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The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI, / ˈ ɒ m z iː / OM-zee) is a science and technology museum in Portland, Oregon, United States.It contains three auditoriums, including a large-screen theatre, planetarium, and exhibition halls with a variety of hands-on permanent exhibits focused on natural sciences, industry, and technology, while transient exhibits span a wider range of ...
Built between 1910 and 1929 by Portland General Electric (PGE), it was added to the register in 1985. [1] In 1986, PGE gave Station L and 18.5 acres (7.5 ha) of land to the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI). [2] The Station L turbine is a central feature of OMSI's Turbine Hall. [3]
USS Blueback at her mooring outside of OMSI on the Willamette River in Portland Ore. Blueback spent the first three and a half months of 1980 in local operations and exercises in preparation for overseas movement. Blueback departed San Diego on 15 April and completed her submerged transit of the Pacific at Okinawa on 11 May.
OMSI/Southeast Water station is a light rail station on the MAX Orange Line, located at 2210 Southeast 2nd Place on the east foot of the Tilikum Crossing bridge in Portland, Oregon. [1] Like South Waterfront/SW Moody Station on the west side of the Willamette River , it consists of two island platforms .
The Oregon Zoo, originally the Portland Zoo and later the Washington Park Zoo, [5] [6] is a zoo located in Washington Park, Portland, Oregon, approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) southwest of downtown Portland. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest zoo west of the Mississippi River. [7] The 64-acre (26 ha) zoo is owned by the regional Metro government.
Red Line: Portland International Airport – City Center – Hillsboro Airport/Fairgrounds station [7] Yellow Line: Expo Center – City Center – Portland State University [8] MAX Light Rail began service on September 5, 1986 with the opening of the original segment from Downtown Portland to Gresham. [9]
OMSI moved out of the park to a new location in 1992, and the Portland Children's Museum took over OMSI's former building in 2001. The Children's Museum closed in 2021. [11] On March 15, 2018, the Portland City Council adopted a master plan to guide the development of Washington Park over the next 20 years.
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