Who We Are / What We Do

Welcome to Portland's Hands-On Museum and Event Space, for the curious and creative of all ages! Located right off of Stark St. in South East Portland at The Luxury Bread Building, Experiment PDX is a space for arts, science, curiosity, and creation.

Experiment is by Portland for Portland, featuring all manner of nerdery. In addition to a hands-on museum of science and art - where kids, families and adults can play - we have classes, workshops and lectures by local artists, intellectuals, and culturalists. At 21+ events, drinks are available for purchase...because grown-ups like fun things too, right? We also host children's birthday parties, with science and/or art themes, and have event space for rent.

Create

Drop in and create something awesome-anytime! Visit our open crafting station and let your imagination go wild.

Learn

We have classes and events for kids and adults, so come in and explore new and magical worlds with us!

Socialize

Attend one of our awesome events (Drink + Draw, anyone?), meet new nerdy or artistic friends, or bring your buds in for an artsy-sciency group sesh.

Play

Drop in and play in our interactive science museum. From marble runs to lego robots to circuitry and mantises, there is fun for the whole family.

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On the Go Portland

Experiment is the brain, heart, and soul child of Mad Scientist-turned-Entreprenerd, Molly Radany, who has called Portland home since 2007.

A syntactical lover of semicolons and Oxford commas, Molly is a lifelong maker-artist, educator, and former research biologist, Molly’s passion is cultivating curiosity, creativity, and community (alliteration definitely intentional).

Meet the Team

Dedicated to teaching science and inspiring curiosity.

Instructor

Ricky

Born and raised in Cheyenne, WY, Ricky started college at the University of Arizona as an astrophysics major and then switched to acting (they both deal with stars!) In 2016, he formed Matheatre (eventually History Science Theatre), and now, Ricky says he has finally found his dream job–communicating science through theatre.

Since 2009, he has been a certified Teaching Artist and has taught preschoolers through adults in theatre and science. Scientifically, he is drawn toward astronomy and physics, although he has made shows about chemistry, math, electromagnetism, and more!

One of Ricky's favorite scientific loves is the Voyager mission. It really shaped our understanding of the solar system, turning points of light into worlds unimagined. (In fact, he has a tattoo of the Golden Record cover!)

Instructor

Frank

Frank is currently working for Amazon Robotics as a technical. He loves robotics and is eternally entertained by figuring out the science behind how robots work.

One area of science that fascinates Frank is that of robots. Robots are often more logical than human beings, processing their thoughts through algorithms, clauses, and machinery (think computers!).