Exhibits

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William Albert Allard, American Indian beauty pageant winner, Oregon, 1997

Current Exhibit

Greatest Photographs of the American West

Oregon Historical Society
1200 SW Park Ave
Portland, Oregon 97205

Featuring 75 iconic and rare photographs, National Geographic’s Greatest Photographs of the American West chronicles the epic history and grandeur of the region.

  • Family-friendly
  • Free for Members
  • Researchers
  • Teachers
Yessica Perez Barrios, courtesy of The Immigrant Story

Current Exhibit

DREAMs Deferred

Oregon Historical Society
1200 SW Park Ave
Portland, Oregon 97205

Through short-form narratives, object stories, and vivid photography, this exhibition amplifies the voices of undocumented immigrants from Mexico and South American who came to the United States as children or young adults.

  • Family-friendly
  • Free for Members
  • Researchers
  • Teachers
Whale Cove, Oregon, 1932 (detail). Color block print by Norma Bassett Hall

Current Exhibit

Norma Bassett Hall: Color Block Prints in Oregon Collections

Oregon Historical Society
1200 SW Park Ave
Portland, Oregon 97205

Norma Bassett Hall was born in Halsey, Oregon, in 1888. Just eighteen years later, she entered the School of the Portland Art Association in its first year, and by 1929, had achieved national recognition for her art. Yet, with her local roots and strong ties to Oregon art, her work has never been the feature of a solo exhibition in Portland – until now.

  • Family-friendly
  • Free for Members
  • Teachers
Caterpillar-drawn flax puller, head on, 1930s, OHS Research Library, Portland Public School Collection

Current Exhibit

Flaxen: From Flax to Linen in the Willamette Valley, Oregon

Oregon Historical Society
1200 SW Park Ave
Portland, Oregon 97205

Reproductions of hand-tinted glass lantern slides from the early 1930s document how flax was grown and processed to make fabric. The slides from the Oregon Historical Society’s Portland Public School (PPS) Collection were shown to schoolchildren to illustrate various Oregon industries and, in this case, children learned about making towels and napkins at the Oregon Linen Mill in Salem.

  • Family-friendly
  • Free for Members
  • Researchers
  • Teachers