Design Museum Portland Information

Design Museum Portland is part of a new, national network of design museums united by a mission to educate the world about the positive impact good design has on our lives and show how design can be a catalyst for improving our society, economy, and environment. What started as one museum, Design Museum Boston, is now two. Each museum is supported by Design Museum Foundation which sets standards and ensures educational, communications, and design consistency across the network. Our collective mission is to educate the world on the role of design in our lives and to unite the community in ways that enrich our collective work, make businesses more competitive, and solve real-world problems more creatively. Design is everywhere, so are we. We put exhibitions in places where people already go; places like, unused retail space, public space, and even outside. Instead of locking all the amazing creativity in the world into one single building, we turn the museum inside out and turn the entire city into the museum making it a more vibrant place to live and work.