Event Type: Single Event

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Museum & Me

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  •  05.08.25
     5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

A quieter time for children and adults who experience physical, intellectual and/or social disabilities to enjoy the High Desert Museum after hours. Explore the Museum’s newest exhibitions and revisit your favorites. Sensory packs are available to borrow with headphones, fidgets and more. 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm FREE for individuals, friends and family Online registration (more…)

Natural History Pub: How Sisters is Protecting Central Oregon’s Dark Skies

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  •  05.05.25
     7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

The High Desert boasts some of the darkest night skies in the continental United States. Increasing light pollution emanating from developed areas, however, threatens the health of both nocturnal wildlife and humans. One community is taking the lead in protecting Central Oregon’s dark skies: the City of Sisters. In the last year and a half, (more…)

Exhibition Opening: Kids Curate

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  •  05.03.25
     9:00 am - 5:00 pm

The 2025 Kids Curate exhibition at the Museum, curated by fourth graders from La Pine Elementary, focuses on the diverse perspectives of fire — as an agricultural tool to a community threat to a natural process. Artist Jake Kenobi visited La Pine Elementary to share his techniques with the students. He assisted students in creating “studio (more…)

Waterston Desert Writing Prize Submission Deadline

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  •  05.01.25
     11:45 pm

Calling all emerging, mid-career and established nonfiction writers! Don’t miss your opportunity to submit your writing to the 2025 Waterston Desert Writing Prize. The Prize honors creative nonfiction that illustrates artistic excellence, sensitivity to place and desert literacy, with the desert as both subject and setting. The Prize winner receives a $3,000 cash award and (more…)

Wildlife Conservation Photography

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  •  04.26.25
     10:00 am - 2:00 pm

Join our wildlife team to learn about and photograph the wildlife in our care. Opportunities for portrait-style and action photography with raptors and mammals. Participants are welcome to explore what to expect and techniques for success during an optional preliminary Zoom meeting on Friday, April 25 at 6:30 pm. 10:00 am – 2:00 pm Saturday, (more…)

Indigenous Speaker Series: Pathfinders Film Discussion

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  •  04.25.25
     6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

From advocacy to aviation and kayaking, Pathfinders is a short film that explores how Thyreicia Simtustus, Kahmussa Green and Kiahna Allen are finding their own paths in balancing Native and non-Native worlds. Join us for a discussion with the director LaRonn Katchia and the young leaders from the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs featured in (more…)

Renewable Energy Station

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  •  04.22.25
     9:00 am - 5:00 pm

What do wind, water, sun, and geothermal energy all have in common? They are each a source of renewable energy! Opening on Earth Day, this new digital interactive station teaches visitors about renewable energy technologies in the High Desert region. Wind turbines, dams, solar panels and geothermal facilities reduce the burning of fossil fuels. Still, (more…)

Playscape Party

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  •  04.19.25
     10:00 am - 12:00 pm

  It’s time for a playdate at our brand-new E. L. Wiegand Ponderosa Playscape! The new play area, made possible by the E. L. Wiegand Foundation and the Visit Bend Sustainability Fund, features jumbo-sized elements of the ponderosa pine lifecycle, from pine needle bundles to a critter-ladened giant pinecone. Celebrate this fun new addition to (more…)

Indigenous Speaker Series – Mino-Bimaadiziwin: The Good Life

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  •  04.17.25
     6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Award-winning author of Becoming Little Shell and Métis storyteller Chris La Tray will discuss Mino-bimaadiziwin — the Anishinaabe word for “the good life.” At its simplest, it is living a life in balance with the world around us. How do we achieve the “good” life? What are our responsibilities to our communities and our relatives (more…)

Senior Day

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  •  04.16.25
     9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Visitors 65 and older are invited to enjoy the Museum for FREE! The Museum will also be open to the general public.  9:00 am – 5:00 pm  FREE for seniors 65 and older. (more…)