Oregon Museums Hope To Attract Shoppers To ‘Museum Store Sunday’

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Museum stores in the United States are trying to market themselves during a week when so many people are shopping for holiday gifts. The Oregon Historical Society and the Portland Art Museum are no exception.

Between Small Business Saturday and Cyber ​​Monday, museums throng in the “Museum Store Sunday”.

About 1,700 stores inside museums across the country celebrated with special discounts.

“We are very grateful to the community for helping the museum survive during the pandemic, for supporting us, and we are very grateful to be able to welcome people back to the museum during this holiday season,” Ian said. Gillingham of Portland. Art Museum.

“For the Oregon Historical Society, you can browse our exhibits and really scratch the surface of a bunch of different pieces of history through our exhibits. Come visit our store, you can browse the thousands of titles that we have in our museum store and really delve into any of those topics, ”said Rachel Randles of the Oregon Historical Society.

The Portland Japanese Garden, the Rice Museum of Rocks and Minerals, and the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum also participated in the Museum Store Sunday.