Visitors five years and older are invited to an educational presentation and tour of our facility and historical grounds. Tours will accommodate each group’s needs and we will work on this with you to determine the best fit for your goals and outcomes.
Tours of Oregon Humane Society Portland Campus include visiting the cattery, dog kennels, and small animal room. Visitors will learn about our 150+ year history and get a behind the scenes look at how we adopt more than 10,000 pets every year!
Depending on the surgery schedule, a tour may include viewing surgery in-progress at our Animal Medical Learning Center.
- Shelter tours and field trips are currently only available at the Portland location, located at 1067 NE Columbia Blvd. Portland, OR, 97211
- Tours are given between 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.
- Weekend tours are available, depending on staff availability and prior arrangement.
- Tour length is between 1 to 1.5 hours depending on the age of the group.
- Tours are for ages five and up.
Tours groups must be a minimum of 6 people, and a maximum of 25 people.
Go where the school bus can’t go!
We are happy to take students of all ages on a live virtual tour through the shelter, including cattery, the dog kennels, our small animal room, and past our veterinary surgery window in the Medical Center. We can even show some behind-the-scenes areas that can’t be accessed in person. Afterwards, we save time for your questions.
We welcome school classrooms, scouts, clubs, community organizations, senior centers and more to visit us. Each tour includes an overview of our lifesaving work and a guided tour of our shelter. Meet some of our adoptable dogs and cats!
