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For us nerds in the Portland/PNW area, the Rice Museum out in Hillsboro—despite a name suggesting it has an exhaustive display of rice varieties—has a terrific
by obelos 6mo ago
For us nerds in the Portland/PNW area, the Rice Museum out in Hillsboro—despite a name suggesting it has an exhaustive display of rice varieties—has a terrific collection of large and unique mineral specimens.
https://www.ricenorthwestmuseum.org https://www.ricenorthwestmuseum.org
- chris_va 6mo agoI am sure there is a great list somewhere of places to see stuff like this (or I can ask an LLM), but I can vouch for Mines Museum of Earth Science (Golden CO) and The Harvard Museum of Natural History (Mineralogy room, Cambridge MA)
- throwway120385 6mo agoIf you happen to be in Hilo, HI, the Lyman Museum is pretty cool too.
- rnoorda 6mo agoSecond the Rice Museum recommendation! If I ever make it big I'm going to legally change my last name to 'Mineral' and create the Mineral Museum of Rice on the other side of the freeway showcasing everything from basmati to risotto.
- selimthegrim 6mo agoThis makes me want to find an actual rice museum that isn't the IRRI.