The Portland Children’s Museum
The Portland Children’s Museum, located inside Washington Park, offers children a chance to truly have fun while learning. Founded in 1946 by Dorothea Lensch the museum is now the sixth largest children’s museum in nation and annually welcomes over 200 thousand visitors. PCM continues to focus on hands-on, experience-based learning while still offering arts and crafts like those offered when it opened.
The museum offers a wide variety of activities for children of all ages and interests. Children can learn about eco-friendly design from Bob the Builder , they can reuse materials to make art in the Garage, or express their creativity in the Clay Studio. The Wonder Corner features a rotating exhibit that ranges from book illustration to instrument creation. There is a multi sensory Baby Garden and the The Dorothea Lensch Play It Again Theater which hosts storytellers, musicians and puppeteers, and in between children are free to use the stage complete with light board and props. PCM offers a numerous weekly as well as seasonal activities including a summer camp that runs from June through August. To further encourage learning, the museum runs The Opal Charter School a K-5 school which embraces a varied hands on approach to learning. In addition the Center for Children’s Learning offers lectures and classes for teachers looking to continue their education.
The Portland Children’s Museum is located at 4015 SW Canyon Rd. in the Sylvan-Highlands and Southwest Hills Neighborhood in Southwest Portland. Summer hours are from 9 AM to 5 PM 7 days a week. For more information check out their website at www.portlandcm.org
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