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Wilsonville, Oregon: MegaScope

23-foot-high microscope made of steel stands outside of the Oregon Department of Agriculture's entomology department. A nine-foot-long Megarhyssa wasp is perched on its eyepiece. Unveiled Nov. 2024.

Address:
26755 SW 95th Ave., Wilsonville, OR
Directions:
I-5 exit 286. Turn west onto SW Elligsen Rd, then make a quick left at the stoplight onto SW 95th Ave. Drive one mile. You'll see MegaScope on the right, at the corner of SW 95th Ave. and Southwest Freeman Drive.
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MegaScope

Wilsonville's giant microscope is a great photo opportunity.

[Trent, 07/01/2025]

You be the microbe.


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