This museum showcases the regional history of Mt. Hood through many exhibits, including natural history, early exploration, settlement history, winter sports, mountain climbing and Mt. Hood National Forest through the arts, educational enrichment and oral histories. It also offers a bookstore, gift shop and visitor information services. They offer special exhibits and programs throughout the year and meeting room space. The museum serves as a visitor center for the region and helpful staff are happy to answer questions and provide information for the area.
About Mt. Hood Cultural Center & Museum
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May 7, 2024Tansy2015Nice place to visit
Nice place, shuttle tickets available for the ride up to Mt Hood (only $2 pp). Travel info bou NO restrooms! What is that about!
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September 23, 2020gregorys247Nice Museum with Great People
Mount Hood Cultural Center and Museum is on our Must-Return List. Due to COVID-19 restrictions we did not get to completely enjoy the cultural center or the museum; however, there is an excellent gift shop staffed by very helpful people. They gave us excellent directions on how to get some good picture of the mountain. Due to social distancing and restrictions on how many people could be in the center at a time, we only spent about ten minutes inside. I did leave a few dollars at the gift shop.
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July 23, 2020Jason W
Very Interesting Exhibits on Lesser Known Subjects
We stopped by here after a morning at Trillium Lake, and were pleased to find a museum with some very unique exhibits on subjects like Mountain rescue teams, skiing pioneering and historic examples of equipment used in each era of the sport, and the Barlow trail and pioneer crafts and history. It would be well worth a break from outdoor activities to visit it!
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January 26, 2020dmittlemanInteresting Insight
There are several rooms with eclectic displays. Trophy rooms, re-creation of an old ski shop, topographic map, old signage...All make for an interesting wander.
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August 6, 2018crsgrl1223
Interesting, if you're into snow sports
As we had a baby with us, we were more limited in activities, and this is pretty much the only museum in Government Camp. I love local museums because you really get a good sense of the area's culture and history. However, as this area is very much defined by snow sports, of which I'm not knowledgeable at all about (nor very interested, to be honest), some parts of the museum were a little dull to me. My favorite areas were the sections on the local flora/fauna (including cases of animal skulls and rocks where you can test your knowledge), the section about the unique local cabins, the firewatch towers display, and learning about the bus lift (so quirky!). Also, don't miss the meteorite, which you can touch and is older than the Earth itself. If you're into winter sports, there's a cool section showing the evolution of ski innovations. The price is good (donation-based) and the tiny gift shop on the first floor has lots of interesting things. The lady at the front desk was super nice and helpful, and even gave us detailed instructions on how to get to Umbrella Falls. I did enjoy it very much, and I know I would've enjoyed it even more if I liked snow sports.