Come Explore, Learn + Play with OMSI
Welcome back to school! Kick off the school year with a trip to OMSI! Explore the Turbine Hall, Natural Sciences Hall, and our Fall featured exhibition: Exquisite Creatures Revealed on display from October 5, 2024 to February 17, 2025. The Museum is a great place for learners of all ages!
Time to get out of the classroom and into OMSI for learning and fun! A museum field trip includes four exhibit halls and an optional featured exhibit hall. You may also combine your admission with a reserved lab experience, film, planetarium show, or submarine tour for an additional attraction fee.
Reserved lab experiences are back! Available for groups of 6-16 students per session.
Christopher Marley’s Newest Exhibit
Discover Exquisite Creatures Revealed, a new and expanded showcase of work from artist and naturalist Christopher Marley. His intricate artworks feature rare organisms from around the world—including a 10-foot Japanese Spider Crab, a striking Amazonian stingray, and a never before preserved leafy seadragon from Australia—in stunning displays like you’ve never seen before.
Oregon-based artist Christopher Marley’s artwork creates lasting tributes to the profound beauty of the natural world and provides an opportunity for all of us to broaden our knowledge about biodiversity and conservation in a stunning educational experience.
OMSI for All
OMSI is committed to making science-fueled fun available for all in our community. Please inquire about our financial assistance programs for school and community programs.
Need Help Planning?
We know what it takes to coordinate groups of students—we’ve been doing it for years! Contact us to find answers and resources for painless planning.
Knowing Nature
The scientific and cultural importance of one of the largest forests on earth will be highlighted in Knowing Nature: Stories of the Boreal Forest / Historias del bosque boreal, a new exhibition coming to the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) starting January 25.
Presented in English and Spanish, the exhibition integrates the themes of climate change, Indigenous perspectives, and the relationship between people and nature through stories of resilience, strength, and hope in a changing world. It will take guests on a journey to discover the beauty of the boreal forest using a combination of sensory experiences, researched-based science, curiosity-building activities, and first-person narratives.
The boreal forest is North America’s largest forest, a dense circle of spruce, fir, and pine in the northern reaches of Earth. The boreal forest encompasses nearly a third of the planet’s trees, covering much of Alaska and Canada and extending into the Pacific Northwest in the United States. It plays an essential role in the natural world, serving as an essential breeding ground for billions of migratory birds, a home to the last great herds of barren-ground caribou, and a hunting ground for top predators like wolves and grizzlies.
Knowing Nature was created in collaboration with a diverse group of advisors, including scientists, naturalists, members of Indigenous communities, conservationists, and artists. The exhibition includes commissioned objects, videos, photography, and interactive displays that will allow audiences to learn through hands-on experiences.
5 Days in Advance with 15+ People
Bringing a large group of 15 or more people to OMSI? Contact us at least 5-business days in advance of your planned arrival for discounted rates! Memberships cannot be combined with this group rate discount.
Adult: $14, Youth: $10, Senior: $12
Booking + Planning
Step 1: Plan your Field Trip Experience
Work with our registration team to plan a customized field trip schedule. The best way to start with by completing our online request form. Field trips must be booked at least 2-weeks in advance.
Step 2: Contract and Invoice
The group leader will receive an email to an online confirmation within 2-3 business days after finalizing schedule with the registration team. Invoices can be paid online or by mailing a check. A final headcount is due 2-weeks before your visit.
Step 3: Finalize logistics
Before you arrive, group leaders should provide all field trip participants with a name tag with the school name (Not the individuals name). Provide all chaperones with a copy of your agenda and OMSI map.
Step 4: While at OMSI
All visitors, including group field trips, must follow our health and safety guidelines. If any individuals in your group are in violation of our visitation agreement the entire group may be asked to leave with no refund.
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Explore quick details and access additional program resources below.
Pre-registered group rates require at least 12 paid admissions per event and 2-week advance reservation. We are unable to accommodate requests to add additional events or sack lunch space at the time of check-in. No other discounts, passes or coupons (including OMSI memberships) can be utilized with group reservations. Any OMSI members in your group should be included in your attendance count and pay the group rates.
Programs must be scheduled with at least two weeks’ advance notice. If you have questions, please contact us at 503.797.4661 or register@omsi.edu.
It is important that you finalize your attendance count at least 14 days prior to your program. If you have fewer participants on the day of your program, OMSI will not offer any refunds. With advance notice, additional participants may be accommodated subject to availability. Please be prepared to confirm your attendance count upon arrival.
Please plan for an adult-to-student ratio of 1:5 for grades PreK-8 OR 1:10 for grades 9-12. Prepare your chaperones ahead of time with a map, agenda, and information about the day. Students should remain with chaperones at all times.
We require a deposit of 50% of the program cost for all programs. The deposit is due 14 days after booking. The remaining balance will be due 14 days before your field trip. If booking a field trip at the 14 day mark a deposit and final payment is due within 24 hours of receiving your invoice link.
Each student and adult must arrive at OMSI wearing a nametag with the group’s name only, not individual names. We use nametags, not printed tickets, to admit preregistered groups to speed up the admission process.
Reserve a 25-minute time slot in our sack lunch when you request a program. Please bring your sack lunches in bins labeled with your group name and lunch time. We are unable to store backpacks, coats and other personal belongings with lunches.
Please schedule your group’s meal a week in advance before your arrival. This can be done with our catering department. Please reach out to: Justin Brierton justin@epicurean-group.com (415) 583-6109
Learn More
School bus drivers can drop off students in front of the museum. After unloading students buses may park in the bus cut-outs in front of the North or South lot or in the South lot bus parking area. Please see the map available in your field trip packet if you have questions.
Standard parking will cost $5 (+ fees)for 2 hours or or $8 (+ fees) for all day.
“All day” is valid from 5:00am to 11:00pm
The $5 for 2 hours is extendable for $3 to go all day via the Parking Kitty app, but not the parking kiosks in the parking lots.
The Science Store offers a variety of educational toys, games, books and gadgets, with many under $5. Teachers with school identification receive a 10% discount, some exclusions apply.
Educators may visit OMSI’s exhibit halls and labs free of charge when planning curriculum in conjunction with a visit to OMSI. Simply present a current form of school identification at the membership window.