About the Museum |
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 Exterior view |
 Interior - east wall |
The Zymoglyphic Museum's primary mission is the preservation of the unique natural and cultural heritage of the Zymoglyphic region. In addition, the museum hosts a variety of special collections and online exhibits related to zymoglyphic themes of natural art, celebration of decay, and museums as curiosity cabinets.
Visiting the Museum
The museum is nestled in the bucolic Mount Tabor neighborhood of Portland, Oregon. It is open to the public on the 2nd and 4th Sunday of each month from 11 AM to 3 PM. The address is 6225 SE Alder St., near 62nd and Belmont. The #15 bus stops just 2 blocks away and street parking is plentiful.
The museum is open on Easter (should it fall on an open day) and Mother's Day, and closed on Christmas if it falls on a usual open day
Admission to the museum is free of charge. The museum is adequately funded and no donations are requested.
Cautionary notes:
No large groups!! The museum is the size of a 2-car garage (400 sq. ft) and is frequently full, so group size must be limited to 5 people or fewer.
The museum is on the second floor with stair access only.
No restrooms are available.
Potential allergens: dust, fungus spores
There is a 6225 SE Alder Place in the adjoining town of Milwaukie, so if using a GPS be sure to specify Portland!
Photography is encouraged! For samples of photography by visitors to the museum, see here
The museum shop features postcards, books from the Zymoglyphic Museum Press, and prints from the series Views of the Zymoglyphic Region.
The reference library is a small but carefully curated collection, with a focus on museums, curiosity cabinets, surrealism and other topics that resonate with the museum's themes.Outreach
Now in its fifth year, the museum's residency program provides artists with an opportunity to interact in depth with the museum's themes and have work included in a gallery show.
We are piloting a new internship program geared toward supporting research by students and scholars
Social media presence is sparse but it exists: Instagram, Facebook, and Bluesky
Contact the museum curator at zymoglyphic@gmail.com to be put on the mailing list for any updates.
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- Frequently asked questions
- "What does 'zymoglyphic' mean?" and other mysteries explained
- Museum as muse
- Archive of works inspired by the museum and its collections, including Photographs by museum visitors
- Events
- Events at the museum and on the road
- Press, Reviews, & Interviews
- Reactions to the museum from visitors both physical and virtual
- Curator's corner
- "How the museum came to be" and some semblance of an artist's statement and a resume
Disclaimers and legal amusements
- This site and all photographs copyright 2000-2025 by Jim Stewart, except as otherwise credited
- Some portions may or may not be works of fiction and should not be used for factual reference without independent research
- Any exposure or depiction of human genitalia, pudenda, or secondary sexual characteristics is for educational, artistic, or entertainment purposes only, with no prurient intent, expressed or implied. While such depictions do exist on this web site, viewers are further cautioned that they are rare and may be difficult to find.
- No animals were harmed or killed in the making of the exhibits except for some ants and some pesky little beetles that were caught trying to dismantle portions of the exhibits they deemed edible.
- The term "Zymoglyphic" is a trademark of The Zymoglyphic Museum, its subsidiaries, heirs, and assigns, and may only be used when referring to the Museum or to the Region it claims to represent. "zymoglyphic" (all lower case) may be used as an adjective to describe any person, place, thing, or idea related to the themes of the Museum, although Museum management claims final moral if not legal authority to determine what is and is not truly "zymoglyphic."
- This Web site does not use "cookies" or contain any tracking code