a curator's explanation of the modern art, but that's how I usually feel about modern art! The museum was Covid-19 safe, as it was spotlessly clean, everyone was required to wear masks, and delightfully sparsely populated.
Written 25 September 2021
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realbigbear
Great Falls, VA688 contributions
Sep 2021
If you are in the area, the museum is worth a visit.We focused on the impressionist artists. While the paintings were not their masterpieces, they id allow us to see paintings that we had not seen before..We also visited some of local exhibits,
Written 24 September 2021
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Sheila B
Saint Louis, MO35 contributions
Aug 2021
Great museum. Interesting native american art as well as terrific contemporary pieces. Our granddaughter loved it!
Written 12 August 2021
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scott r
Silver Spring, MD564 contributions
Jul 2021
Visiting Seattle from east coast and drove down for the day, not really sure what to expect from Portland - it has not played well in the media, would it be a mess of unruly protesters and just a waste. Did not find that at all. Had a quiet lunch in the peaceful park across from the museum; you'd have wondered what all the fuss was about. Granted, it was a Friday afternoon, but still. Museum itself was quite good and more than enough variety, quality to spend a good three hours - there's something for almost everyone and enough space for you to move at an unhurried, contemplative pace. Well done.
Written 1 August 2021
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jgbtravels
Louisville, KY2Â 662 contributions
I didn't anything about parking on their site. Do they have a parking lot?
candyvody
Chicago, IL41 contributions
We parked on the street within a block of the museum.
bushbabe2013
Auckland, New Zealand111 contributions
Do you know of any hotels with a shuttle bus to airport nearby that arent over $120 per night...seems they are all a bit pricey
JimmieMacPDX
Portland, OR84 contributions
The Portland Airport (PDX to casual travelers and KPDX if you are a pilot) is about 15 miles / 30 km northeast by north of the downtown area near the Portland Art Museum by road.
Taxi cabs are not cheap in Portland because the cab numbers are seriousl;y constrained by government regulation. Little competition. Uber does not currently serve Portland, though may be doing so after 1 April 2015.
Because I live here I don't usually stay in hotels, so I have never had the occasion to take a hotel shuttle to / from the airport. I simply do not know which, if any, of the downtown hotels have an airport shuttle service. Perhaps a bit of research / e mail directly to one of the downtown hotels will yield an answer.
As to rates, $ 120.00 including local taxes is doable but difficult. A friend about a little over a year ago stayed at the Portland Marriott on the river front down town for a room rate of $ 90.00 / night in September, 2013. Her company was doing a multi day event and the relatively low rate may have had something to do with the event being located at the hotel.
The Portland Convention and Visitors Bureau supposedly has an online private chat application with a staff member who can advise on hotel questions.
Google Travel Portland. I am not allowed by Trip Advisor to directly give you the URL for the website.
The "big" hotels downtown are The Portland Marriott; Portland Hilton; Heathman; Embassy Suites; Mark Spencer; Monaco; Benson. Those are not in any particular order of recommendation; they are just the local hotels I recall off the top of my head.
A more extensive list is available Trip Advisor. I would send you the URL for that Trip Advisor page, but Trip Advisor bars folks answering questions from transmitting URLs for web sites, including Trip Advisor's.
I think you best bet may be getting on the Portland Convention and visitors Bureau site and doing a "chat" with one of their paid staff members.
The International Date line always causes me much confusion, and I do not readily know the time difference between our two locations. You may need to watch out for that in contaction the Visitors Bureau. I do know they are closed on Sunday, so today ? / tomorrow ? may not be a good time to contact them.
I wish I had better direct answers to your question, but this should get you on to the people who will have answers. I think the combination of $ 120 / night plus shuyyel may be a tough one to meet.
I hope you do enjoy our city.
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- Portland Art Museum is open:
- Thu - Thu 10:00 - 17:00
- Fri - Fri 10:00 - 20:00
- Sat - Sun 10:00 - 17:00
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