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Your Capitol — Your Oregon. You have the power to make change in Oregon. Explore the Capitol. Discover state government. Engage in the process.
The Oregon State Capitol is home to both branches of the state legislature, the House and Senate, and has offices for the governor, treasurer, and the secretary of state. In its center, the floor of the prominent rotunda features an embedded Oregon State Seal sculpted in bronze by Ulric Ellerhusen.
Oregon State Capitol. Among capitol buildings in the United States, the Oregon State Capitol in Salem is a landmark of Modernistic design. Like most other statehouses, it was symmetrically organized in the tradition of Classically inspired architecture, but it was stripped down to its essential form and detailed with utmost simplicity.
Knowledgeable guides share information about the history of Oregon, the State Capitol, and the legislative process. Walk-in visitors are welcome. Capitol tours can also be combined with tower tours during tower season, where you can visit the Oregon Pioneer atop the Capitol up close.
Visit the Oregon State Capitol in Salem year-round with free building tours and activities and fun shopping at the Capitol Store. In summer, climb 121 stairs to get up close and personal with the Oregon Pioneer.
Knowledgeable guides share information about the history of Oregon, the State Capitol, and the legislative process. Walk-in visitors are welcome. Capitol tours can also be combined with tower tours, where you can visit the Oregon Pioneer atop the Capitol up close and personal.
Oregon’s Capitol was completed in 1938 at the height of the Depression with assistance from the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works (PWA). It replaced Krumbein and Gilbert’s Italian Renaissance statehouse of 1876, which had been destroyed by fire in 1935.
To access the most current information about online and in-person Capitol tours and events, visit the Oregon State Capitol website or call Capitol Visitor Services staff at 503-986-1388.
The Capitol History Gateway, a project of the Oregon State Capitol Foundation, is the Capitol visitor experience at the Capitol — not a location. Visitor Services staff produces this award-winning programming. Elements include displays, semi-permanent and rotating exhibits, virtual and public tours, and educational events and presentations.
An imposing three-story structure of brick and native Umpqua sandstone, the Oregon state capitol also was Classical in style, but it combined features of Italian Renaissance architecture with those drawn from antiquity.