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Oregon Zoo building is a grove of trees
4001 SW Canyon Rd. Tel (503) 226- native to the area. There is also
1561.  Washington Park (blue line). an outstanding collection of
@ 63. Open Jan & Feb: 10am–4pm petrified wood – wood that has
daily; Mar–May & Sep–Dec: 9am–4pm been buried for thousands of
daily; Jun–Aug: 9am–6pm daily. years and transformed into
Closed Dec 25. & 7 - = mineral deposits.
∑ oregonzoo.org
Upstairs, photographs and text
In 1887, pharmacist Richard B. panels explore the importance
Knight donated a grizzly bear and of old-growth forests and
a brown bear to the city. A zoo tropical rainforests. The Forest
has been located in Washington Discovery Lab provides hands-
Park ever since, moving to its on exhibits for kids.
present location on the hillsides The interactive Global Forest
and ravines of the south side of exhibit, featuring the sights,
the park in 1959. More than 1,000 sounds, and smells of each
Stately conifers, part of the collection of birds, mammals, reptiles, and different world forest, is
trees in the Hoyt Arboretum invertebrates – representing 200 definitely worth a visit.
species – live in the zoo, many
Hoyt Arboretum in spacious, naturalistic habitats.
4000 SW Fairview Blvd. Tel (503) The zoo, home to the largest
865-8733. Open 5am–10pm daily. breeding herd of elephants in
8 Apr–Oct: noon Sat (call ahead). captivity, is noted for its efforts to
∑ hoytarboretum.org perpetuate some 21 endangered
The groves and meadows of this and 33 threatened species.
arboretum contain more than Among the zoo’s most popular
6,000 trees and plants from denizens are the Humboldt
around the world, with over penguins from Peru that live
2,000 species, 63 of which are in the Penguinarium; the sea
vulnerable or endangered. otters in Stellar Cove; the African
The Hoyt Arboretum is a living rock python and the lions in the
museum where anyone can Predators of the Serengeti exhibit;
explore vegetation both familiar the impalas and giraffes that
and unexpected, marked with graze in the zoo’s Africa Savanna
identification labels. exhibit; and the wolves and grizzly
The visitors’ center – the bears of the Alaskan Tundra
departure point for tours – also exhibit. The Cascade exhibit
provides maps of the many trails provides a look at the goats, elk, The timbered exterior of the World Forestry
that crisscross the arboretum as otters, and other animals that Center Discovery Museum
well as suggested walking routes roam the Pacific Northwest wilds.
and detailed lists of the trees and Portland Children’s Museum
plants to be found along the way. World Forestry Center 4015 SW Canyon Rd. Tel (503) 223-
At the south end, the Vietnam Discovery Museum 6500.  Washington Park (blue line).
Veterans of Oregon Memorial 4033 SW Canyon Rd. Tel (503) 228- @ 63. Open 9am–5pm daily. & -
– a subdued assemblage of 1367. Open 10am–5pm daily. = ∑ portlandcm.org
lawns, gardens, and six granite Closed Thanksgiving, Dec 25. & When it was established in
slabs inscribed with the names 7 = ∑ worldforestry.org 1949, the Portland Children’s
of veterans – commemorates Trees steal the show at this Museum was one of the first
those Oregonians who were museum devoted to the world’s of its kind in the US. Today the
killed or reported missing forests. On the main floor of museum attracts some 250,000
during the Vietnam War. the stylishly designed timber visitors yearly and offers a wide
range of exhibits geared to kids
under the age of 10.
“Play” is the operative word
at the museum, as youngsters
turn cranks and operate valves
to send water casca ding
through Water Works, use
giant rain sticks to make music
in the Zounds! exhibit, perform
medical operations in the Kids’
Clinic, and in other creative,
hands-on ways explore the
A lion in the Predators of the Serengeti exhibit at the Oregon Zoo world around them.

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