Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals, Hillsboro

Name: Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals
Address: 26385 NW Groveland Dr, Hillsboro, 97124-9351, United States
Telephone: +1 503-647-2418

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Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals

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Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals, Hillsboro

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The Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals is a non-profit museum in Hillsboro, Oregon, United States. Located just north of the Sunset Highway on the northern edge of Hillsboro, the earth science museum is in the Portland metropolitan area. Opened in 1997, the museum's collections date to the 1930s with the museum housed in a home built to display the rock and mineral collections of the museum founders. The ranch-style home is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the first of its kind listed in Oregon. In 2015 the museum became a Smithsonian Affiliate museum. ()

Established: 1996 (28 years ago)Coordinates: 45°34'27"N, 122°56'53"W

Address

26385 NW Groveland DrHillsboro 97124-9351 United States

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+1 503-647-2418

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Day trips

Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

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3.8 miNW
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Park
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Park
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