High Desert Museum
59800 South Hwy 97, Bend, OR, United States
Timber Culture is a traveling exhibition curated by the Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center. It tells the story of Maxville—a segregated logging town that boomed in Oregon’s Wallowa County during the 1920s and 1930s. The exhibition’s historical images document the lives of the town’s 400 residents and explore stories of race, labor and leisure. Both candid […]
High Desert Museum
59800 South Hwy 97, Bend, OR, United States
The Museum begins accepting submissions for the 2024 Waterston Desert Writing Prize. This will be the 10th anniversary of the prize, which honors creative nonfiction that illustrates artistic excellence, sensitivity to place and desert literacy, with deserts as both subject and setting. The submission deadline is May 1.
High Desert Museum
59800 South Hwy 97, Bend, OR, United States
This is your ticket to get everyone out of the house in their pajamas! Did someone say family portraits in pajamas at the Museum, with story time readings for the kiddos? We’re in! And the sugar cookies have got to go…
High Desert Museum
59800 South Hwy 97, Bend, OR, United States
Bring the family to explore our two newest exhibits, Endangered in the High Desert and Andy Warhol’s Endangered Species. The exhibit themed scavenger hunt that ends with an art project is sure to be a crowd pleaser for animal lovers of all ages. And, there are sugar cookies to decorate!
High Desert Museum
59800 South Hwy 97, Bend, OR, United States
We’re staying open late with free admission for college students with their ID! Everyone is invited to come dressed in their best and brightest vintage snow-wear for zippy games of Bingo – something we like to call RetroTangoBingo.
High Desert Museum
59800 South Hwy 97, Bend, OR, United States
The Endangered Species series, created by Warhol in 1983, features 10 works, each a testament to Warhol’s unique style and vision. The 900-square-foot gallery will convey the dynamic, ongoing efforts to preserve the highlighted endangered species and highlight the use of art to build a connection to issues such as species conservation.
High Desert Museum
59800 South Hwy 97, Bend, OR, United States
Intrepid trivia lovers of Bend, unite! Come match wits with our resident brainiacs in a Museum version of speed trivia. Untold prestige and a few prizes await. Did we mention that the sugar cookies won’t decorate themselves?
High Desert Museum
59800 South Hwy 97, Bend, OR, United States
Bring the whole family to experience the world of wolves through dynamic and interactive stations with National Geographic Photographer Ronan Donovan. Learn about wolf family dynamics, unique adaptations, how to howl like a wolf and more!
High Desert Museum
59800 South Hwy 97, Bend, OR, United States
Join the Museum in welcoming National Geographic Photographer and Explorer Ronan Donovan to celebrate the opening of the exhibition Wolves: Photography by Ronan Donovan. Donovan will share images he captured while studying wolves in Yellowstone National Park and Ellesmere Island in the Arctic Circle. A public reception in the Museum’s Rimrock Café will precede his […]