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Interior of the museum. The garden is managed and owned by Petersen's grand-stepdaughter, Susan Caward, and her family, who has struggled to maintain the lawns and dozens of sculptures. [16] [1] [10] In 2011, the garden was named one of Oregon's Most Endangered Places by the Historic Preservation League of Oregon (now known as Restore Oregon).
Moody Gardens, established in 1986 by The Moody Foundation, is a non-profit attraction in Galveston, Texas, that includes a hotel and a golf course. Moody Gardens features three main pyramid attractions: the Aquarium Pyramid, which is one of the largest in the region and holds many species of fish and other marine animals; the Rainforest Pyramid, which contains tropical plants, animals, birds ...
Rosenberg Library Museum Galveston Galveston Recorded Texas Historic Landmark [65] Seawolf Park: Galveston Galveston Includes the submarine USS Cavalla (SS-244), the ASW destroyer escort USS Stewart (DE-238), and the remains of a merchant ship [66] Texas City Museum: Texas City: Galveston [67] Texas Seaport Museum: Galveston Galveston
Eastern Oregon Fire Museum & Learning Center La Grande: Union: Eastern: Firefighting Former (1899–2002) fire station; exhibits on history of firefighting; firehouse culture and advances in technology; vintage fire trucks [28] Eastern Oregon Museum Haines: Baker Eastern History - Local
This list of botanical gardens and arboretums in Oregon is intended to include all significant botanical gardens and arboretums in the U.S. state of Oregon. [1] [2] [3]
Deschutes Historical Museum. The Deschutes Historical Museum is a museum of local history that is located in the historic Reid School in Bend, Oregon.Opened in 1980 [1] and operated by the Deschutes County Historical Society, the museum's exhibits focus on the area's prehistory, Native American tribes, explorers, pioneers, the logging industry, transportation, and the United States Forest Service.
Opened in 2015, The Bryan Museum, located in the historic Galveston Orphans Home [1] in Galveston, Texas, US, houses The Bryan Collection, one of the world's largest collections of historical artifacts, documents, and artwork relating to Texas and the American West. Assembled by J.P. and Mary Jon Bryan, the collection spans more than 12,000 ...
The saga of protecting the land began in 1950. [6] Maco Stewart Jr., whose father founded Stewart Title Company, owned more than 2,000 acres on the island.In his will, he severed the mineral rights from the surface land rights and gave half of the surface and mineral rights to his wife, Virginia Stewart, and divided the other half between his sons from a former marriage, Wells and Maco III.