The Architectural Heritage Center connects people and place, past and future.

The AHC educates and advocates for Portland’s historic built environment. Our programs—walking tours, exhibitions, digital projects, talks, and advocacy efforts–promote our built and cultural heritage as a vital element of livable, sustainable, communities.

The Architectural Heritage Center is owned and operated by the Bosco-Milligan Foundation.

Photos by Lincoln Barbour and Brian Johnson

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We are hiring!

The AHC is currently looking for an Operations Manager! If you have a passion for preserving our cities architecture and history and looking to apply your organization skills make sure to check out this job posting: Operations Manager Job Description

To apply email a cover letter and resume to info@visitahc.org.

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We work to make sure that historic architecture is part of our city’s future. We need your support to save and revitalize our city’s historic architecture and to discover and preserve the diverse history of this place!

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STORY MAP: JAPANTOWN

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FUN AND GAMES

TOURING THE CENTRAL EASTSIDE: a guide the neighborhood around the AHC

WALKING TOURS: Explore Portland neighborhoods on foot.

RESOURCE GUIDE: Find local resources for renovating vintage homes and spaces.

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We honor the tribes whose longhouses were in what is now Portland: the Chinook bands of Multnomah, Clackamas, and the Cascade/Watlala and the Kalapuya band of Tualatin. We also honor the nearby tribes who traded here–in the Willamette Valley: the Kalapuya, the Molalla, and the Chinook-speaking Clowwewalla/Tumwater; and many tribes along the Columbia River including: the Cowlitz, and the Chinook bands of the Wasco, Chinook, and the Kathlamet.