World Forestry Center

The World Forestry Center runs the Discovery Museum, a two-story forest museum in Washington Park at 4033 SW Canyon Rd, across from the Oregon Zoo. It is open Tuesday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is $10 for adults, $9 for seniors 62 and over, $5 for ages 3 to 17, and free for children 2 and under and for veterans and active military.

What's Inside

The World Forestry Center describes a two-story museum with a rotating art gallery, a five-screen immersive theater and hands-on exhibits on forests and people: forest ecology, wildfire, forest management, wood products and caring for forests in a changing climate. Its featured exhibition in late 2026, *Lookout Landscape*, runs in the gallery through February 28, 2027. It also hosts monthly storytimes and crafts, artist talks and festivals.

Hours

• Tuesday to Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Closed Mondays.
• Closed on Juneteenth, the Fourth of July, Thanksgiving and the day after, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.

Admission

• Adults: $10
• Seniors 62+: $9
• Youth 3 to 17: $5
• Children 2 and under: free
• Veterans and active military: free

Getting There

• MAX: the Red and Blue lines stop at Washington Park station, steps from the museum.
• Car: park in the city's pay lots in Washington Park, $2.52 an hour. Zoo concerts and busy days fill the lots; parking is first come, first served.
• Free shuttle: the World Forestry Center, MAX and Zoo stop is the first on the Washington Park loop.

Pairing It With Hoyt Arboretum

The museum is about forests; Hoyt Arboretum next door is about 6,000 living trees. From the MAX station, the arboretum's southern trails and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial are a few hundred yards away, and the free shuttle runs to the Hoyt Arboretum Visitor Center. Hoyt Arboretum is free. See the tree collection and hiking.

Good For

• A rainy day in Washington Park.
• Kids, with hands-on exhibits.

Maybe Skip If

• It's a Monday. The museum is closed.