Best Arts and Culture Places in Hillsboro

"The park is huge, and its varied attractions include the world-renowned Japanese Garden, one of the most beautiful and largest gardens of its kind in countries other than Japan. The International Rose Test Garden, founded in 1917, features 10,000 plants maintained by the city, all in manicured displays."

"3229 NW Pittock Dr, Hillside, Portland, OR, United States map. It’s one of our favorites in the city and walking the grounds is completely free (there is a fee to enter the mansion). Try to visit in the summer to increase your chances of having a clear sky to see Mount Hood looming over the city."

"West HillsIt has better views of the city than any other Portland park, and it's free to tour the grounds. Tours of the sprawling mansion cost $10, which isn’t a bad price if you like creepy toys: the Pittock kids’ playroom is straight out of the Bride of Chucky."

"1219 SW Park Avenue Portland OR 97205 503-226-2811www.portlandartmuseum.org. The largest art museum in Oregon and one of the oldest in the country the Portland Art Museum was organized in 1892 and its first exhibition was a set of magnificent plaster casts of Greek and Roman sculpture displayed in the upper hall of the city’s library. Those casts still dot the museum a reminder of how the museum — and Western art — began."

"If your family can’t get enough of art, check out Portland Art Museum. Portland Art Museum is the oldest Art Museum in the Pacific Northwest, so you are experiencing a little piece of history there as well."

"This year-round wonder taking up an entire city block houses an authentic Ming Dynasty style garden built by Suzhou artisans. Lan Su Chinese Garden offers a peaceful escape in Portland's historic Chinatown district."

"Located in a former auto-parts warehouse in Portland’s east side, Holocene has acted as the city’s go-to party since 2003. Featuring two dance floors and a mix of live bands and DJ sets most nights, this nightclub is best known for its high-energy themed dance parties, centered around decades, genres and even specific artists."

"Throw a stone in Stumptown and you’re likely to hit a sleepy dive bar. High-energy night clubs with chest-thumping music beckoning you out to the dance floor are fewer and far between. But Holocene has been throwing the best dance parties in town for fifteen years and hasn’t slowed down."

"Holocene is a dance club, a bar for people above 21 years of age, and a venue. On weekend nights, Holocene arranges themed and high-energy dance parties. They have two dance floors, enough to ensure a very good time to a great number of people."

"The mission of the Sidestreet Art Collective is to operate a visual arts venue that promotes, encourages, and supports the work of its members and guest artists. We are a group of artists who value a positive environment to work, show art, and connect to the community. The Small Works Gallery represents over 20 artists in multiple mediums including printmaking, sculpture, jewelry, and painting."

"Established in 1986, the Russo Lee Gallery exhibits high-quality work by both established and emerging artists. They showcase contemporary Northwest artists working in a variety of media, including painting, sculpture, paper and print."

"Austin Eddy is a Portland Oregon based visual artist working in oil paint and mixed media. Although you may not have heard of Austin Eddy you most likely have seen his work in Avatar, The Hobbit, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Cloverfield, Boxtrolls, and other films. After 10 years working in the film and animation world and living abroad in Wellington New Zealand for four years, Austin returned to the United States in 2013 and in 2015 Austin shifted his focus to his original passion of painting and fine art."

"Annie Meyer Gallery, located in the heart of Southeast Portland, is a unique fine art gallery representing Annie Meyer and Shyama Helin. Both Annie and Shyama’s work work has broad appeal – attracting audiences with traditional, contemporary, and modern sensibilities – fitting well in a home or business setting. Though their work is vastly different from each other, they both draw inspiration from travel, and approach landscapes with emotion rather than fact – creating abstract senses of place and time."

"Situated in Northeast Portland, the Guardino Gallery is a destination that can fulfill many of your artistic needs: from the visual stimulation of changing exhibitions to shopping from a fine selection of contemporary crafts. The GUARDINO GALLERY is located on the corner of 30th and NE Alberta. The Gallery host the Main Gallery, Feature Area, Window Gallery and Gift shop."

"Since 1997, the Guardino Gallery has offered exhibitions that change every month and a gift shop with a fine selection of contemporary crafts."

"Helen Bernhard Bakery was first established in 1924 by the Bernhard family and is currently run by Mike and Kellie Snaadt. In operation for 90 years, Helen Bernhard Bakery is a true Portland staple, and their team also offers up their services as custom wedding cake bakers for prospective married couples all around Portland. Their unique flavors include white chocolate, pink champagne, and banana."

"Blind Insect is a community space that features a unique collection of various artists and creatives from Peru, Uruguay, Chile, México, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Seattle, Boise, California, Portland, and more. With rotating artists, the gallery shares artwork in various media including sculpture, 2D and 3D media, paintings, collages, glass, paper maché, reproductions, and more... A space to sell your AMAZING artwork."

"Explore the rich and diverse part of Chinatown in Portland at the Portland Chinatown Museum!. With photographs, art displays, and two new exhibitions opening within the coming months that explore the rich history within the Chinatown concept, this amazingly diverse and extremely welcoming look into the modern culture is certainly one of the best museums in Portland. Two new exhibits are opening up in October and December, allowing you to delve even further into the history of Chinatown!"

"The Portland Chinatown Museum (PCM) is Oregon’s first museum about Chinese American history, art, and culture. Opened to the public in December 2018 in an historic building at NW Third Avenue and Davis Street, the museum honors Portland Chinatown’s past, celebrates its present, and is helping to create its future. You can visit Thursday-Sunday from 11 a.m.-4 p.m."

"Opened in 2018, Oregon’s first museum to celebrate Chinese American history, art and culture tells the stories of Portland’s historic Old Town Chinatown."

"This museum serves as a focal point for the preservation and sharing of the history and culture of the Japanese American community in Portland’s Old Town neighborhood."

"Japanese American history & cultural museum in Portland's Old Town. Featuring the permanent exhibit, “Reflections of an American Community,” & rotating exhibits"