January 6, 2009
OMSI
The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, on the waterfront in downtown Portland, is the kind of high-tech science museum that's all too common these days: Lots of education, not much mystery.
That said, it's not a bad way to spend the afternoon with children who are not too young or old to enjoy it. And everyone, too young or old or not, can enjoy the movies at the IMAX theater that is part of the complex.
OMSI also has the U.S. Navy's last non-nuclear fast-attack submarine, the U.S.S. Blueback, which also appeared in the movie The Hunt for Red October. The sub comes with OMSI admission, but you can also pony up $15 each for a special two-hour small group tour.
Photo: Paleontologist Jack Horner at OMSI, 2004
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