ALL UPCOMING EVENTS
PROSPECTOR’S DAY
SAT, JULY 20TH
10AM-5PM
It’s Prospector’s Day at the Rice Museum! Learn about prospecting in the Pacific Northwest, pan for gold, and even buy your own prospecting tools.
- Guest Speaker Tom Bohmker will be discussing the lure of gold, the Gold Rush, and gold prospecting today.
- Pan for gold with the Northwest Mineral Prospectors Club.
- Learn more about gold prospecting in our area with the Portland Gold Prospectors Club.
- Buy prospecting tools from Prospector’s Treasure Trove.
FREE for members. General admission non-members.
FREE GUIDED TOUR
MAY-NOVEMBER
Embark with us on a journey into the fascinating world of rocks and minerals.
This well-curated tour is designed to provide a fun and educational introduction to the world of rocks and minerals and the Rice Museum. Walking through our galleries you’ll admire the stunning beauty of nature’s artwork while learning about the geological processes that create them. In addition, you’ll hear about the couple that spent a lifetime collecting these wonders, and then turned their collection and home into a museum. Afterwards enjoy the displays at your own pace, have a picnic outside, or walk one of our nature trails.
It’s the perfect tour for science enthusiasts, rockhounds, or anyone who has driven past us on highway 26 and wondered what that mid-century modern home was in the middle of the farmland!
Advanced registration is required. This is a mixed group (families) tour with up to 20 attendees. Recommended for first grade and older. Please make sure to register all people in your party, including children.
SAVE THE DATE:
Sat, Aug 31st – Summer Bash
Sat, Sep 21st – Mystery Mineral Day
Sat, Oct 5th – Garage Sale
Sat, Oct 26th – Halloween
Sat, Nov 16th – Diamonds and Diorite: A Minecraft Day
Sat, Dec 7th – Nifty Fifties Christmas