Event Type: Single Event

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…)

Join us for a celebration for the Waterston Desert Writing Prize winner, Heather Quinn! Hear from the winner and the 2025 keynote speaker, award-winning author Dan Flores. Flores focuses on nature writing and the biographies of animals. His most recent work was 2023 Rachel Carson Book Prize winner Wild New World: The Epic Story of (more…)