Event Type: Single Event

Join The Writing Ranch and the High Desert Museum on a unique weekend nature writing intensive at the Lodge at Summer Lake. Daily generative workshops will be led by Oregon Poet Laureate Ellen Waterston and will be complemented by morning and evening field trips with naturalist experts including Curator of Wildlife Jon Nelson. Lodging, food (more…)

Join us as we celebrate the closing of the 2025 Art in the West exhibition! What can you expect at this creative gathering? Here’s a sneak peek! Seven participating artists demonstrating their techniques and crafts. Live music from acoustic artist Chris Jones and the old-time string band Danger Gently. A 20-Dollar Art Show art-making station, hosted by (more…)

Full steam ahead! See the 1904 Lazinka Sawmill in action and how lumber was processed on-the-go at the turn of the century. 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm FREE with Museum admission (more…)

The High Desert Museum’s signature fundraiser returns Saturday, August 23! Join us on Saturday, August 23, for the 36th High Desert Rendezvous — the High Desert Museum’s beloved annual fundraiser! As one of Central Oregon’s longest-standing fundraisers, Rendezvous is a testament to our community’s enduring support of the Museum’s mission to wildly excite and responsibly (more…)

Full steam ahead! See the 1904 Lazinka Sawmill in action and how lumber was processed on-the-go at the turn of the century. 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm FREE with Museum admission (more…)