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Portland's largest institution of higher education is Portland State University (founded in 1946). Other important colleges and universities in the city are Lewis and Clark College (1867, relocated to Portland in 1938), the University of Portland (1901), Reed College (1909), Concordia University (1905), Oregon Health Sciences University (1974), Warner Pacific College (1937), and the Pacific Northwest College of Art (1909). On the fringes of the metropolitan area are Linfield College (1849), in McMinnville; Pacific University (1849), in Forest Grove; and George Fox University (1891), in Newberg.
Important cultural institutions cluster around the South Park Blocks, a 25-block oasis of trees and grass through the heart of downtown Portland. They include the Portland Art Museum, with one of the Pacific Northwest's most extensive displays of American and European art, a world-class collection of Native American art, and Asian works. The Oregon History Center emphasizes the state's Native American peoples, early exploration, and pioneers. Also on the South Park Blocks is the Portland Center for the Performing Arts, home to the Oregon Symphony Orchestra, Portland Opera, and Oregon Ballet Theater. On the east bank of the Willamette River are the Oregon Convention Center and the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, which in addition to extensive interactive displays includes tours of the last nonnuclear submarine built for the United States Navy.
