A scavenger hunt within itself, the Historic Newport murals offer a glimpse into the historic, fantastic, and natural world of an active working waterfront. Mural paintings, created primarily by artist Rick Chambers, range in subject from depictions of Herman Melville’s Moby Dick, to a tribute to the United States Coast Guard, to several underwater scenes of the great whales that call the surrounding waters home.
Sharing space alongside one of Oregon’s largest commercial fishing fleet areas, these beautiful and evocative images provide a cultural perspective on Newport. Comprised of almost two dozen, semi-permanent art pieces, the murals enhance the industrial, retail, historic and commercial buildings that line SW Bay Boulevard from Hatfield Drive to the U.S. Coast Guard Station at Yaquina Bay. As several of the murals have already been removed, new murals are planned to take their place. To begin your cultural mural scavenger hunt, start by checking in at the www.newportoregon.gov website or the Newport Visitor Center. Good hunting!
