Stark's Vacuum Museum — Attraction in Portland

When traveling, my family likes to check out unusual museums and often finds a diamond in the rough. The Quilt Museum in Paducah, KY and the Banjo Museum in OKC are two stellar examples. We were hoping this would be, too.

Although they had some neat examples going back to the first consumer vacuums, it was a pretty small display. The highlight for me was that they had the EXACT canister vac from the 50s that my Grandmother had, so that brought back some memories. They also have all manner of high end new vacuum cleaners for sale, so if you're in the market for something like that, have at it.

All of that said, it was free and briefly interesting. So, if you're in the area, by all...

I'm giving it a 5 star because penalizing an establishment for a potentially lackluster "museum" isn't fair. It's more of a business play than anything else. If you're in the market for a vacuum come here and get a rep to teach you about what's needed to meet your needs.

Apparently a good vacuum starts around 400 dollars and one must avoid robot vacuums because they're not as great despite the lack of human...

This is a joke! And a bad one at that. It's nothing like a museum. It's just a bunch of old vacuums on a wall. The entire " museum" is 20 feet long and 8 feet high. I would recommend this if you have out of town relatives that you don't want...