Event Type: Single Event

  Join our month-long weekly writing group! In each of four sessions, Donald M. Kerr Curator of Natural History, Louise Shirley will share some inspiration from the unique High Desert region. You will then have quiet time to respond to short writing prompts. Anyone who would like to share their words with the group will (more…)

  Registration for this event is closed. If you are registered, you will receive an email including Zoom instructions by Friday, May 8 at 4:00 pm. Please make sure you check your junk/spam folder if you do not see the email.   Join us for a new series highlighting local artists as they explore space–studio (more…)

  Registration for this event is closed. If you registered, you will receive an email with Zoom access and instructions by Wednesday, May 6 at 10:00 am. (If you do not see it, please be sure to check your junk/spam folders.) It’s been awfully quiet at the Miller Ranch lately. Join us as we pay (more…)

Through this Deschutes Public Library program, our curators share their experience creating the immersive art exhibition Infinite Moment: Burning Man on the Horizon. Co-curators Laura Ferguson and Dustin Cockerham will share about the creation of Infinite Moment: Burning Man on the Horizon, an exhibition about the art and culture of Burning Man at the High (more…)

  Registration for this event is closed. If you registered, you will receive an email including the Zoom instructions and password by 4:00 pm on Tuesday, May 12.    Over 10 years ago, Matika Wilbur began to develop a body of imagery and cultural representations of Native peoples. Her goal is to counteract one-dimensional stereotypes (more…)

Debuts Monday, April 27 Have you ever wondered how a fur trader’s wife spends her days in 1822? What about the difference between a vaquero and a cowboy? Now is your chance to listen to their stories and hear about their experiences in Virtual Oregon Encounters. Move through the chapters of Oregon’s history through video (more…)

Debuts Saturday, April 25 Explore Oregon history from home! Learn about one of Oregon’s earliest African American settlers, Letitia Carson, in a short video, and then dig into educator resources online, which offer suggestions for discussing this video with students or diving deeper at home. Appropriate for all ages. Find this link on our High (more…)

We’d like to learn more about how the COVID-19 pandemic is shaping your life. What is your day-to-day life like during COVID-19? How has your life changed? What are your biggest concerns and fears right now? What unique opportunities have emerged during this time? What do you think will be the long-term effects of this (more…)

  Have you heard the songbirds as they return to our neighborhoods? Are you a High Desert Museum Member? Join us for our first Members-only event – Virtual Workshop: Building a Birdhouse! Learn about native backyard birds and how you can encourage them to nest on your property. If you are a Museum Member and (more…)

“Wolves of the West” on Monday, March 16 has been canceled. In this instance, we are offering refunds to those who request them. Please send your refund request, along with the email used to RSVP, to info@highdesertmuseum.org. Learn about one of North America’s most fascinating predators with Dick Thiel of the International Wolf Center in (more…)