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When you look closely, the natural world is packed full of repeating patterns. Elements such as snowflakes and dew drops to clouds and basalt columns reveal reoccurring designs. In Oregon’s High Desert, these patterns are ubiquitous, but their causes are often unexplained or unexplored. Journey along with Dr. Rod Ray, former CEO of Bend Research, (more…)

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Big prints equal big fun! Select from a variety of locally crafted printing blocks to create large-scale works under the tutelage of local printmaking artists. This is your chance to engage in artmaking with a Warhol aesthetic and High Desert flare!   12:00 pm – 3:00 pm  FREE with Museum admission  Made possible by Jordan D. (more…)

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Raptors take flight overhead in this intimate, indoor demonstration. Experience these powerful predators like never before as our wildlife specialists showcase the birds’ agility and grace. This is a first come, first seat event with doors closing promptly on the hour. Tickets are $7 per person and can be bought at Museum admissions. 11:00 am (more…)

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Raptors take flight overhead in this intimate, indoor demonstration. Experience these powerful predators like never before as our wildlife specialists showcase the birds’ agility and grace. This is a first come, first seat event with doors closing promptly on the hour. Tickets are $7 per person and can be bought at Museum admissions. 11:00 am (more…)

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Silver Sage Trading Closed for Inventory (more…)

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Homeschool Day is your chance to experience a field trip at the High Desert Museum! Tour the museum, attend a Discovery Class (registration required), enjoy special educational programs and experience dynamic wildlife encounters. We will also have other special programs to make this the perfect day for homeschoolers to visit the Museum.  9:00 am – (more…)

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Members are invited to this event to celebrate the opening of the new exhibition, Sensing Sasquatch. The exhibit explores Sasquatch’s past, present and future in the High Desert region through the lens of five Native artists. Leave your pop-culture notions behind as you learn about this “non-human other.”  Doors open at 6:00 pm  Hors d’oeuvres, (more…)

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Welcoming Sensing Sasquatch What does Sasquatch — also known as Bigfoot — represent to you? The unknown? Adventure? Mystery? Opening Saturday, March 2, “Sensing Sasquatch” will explore the reclusive and elusive being’s past, present and future in the High Desert through an Indigenous lens. Works by five Indigenous artists will be on view, including: Phillip (more…)

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Summer Hours BEGIN! The Museum will now be open from 9:00am – 5:00pm! Admission: $20, Ages 65+ $17, College Students with I.D. $17, Ages 3-12 $12, Ages 2 and younger free  (more…)

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Photo courtesy of the United States Forest Service Natural History Pub: With Fire, Comes Smoke: Living in a Fire-Dependent Ecosystem  Fire plays an integral role in Central Oregon’s ecosystem. Some of the things we love most about our landscape, like towering Ponderosa pines, require frequent low-intensity fire to sustain. Fire practitioners implement prescribed burns in (more…)