Exploring ‘Game Masters’ at OMSI
This week during our spring break, we took the whole family to OMSI to check out Game Masters. Here’s a brief tour through the exhibit.
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‘Game Masters’ Coming to OMSI
Starting February 13, the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) in Portland, Oregon, will be hosting the North American premiere of ‘Game Masters,’ an international video game exhibition.
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Studio Ghibli Retrospective at OMSI in January
If you’re a fan of Studio Ghibli near Portland, Oregon, here’s an event you won’t want to miss next month: the Studio Ghibli Retrospective!
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Portland Mini Maker Faire Coming Soon
Portland’s Mini Maker Faire is coming up soon! Held at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) as usual, this year’s Maker Faire will be on September 12 and 13. The weekend will also celebrate the opening of Portland’s newest bridge, the Tilikum Crossing, along with the new OMSI MAX (light rail) station.
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Explore the Science of Animation at OMSI
The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) in Portland, Oregon, just opened a new exhibit about animation, developed in partnership with Cartoon Network. If you and your kids like animation, this is a great way to see how it works.
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Having Fun at the PDX Mini Maker Faire
Portland’s third Mini Maker Faire was held at OMSI last weekend, and it was an impressive show. I was only able to go on Sunday this year, but I could tell from the difficulty finding parking that it was well-attended. According to OMSI, attendance was 6,700 and there were about 115 Makers exhibiting.
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Coming Soon: 3rd Annual Portland Mini Maker Faire
Next weekend, September 13-14, OMSI will once again host Portland Oregon’s Mini Maker Faire. Portland is a great place to be a maker: there’s a real DIY culture here and it’s always fun to see the fun things that people bring.
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The International Exhibition of Sherlock Holmes at OMSI
The game is afoot!
Today is the opening of the International Exhibition of Sherlock Holmes, a fantastic exhibit at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) in Portland, Oregon. If you’re a fan of the good detective in any of his incarnations, this is an exhibit worth seeing.
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PDX Mini Maker Faire This Weekend
It’s time for the second Portland Mini Maker Faire! Hosted by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI), the Maker Faire will take place this weekend (September 14 and 15) in OMSI’s north parking lot. Tickets are $12 for adults and $8 for kids, and it’s a blast. I attended last year, and although it’s significantly smaller than the Bay Area Maker Faire, there’s plenty to see and do and I ended up going both days just so I could try to see everything.
Continue ReadingMythbusters: The Explosive Exhibition
Fans of Mythbusters, rejoice! The Mythbusters: Explosive Exhibition just opened this weekend at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) in Portland, and it’s a blast.
Continue ReadingPDX Mini Maker Faire Lauches Loads of Fun
I’ve finally got some facts and photos about my own experience at Portland’s first mini Maker Faire from two weekends ago. First off: a “mini” Maker Faire is definitely a lot smaller than the Bay Area and New York versions, …
Continue ReadingMini Maker Faire in Portland This Weekend
Hurrah! Portland, Oregon, is finally getting its own (mini) Maker Faire this weekend!
Continue ReadingIMAX: Climate Change, Dinosaurs, and Rescue Missions
I’ve really been enjoying OMSI’s IMAX Film Festival. The scheduling can be tricky, because I have to find time slots that fit around preschool pick-up and drop-off, violin lessons, and so on, and the regular schedule means that sometimes the …
Continue ReadingNature Unleashed at OMSI in Portland
This weekend the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) opened a new exhibit, Nature Unleashed. It’s all about natural disasters — what causes them, how we measure them and try to predict them, what sort of damage they can …
Continue ReadingMagnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
Magnificent_Desolation IMAX Today I watched Magnificent Desolation: Man Walking on the Moon, which is running as part of OMSI’s IMAX Film Festival. It’s a film from 2005 but I hadn’t seen it before, so I was glad to have the …
Continue ReadingOMSI’s IMAX Film Fest
If you’re a fan of IMAX movies and you live in Portland, Oregon, here’s a pretty cool opportunity coming up. Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) will be having an IMAX film festival from May 8 through July 1. …
Continue ReadingThe Art of the Brick Exhibit at Portland’s OMSI
I’ve seen photos of Nathan Sawaya’s Lego sculptures in the past, but up until now I’ve never had the opportunity to see them in person. This weekend The Art of the Brick, Sawaya’s touring show, is opening at Oregon Museum …
Continue ReadingOMSI Invites You to Game On 2.0
Attention, video gamers: you need to get to Portland, Oregon, before September 18th. Why? OMSI (Oregon Museum of Science and Industry) is currently hosting the Game On 2.0 exhibit, a fantastic hands-on display of video game history, from Pong to …
Continue ReadingGeekDad Goes to OMSI
If you ever find yourself in Portland, Oregon, the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) is a great spot to take the kids. I took the geeklings while we were there for spring break. I’d mentioned it as a …
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