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Mount Hood\u2019s iconic form, isolated presence on the horizon, and impressive height all serve to  mark the natural monument as home for Portlanders. It has inspired generations of artists, from Childe Hassam and Albert Bierstadt, to Sekino Jun\u2019ichir\u014d, who recognized its affinity to Japan\u2019s Mount Fuji when working here in the 1960s. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1890, Northwest author Frederick Balch, who had extensive experience with local tribes published Bridge of the Gods<\/em>, in which he claimed to tell the Native story of the mountain. His tales have never been corroborated, and in fact serve as a kind of erasure of Native knowledge. The Native peoples of the river valleys had decades prior been forcibly removed to the arid lands adjacent to the mountain, established as the Grand Ronde Reservation in 1857 and Warm Springs Indian Reservation in 1855. In Balch\u2019s account Mount Adams and Mount Hood were sons of the Creator, and their eruptions were expressions of their rivalry for a beautiful woman. In a later theatrical production of the book, Mount Saint Helens became Loowit, Mount Adams was Pahto and famously Hood became Wy\u2019east.<\/p>","excerpt":"","slug":"mystic-mountain","image":{"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Albert-Bierstadt-Mount-Hood-scaled.jpg","id":14414,"extension":"jpg","width":2560,"height":1528,"filesize":285325,"sizes":{"medium":{"width":700,"height":418,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":29940,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Albert-Bierstadt-Mount-Hood-700x418.jpg"},"large":{"width":1308,"height":781,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":87178,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Albert-Bierstadt-Mount-Hood-1308x781.jpg"},"thumbnail":{"width":270,"height":270,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":9329,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Albert-Bierstadt-Mount-Hood-270x270.jpg"},"medium_large":{"width":768,"height":458,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":34846,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Albert-Bierstadt-Mount-Hood-768x458.jpg"},"1536x1536":{"width":1536,"height":917,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":115476,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Albert-Bierstadt-Mount-Hood-1536x917.jpg"},"2048x2048":{"width":2048,"height":1222,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":192587,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Albert-Bierstadt-Mount-Hood-2048x1222.jpg"},"small":{"width":375,"height":500,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":19861,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Albert-Bierstadt-Mount-Hood-375x500.jpg"},"medium-large":{"width":900,"height":537,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":45643,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Albert-Bierstadt-Mount-Hood-900x537.jpg"},"card":{"width":904,"height":565,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":47729,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Albert-Bierstadt-Mount-Hood-904x565.jpg"},"post":{"width":975,"height":500,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":46025,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Albert-Bierstadt-Mount-Hood-975x500.jpg"},"hero":{"width":1894,"height":1080,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":160760,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Albert-Bierstadt-Mount-Hood-1894x1080.jpg"}},"original_image":"Albert-Bierstadt-Mount-Hood.jpg"},"all_day":true,"start_date":"2025-11-20 00:00:00","start_date_details":{"year":"2025","month":"11","day":"20","hour":"00","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"end_date":"2026-11-20 23:59:59","end_date_details":{"year":"2026","month":"11","day":"20","hour":"23","minutes":"59","seconds":"59"},"utc_start_date":"2025-11-20 08:00:00","utc_start_date_details":{"year":"2025","month":"11","day":"20","hour":"08","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"utc_end_date":"2026-11-21 07:59:59","utc_end_date_details":{"year":"2026","month":"11","day":"21","hour":"07","minutes":"59","seconds":"59"},"timezone":"America\/Vancouver","timezone_abbr":"","cost":"","cost_details":{"currency_symbol":"$","currency_code":"USD","currency_position":"prefix","values":[]},"website":"","show_map":false,"show_map_link":false,"hide_from_listings":true,"sticky":false,"featured":false,"categories":[{"name":"Exhibitions","slug":"exhibitions","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":17,"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","description":"","parent":0,"count":201,"filter":"raw","id":17,"urls":{"self":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/categories\/17","collection":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/categories"}}],"tags":[],"venue":{"id":290,"author":"1","status":"publish","date":"2023-03-28 10:28:29","date_utc":"2023-03-28 17:28:29","modified":"2024-03-07 10:38:06","modified_utc":"2024-03-07 18:38:06","url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/venue\/portland-art-museum\/","venue":"Portland Art Museum","description":"

The Museum is conveniently located on the historic Park Blocks in the center of downtown Portland, which is easy to get around by public transit or on foot. The Portland Business Alliance has installed way-finding signs which direct you to the cultural district, where the Museum is located.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Parking<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There is generally plenty of street parking surrounding the Museum. These spaces range from 1 \u2013 4 hours and can be paid for using a credit card or the Parking Kitty app<\/a>. There are also surface parking lots, and parking garages within 1 \u2013 4 blocks of the Museum. The closest surface lot is located at SW Main St. between SW 10th Ave. and Park Ave, and there are dedicated accessible and van accessible spaces. This lot accepts credit card or the Reef app<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Public transit<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Getting to get to the Museum by public transportation is straightforward and economical. The bus and streetcar travel directly past the Museum, and the MAX light rail has a stop only four blocks away.\u00a0TriMet\u2019s Trip Planner<\/a>\u00a0gives you step-by-step travel directions from your location by bus, light rail, or streetcar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n