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Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals

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visitors annually, with about 18,000 coming from school field trips. Tschernich stepped down as curator in 2011, with Lara O'Dwyer-Brown taking over the position in 2012. Brown left in 2014, with Julian Gray hired as executive director and Leslie Moclock as curator in May 2014. Leslie Moclock left the museum in 2018, and Julian Gray resigned to take over the curator position. Garret Romaine was named the executive director on an interim basis pending the hire of a new director, scheduled for 2020. Aurore Giguet took over as the executive director with the museum in 2020. Kimberly Vagner took over as executive director with the museum in 2022.
541: 299: 205: 425: 1683: 235:. In 1952 the Rices built a new home north of Hillsboro on 30 acres (12 hectares) that would later house the museum. The Rices founded a museum in 1953 to display their collections. Their collections won them the Woodruff Trophy twice (1958 and 1961) and this award was permanently awarded to Richard and Helen in 1961. Helen served as president of the American Federation of Mineralogical Societies from 1959 to 1960. 682:
In addition to the house, which has a full basement, the museum uses a separate building as a gallery. That building, the Northwest Gallery, was formerly used for storage and as a shop, but looks similar to the Rice House. This gallery focuses on items from Oregon, Idaho, and Washington, and includes
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The Rice Museum offers a variety of public programs. It once hosted an annual summer festival with events such as thunderegg cutting and demonstrations of gold panning. The facility has hosted the Northwest Fossil Fest. The museum also offers tours for school groups and other community groups. These
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In 1996 the Rices established the non-profit museum. Richard and Helen Rice both died in 1997 with the home passing to the non-profit museum as part of their estate. In 1997 the Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals officially opened. In June 2000, 94 pieces from the F. John Barlow collection
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The structure contains three sandstone fireplaces, and the countertops are finished with hand-painted tiles from Mexico. Myrtlewood is used inside as trim and for doors. Bedroom closets were constructed with drawers, shelves, and ironing boards built-in. Inside the two-level building are amenities
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One gallery, the Rainbow Gallery, is designed to showcase rocks and minerals that have phosphorescent or fluorescent elements that allow them to glow in the dark. An automated system uses a lighting cycle that includes ultraviolet lights to energize the rocks. A large portion of the petrified wood
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shopping center, and closed it in December 2009 due to the economic recession. This satellite gift shop was to be a temporary endeavor, and was designed in part to help drive traffic to the museum. By 2010 the museum's collections had grown to more than 20,000 specimens, and still had about 25,000
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William F. Wayman designed the structure with Victor Batchelar building the home, while Charles F. Walters designed the grounds. All the wood was logged by Richard Rice, who made his living as a logging contractor. He also milled the wood. The home was designed to allow the basement to serve as a
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The museum includes a Community Room, Resource Library, Fossil Gallery, Rainbow Gallery, Special Exhibits, Education Room, Petrified Wood Gallery, Main Gallery, and Pacific Northwest Gallery. There is also a gift shop, while the outside grounds include a walk that features sandstone, columns of
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The 7,500 square feet (700 m) home with a 3,300 square feet (310 m) basement cost $ 185,000 to build. Flooring in the museum was replaced in 2021 after a detrimental flood. The original blue
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and is estimated to have lived more than 25 million years ago. The petrified wood specimens come from Oregon, Washington, and as far away as Argentina and Australia. Other fossils include those of
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The museum is the largest of its kind in the Pacific Northwest with more than 20,000 items. The specimens come from around the world, many personally unearthed by the Rices. Bill Dameron of
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The museum sits on 23 wooded acres (9.3 ha), with the main building containing 7,500 square feet (700 m) of space. Collections include petrified wood, various fossils,
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and a sewing room. On the outside raked cedar was used on the eaves of the low-pitched roof-line building. The exterior sandstone is tan, rose, and blue in color.
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between the Helvetia Road and Jackson School Road exits. Situated on 23 acres (9.3 ha) of mostly forested land, the museum is housed in the historic
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that weighs 500 pounds (230 kg). One meteorite is the Gibeon meteorite which weighs 210 pounds (95 kg) and came from the African nation of
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Colby, Richard N. “Tour of time: An open house will make it easy to take in the county’s hidden treasures, historic and otherwise, in one swoop”,
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in the basement that features the museum's logo of a shovel and a pick were preserved thanks to generous volunteer work and donations. The
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By 2007 the museum received 25,000 visitors each year, mainly from school groups. In August 2008 the museum opened a retail gift shop in
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basalt, a 1,200 pounds (540 kg) rock made of pumice, and the Rock Pile activity in which visitors are invited to take a rock home.
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crystals measuring as large as 10 cm and translucent calcite scalenohedrons, and comes from Green Monster Mountain on Alaska's
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Hill, Richard L. “Mad about meteorites, enthusiasts run a program that identifies and collects space rocks at Portland State”,
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Toland, Douglas C. (September 1, 2004). "Famous mineral localities: Green Monster Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska".
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comes from the collection of Dennis and Mary Murphy. Their collection, which is in excess of 450 items and includes a log of
250:. Rudy W. Tschernich was named curator in June 2003, replacing Sharleen Harvey. In 2004 the Cascadia Meteorite Laboratory at 1253: 1975: 472:, weighing 1.75 tons (1600 kg), is housed at the museum. The thunderegg is Oregon's state rock. Other items include 2065: 1787: 1777: 1772: 59: 2165: 1667: 2110: 1682: 1605: 273: 162: 1191: 2090: 1767: 1647: 251: 192:, and a variety of other minerals. With more than 20,000 specimens, the museum is the largest of its kind in the 540: 2137: 2060: 1980: 1657: 174: 1832: 1792: 1744: 1739: 154: 1127:
White, John S.; Bill Dameron (March 1, 2007). "Gallery reviews; United States mineralogy museum exhibits".
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weighing 1,200 pounds (540 kg), was combined with the Rice Museum's existing pieces. The log is from
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Baron, Connie. "Downtown Hillsboro: Summer may be winding down, but kids can still find fun activities",
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of crystallized gold were added to the museum. The facility opened an exhibit in 2001 dedicated to the
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Richard L. Rice married Helen Hart in 1932 and the couple began rock collecting in 1938 after finding
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M.E.H. (September 1, 2000). "Museum Notes & Announcements; Brief Article; Golden Opportunity".
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Diehl, Angella Foret. “Neighborhood Roundup – Metro West Hillsboro: Rock Creek/Tanasbourne”,
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Oregon Historic Sites Database: Site Information: Rice, Richard & Helen, House.
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The museum and grounds are located on the north side of the Sunset Highway west of
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The museum's collection of gold items was stolen by a robber on December 24, 2023.
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In 2005 the North America Research Group unearthed the fossilized remains of a
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Knudsen, Jenn Director. “North of Hillsboro – The quieter side of the city”,
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Robinson, Ann. “Plan next weekend Aug. 17–19 In the shade, on the grass”,
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Christie, Tim. "Rock hounds check out goods at 18th annual Gem Faire",
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arts, and by that time the museum had grown to more than 4,000 items.
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Oregon Department of Parks and Recreation. Retrieved February 7, 2009
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Harvey, Sharleen K. (January 1, 1998). "Richard L. Rice; 1911–1997".
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on the exterior and wood native to Oregon, including curly maple and
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National Register of Historic Places in Washington County, Oregon
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Trappen, Michelle. “Close-in sun and fun: A stone's throw away”,
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The main rhodochrosite attraction is the "Alma Rose" from the
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Mandel, Michelle. "New museum shows off rockhounds' bounty",
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named the museum as having the best mineral specimens in the
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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Oregon
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Campbell, Polly. “Prospector says hobby is gilded in fun”,
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from Russia, is considered one of the finest in the world.
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The museum opened a new gallery in January 2003 to feature
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Mandel, Michelle. “Splendid stones: free for the seeing”,
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Campbell, Polly. “Meteorites land at Hillsboro Museum”,
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Campbell, Polly. “Family museum on foundation of rock”,
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loaned the museum 52 meteorites in an exhibit funded by
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events will resume if staffing and funding increase.
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Jones, Tricia. “Museum displays meteorite samples”,
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Shovel and pick crossed, making an x shape
Hillsboro, Oregon
Coordinates
45°34′28″N 122°56′55″W / 45.5744°N 122.9486°W / 45.5744; -122.9486
ricenorthwestmuseum.org
Hillsboro, Oregon
Sunset Highway
earth science
Portland metropolitan area
National Register of Historic Places
Oregon
Smithsonian Affiliate
fluorescent
meteorites
zeolites
Pacific Northwest
Pock-marked lump of iron ore
Campo del Cielo
Lump of rock showing fossil of animal embedded in it
Psittacosaurus
agates
Oregon Coast
lapidary
petrified wood
Portland State University
NASA
thalattosuchian
Central Oregon
The Streets of Tanasbourne
Rows of rock specimens in display case, labelled

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