Event Type: Single Event

  The High Desert’s former lakebeds, salt flats and canyons have made it an ideal place for daredevils and risk-takers. Daredevils looks at the people who have tested the limits, from Evel Knievel to Kitty O’Neil, attempting death-defying feats such as jumping a canyon or going faster than anyone thought possible. FREE with Museum admission! Museum (more…)

Registration for this event is closed. John James Audubon was one of the first people to tag birds with the intent of tracking their annual cycles. How has this study evolved? What tools and technologies do scientists use today to understand bird migration? Join us to hear from Dr. Autumn-Lynn Harrison, program manager of the (more…)

Registration for this event is closed. Join pollination ecologist Sarah Gardner of Beecology Consulting, LLC to learn about her research on the native bees in Northeastern Oregon that pollinate First Foods (culturally significant plants) for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla. FREE but registration is required. This is a virtual event and an email with (more…)

Calling all ghouls and goblins! Celebrate Halloween at the Museum. Hear tales that make you tremble. Uncover myths about not-so wicked wildlife. Visit the Miller family and explore their favorite spooky traditions from the early 20th century. Costumes encouraged. 10:00 am — 1:00 pm Free with admission In partnership with   (more…)

Registration for this program is closed. Stewart Harvey, author of Playa Fire: Spirit and Soul at Burning Man, will present images from his 30 years of photographing Burning Man. He will discuss the origins and evolution of the event, as well as the impact Burning Man artists are having on global art, culture and community. 6:00 (more…)

Don’t miss your last chance to experience the exhibition Natural Wanderment: Stewardship. Sovereignty. Sacredness. Matika Wilbur (Swinomish and Tulalip), an artist and storyteller, has set out to “change the way we see Native America.” She is doing this through Project 562, an impressive undertaking to photograph the over 562 federally recognized tribes in the United (more…)

Registration for this event is closed. Join us virtually for the sixth annual awards ceremony of the Waterston Desert Writing Prize, honoring nonfiction book proposals that illustrate artistic excellence, sensitivity to place and desert literacy. Featured will be readings by two finalists, the winner of the inaugural student prize, and the 2020 overall winner. The evening will (more…)

  Our popular outdoor flight program Raptors of the Desert Sky is back! The program runs Tuesday through Saturday. To ensure physical distancing, space is very limited! Tickets are first come, first served. We strongly recommend purchasing timed entry tickets for 9:00 am and securing your Raptors of the Desert Sky tickets when you arrive at Admissions. Click here to (more…)

  Our popular outdoor flight program Raptors of the Desert Sky is back! The program runs Tuesday through Saturday. To ensure physical distancing, space is very limited! Tickets are first come, first served. We strongly recommend purchasing timed entry tickets for 9:00 am and securing your Raptors of the Desert Sky tickets when you arrive at Admissions. Click here to (more…)