Title: Discovery Museum (World Forestry Center)
Location: Portland
Grade: Pre K-12
Audience: Students
Activity: Field Trip/Outdoor Program
Details:

The museum is located in Washington Park across from Oregon Zoo. Two floors of highly interactive hands-on exhibits focus on the ecological, social and economic benefits of sustainable forestry in the Pacific Northwest and around the world. Students can crawl through a nurse log, be a forest scientist or a smoke jumper, take a whitewater raft trip, drive a giant harvest machine and enjoy an amazing tour of the world’s diverse forests by rail car, riverboat, safari jeep and canopy crane. Allow two hours. A lunchroom is available for groups. A program guide is available on the Web site

Cost:  Check website for current rates, group discounts, special events

Available: year-round

Contact:
Rob Pierce, Director of Education (503) 488-2118

rpierce@worldforestry.org

Make reservations on line or call (503) 488-2147
www.worldforestry.org