Event Type: Single Event

The High Desert Museum first opened its doors to the public in May 1982! Join in a celebration of four decades of wonder with festivities for all, including the exhibition opening of Lair: Light and the Art of Stephen Hendee. Our Rimrock Café will be open, and we’ll be joined by your favorite food and (more…)

From the hands and hearts of student artists, Kids Curate: The Power of Process brings the voices from the halls of Hugh Hartman Elementary School in Redmond to the walls of the Museum. The Kids Curate program, now in its 10th year, uses an interdisciplinary, art-centered approach to develop social-emotional skills, empathy, perspective and more. (more…)

Our weekend of celebrating the women buckaroos of Eastern Oregon continues. Lisa Robinson, an acclaimed farrier and hatmaker, will show off some of her custom-made cowboy hats, talk about her cowboying work and do some hat-steaming. Feel free to bring yours along for a free shaping. FREE with Museum admission Made possible by (more…)

  Visit the Museum on both Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon to meet with two of Eastern Oregon’s women buckaroos. Award-winning Western poet and storyteller Kathy Moss enthralls audiences with her tales of horse training, driving cattle and more. She’ll bring along her books and CDs to sell and to sign. $10, members receive 20% (more…)

  Villains, heroes and heroines! Melodramas were all the rage throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries. Join our living history traveling theater troupe at the Miller Ranch. Learn the basics of the 1900s melodrama and how to act like a villain and hero along with other famous characters! Each session is 15 minutes of (more…)

Don’t miss the final day of X-Ray Vision: Fish Inside Out! The Smithsonian’s National Collection of Fishes represents more than 70 percent of the world’s fish specimens and is the largest and most diverse collection of its kind in the world. Although the x-rays featured in the national collection were made for research purposes, the (more…)

  Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs traditional artists Roberta Kirk and Tashina Eastman will lead a three-hour beading workshop. These culture keepers will talk about and display traditional regalia and work with participants to create a beaded animal charm suitable for a backpack, keyring or purse. For ages 14+. Some experience with needlework and/or sewing (more…)

  Charros are the embodiment of a tradition that stretches back more than 500 years and helped unite the country in the years following the Mexican Revolution. Meet the real deal at the 1904 Miller Ranch! Antonio Huerta, a charro, will perform roping techniques and share the rich heritage of Mexican people with Museum visitors. (more…)

Photo by John Mikkelson. The High Desert boasts some of the darkest night skies in the United States. But increasing light pollution emanating from urban centers threatens the health of species that depend on the dark. Vanishing Night: Conserving Dark Skies in the High Desert illuminates the critical role of dark skies for High Desert (more…)

  Mark Nelson, Ph.D., was one of an eight-person “Biospherian” crew that sealed itself into the self-contained Biosphere 2, an eco-laboratory featured in the exhibit Imagine a World. Today, he is chairman of the Institute of Ecotechnics, head of Wastewater Gardens International and has worked for several decades in scientific fields such as bioregenerative space (more…)