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Photo Diary: Forestry Discovery Center, Portland [1]
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Date: 2025-07-17
I guess Oregon is probably a good place to have a museum about forestry …
This two-story museum has exhibits which illustrate the PNW forest ecosystem and the methods used for harvesting wood from it. It is run by the nonprofit World Forestry Center.
Some photos from a visit.
The museum
Inside the museum
Petrified wood
Tree ring dating
Timberjack logging machine
The cockpit
The business end
Japanese teahouse, traditionally made of nail-less wood and paper
60 years ago someone laid this .22 rifle against a Willow tree, and it grew completely around it
The original log prop (and costume glasses) used by the “Log Lady” in the TV series “Twin Peaks”
A crane-lifted cage used to study life in the rainforest canopy
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