I came here while I was out Christmas shopping, and it is an awesome place to check out. I would say this place goes along with the theme of keeping Portland Weird. All sorts of items to buy from Taxidermy, skulls, gems, and other odd things

I can say that this is, unequivocally, my favorite place in Portland. It's so fascinating and weird and amazing. It feels like walking into a museum, but of weird and fun stuff that you don't find anywhere else. Want a crochet diagram of a dissected bat? Got it. Fossils of two-headed snakes? Got it. Taxidermy bugs of all sorts? You know it.The whole neighborhood is wonderful, with Flutter right across the street. Go and spend some time in the area, but make sure to budget plenty of time for Paxton Gate. We go on every trip to Portland.

This place was like a home away from home for me. Filled with taxidermy, bones and all sorts of other odds and ends (mostly odds). The staff was friendly and helpful and knew their stuff. Of course I would have liked to buy one of everything in the store but could only afford a couple of items. Great quality, classy and weird. Perfect.

I heard about this place on the “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” show and it definitely captured my interest. I’m so glad I had the chance to stop by and enjoy the overwhelming amount of things you can see, and purchase. The staff was wonderfully helpful and friendly.

Our nephew and wife introduced us to Paxton Gate on a previous visit and we HAD to go back. This is a very interesting shop that specializes in taxidermy but also has other biology books and workbooks as well as gems and mineral samples. We also noticed that they were selling eclipse glasses for the August 21 solar eclipse!