Portland's "Star Attractions"
Calendar of Events

Opens May 29	OMSI
	Motion Simulator Ride Journey Back in Time! The motion simulator ride is a multi-sensory experience that combines a movie-like audiovisual presentation using a high-definition, rear projection screen and Bose surround-sound with the motion of the ride compartment. The fully enclosed simulator capsule, which accommodates as many as 15 passengers, can move in six directions, making horizontal pitches, longitudinal rolls and vertical lifts. Destiny in Space The popular OMNIMAX movie Destiny in Space returns to OMSI
November 1- February 29, 2000	The World Forestry Center
	Dollar Days! Mondays & Tuesdays Plan your itinerary to explore the tropical rainforest, study the forests of the Pacific Northwest, examine petrified woods, or just sample a little bit of everything. A useful Teacher's Guide to the Museum is available upon request. Reservations are required. Valid only for Museum Self Guided Tours scheduled on a Monday or Tuesday during the dates listed above.
November 26 - 28	End of the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center
	A Pioneer Harvest A traditional harvest festival featuring cider pressing, a farmers market, storytelling, exhibits on settlement-era farms and harvests, and demonstrations of seasonal activities.
November 19 - January 23, 2000	Portland Art Museum
	Monet to Moore: The Millennium Gift of Sara Lee Corporation The Portland Art Museum is one of only three venues in the United States to host Monet to Moore: The Millennium Gift of Sara Lee Corporation. The works in the exhibition, drawn from the collection of Sara Lee Corporation, offer a comprehensive survey of French avant-garde painting and sculpture of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, through subjects ranging from landscapes and cityscapes to portraits and scenes of daily life. Earlier this year, Sara Lee Corporation announced that the collection would be donated to 19 American art museums, including the Portland Art Museum. This exhibition offers a unique opportunity to view Sara Lee Collection as a whole, before it is dispersed.
December 1 - 23	End of the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center
	A Pioneer Holiday Celebrate the holidays with Saint Nick as he arrives by covered wagon. Also features holiday-themed exhibits, storytelling, and pioneer craft demonstrations. Look for special gifts with a story in Abernethy's General Store.
December 3 - January 2	Oregon Zoo
	ZooLights Festival Oregon Zoo celebrates the holiday season with thousands of lights, animated animal silhouettes and music by local school, church and professional choirs. Visitors can ride the decorated zoo train and meet our costumed characters. A model train display with whistling trains, hills, valleys and tunnels provided by a model train group is on exhibit. The zoo's restaurant features special holiday fare. Closed Dec. 24 and 25
December 7 - 10	The World Forestry Center
	Holiday Tree Planting Bring the little ones to Magness Memorial Tree Farm for a great holiday tradition: tree planting! The best time to plant trees is actually during the wetter, cooler months. During this 90 minute program, students will start at the Edmund Hays Forestry Education Cneter and discover how trees grow. The, led by our professinal staff, they will walk through the tree farm's natural area to see trees of different types and sizes.
February 19, 2000 - May 31, 2000	Portland Art Museum
	Stroganoff: The Palace and Collections of a Russian Noble Family Stroganoff is one of the most familiar names in Russian history, that of an extraordinary family whose impact over five centuries included aggressive entrepreneurship as well as social vision and patronage of the arts. In February, 2000, an exhibition of approximately 200 treasures collected by the Stroganoff family will debut at the Portland Art Museum. The exhibition will include icons and antiquities, palace furnishings and paintings of the greatest European masters from Botticelli to Poussin. These will be arrayed as they were in the Stroganoff Palace, one of the grandest 18th century buildings on St. Petersberg's principal thoroughfare, the world-famous Nevesky Prospekt.
On-Going	Portland Art Museum
	Glimpses of Immortality: Early Chinese Art from the Pamplin Collection Curator Donald Jenkins has selected some 30 works from the distinguished Chinese collection of Dr. and Mrs. Robert Pamplin. The collection is particularly rich in ceramic objects from the early dynastic periods (through the Tang dynasty, 618 - 906 C.E.) and includes a great variety of both glazed and unglazed vessels and tomb figures. Among the many notable pieces are a pair of extraordinarily well-preserved black jars (hu) from the late Warring States period (4th - 3rd centuries B.C.E.) and an unusually large horse from the Han dynasty (206 B.C.E. -220 C.E.).
On-Going	Oregon Historical Society
	"First Thursdays" The Oregon History Center is now open Thursday evenings until 8:00 p.m. (Museum, Research Library, and Museum Store). OHS will be featuring special activities or speakers on the first Thursday of each month.
On-Going	End of the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center
	In addition to special events, the Center features two changing exhibits each month. The "Pioneer Family of the Month" exhibit presents family history, The "Quilt of the Month" display presents an heirloom quilt, many of which were made by women as they crossed the trail. The "Willamette Trades & Craft Workshop" features demonstration of frontier industries of the mid-1860's.
On-Going	Oregon Historical Society
	"Portland!" Hands-on history - - from the Oregon Trail to Light Rail! Innovative exhibition uses exciting computer interactives, hands-on activities and multi-media displays to explore the city's history.
On-Going	OMSI
	OMNIMAX Theater Shows For more information call OMSI's 24 hour information phone-line at (503) 797-4640.