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Discovery Museum at the World Forestry Center
PORTLAND, OR
This exhibit puts the focus on forests. Forests provide necessary resources, ecological value and recreation destinations, so we need to manage them sustainably. Step inside to discover forestry in the Pacific Northwest and how it relates to forests around the world. The completely re-designed 13,000 square foot museum contains immersive environmental exhibits that reveal the diversity of forests and provide an understanding of complex forest issues.
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13,000 sq. ft.
Opened June 2005
CREDITS
Exhibit Development
West Office Exhibition Design
World Forestry Center
Exhibit Fabrication
Maltbie & Associates
Building Architect
William Church Architects
AV Software Production
Odyssey Productions, Second Story Interactive Studios
AV Hardware Integration
BBI Engineering, Inc.
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Our world-class exhibits are designed to illustrate that forests are amazing places as well as vitally important to our daily lives.
—Gary Hartshorn, World Forestry
President and CEO