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A BIT ABOUT THE RICE NORTHWEST MUSEUM OF ROCKS AND MINERALS...

The Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals is located in Hillsboro, Oregon, about 20 minutes west of downtown Portland. The Rice NW Museum is home to the "Alma Rose" Rhodochrosite from the Sweet Home Mine in Alma, Colorado. The museum also boasts the largest opal-filled thunderegg in the world, a gold nugget bigger than your hand, dinosaur eggs and fossils, en extensive metorite collection, and thousands of other attractions. The Rice Museum has become nationally recognized. It is the finest rocks and minerals museum in the Pacific Northwest, and one of the best in the nation.
The Museum Facility (Richard and Helen Rice Residence) is listed on the National Historic Registry and can be rented for private events such as weddings, birthday parties, banquets, and family reunions, as well as corporate meetings and business events. Schools throughout Oregon and Washington regularly include the Rice NW Museum in their annual field trip lineup, and parents are encouraged to come tour the facility along with their children's school group.
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Welcome to the Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals !

Welcome to the
Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals !