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Small Museums Bike Tour

Posted by Jonathan Maus (Editor) on February 15th, 2007 at 8:15 am

What:: Join us for a monthly bike tour of Small Museums & Collections in the > Portland area. Each month we'll pedal to unique collections, enjoy > presentations by experts, and have a fun yet educational outing by > bike. The tour is lead by Carye Bye, the director of the Bathtub Art > Museum (www.bathtubmuseum.org). > > This month's tour is on the theme Old & New. We will be touring SW > Portland, with our first stop in Lair Hill at the Contemporary Crafts > Museum (CCM). After 70 years offering ceramic, wood-work, fabric arts, > sculpture and more on Corbett Ave, the Museum is closing March 11 > until July 22 when it will reopen as the Museum of Contemporary Crafts > in the NW Park blocks in the old defunct ( & reconstructed) Daisy > Kingdom building (the fabric/craft store was museum in it's self!). So > before the change, we'll visit and see the last exhibits and hear from > the staff about the history and future for the museum. > > And while we are over there, we might as well try out something New, > the Portland Aerial Tram while it's free on Saturdays. We'll we get to > ride in Jean or Walter? Will it feel like we are a bubble floating in > the sky? The tram takes bikes, so if all goes well we'll take our > bikes up to Pill Hill to find some collections amongst OHSU (Oregon > Health & Science University).There is a Medical Museum Collection > (http://www.ohsu.edu/library/hom/medmuseum.shtml) up at OHSU, but > unlucky for us it is not open on the weekend, nonetheless there are > some other accessible exhibits that we'll try to find. > > Tour is Free. We will stop for lunch between the CCM & Tram at the > cute Ross island Grocery & Cafe. So bring lunch $ if you'd like. >
Where:: Keller Fountain Park (SW Market & 4th)