Event Type: Single Event

Registration for this program is closed. If you have questions, please contact High Desert Museum Director of Programs Christina Cid, Ph.D., at ccid@highdesertmuseum.org. Are you a middle or high school teen or educator wondering how you or your students can create a more equitable nation? Then join teens from around Central Oregon for a virtual (more…)

Registration for this program is closed. Meet the award-winning artists from the 2020 Art in the West exhibition—Millie Whipplesmith Plank, winner of the Jury’s Choice Award, and Kathleen Frank, winner of the Curator’s Choice Award. Hear more about their work, where they find inspiration and why they are excited to part of the Museum’s Art in the (more…)

Registration is closed for this event. Katie Hazard, Burning Man Project’s associate director of Burning Man arts, will share what makes the art and culture of the event so unique. She’ll also reflect on this year’s transition to virtual and how that shaped the event. FREE but registration is required. This is a virtual event (more…)

A Smithsonian Affiliations Virtual Scholar Talk 18 Smithsonian Affiliates, in collaboration with researchers from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, present this special online program. This will feature a presentation from researchers in the Global Health Program and will include the opportunity for audience participants to submit questions in the chat. Our current global health crisis has (more…)

Registration for this event is closed. The ease with which we can access and enjoy the outdoors is influenced by many social, cultural, economic and physical factors. Join Zavier Borja, Latino outdoor engagement coordinator for the Children’s Forest of Central Oregon, and Kadee Mardula, operations director for Oregon Adaptive Sports, for a thoughtful discussion of (more…)

    Discover what harvest season is all about! Join the Miller family as they prepare for winter. Watch them crank, churn and pickle their goods. Smell the sweet fragrances of fresh-baked items and dig up the garden’s yield! FREE with Museum admission. Museum admission tickets for this special day will be available for purchase (more…)

Don’t miss your last chance to bid on artwork in the annual juried exhibition, Art in the West! Click here to bid on your favorite. Made possible by (more…)

Don’t miss your last chance for Desert Dwellers, Raptors of the Desert Sky and other summer programs! (more…)

Registration is closed for this program.   Daredevils take risks that for most of us are unimaginable. Our newest exhibition highlights why the High Desert has been the site of many death-defying feats and explores the meaning risk-taking plays in our lives. Join co-curators Dustin Cockerham and Laura Ferguson as they reflect on the exhibit’s (more…)

Human success has come at the expense of many nonhuman species. Due to human actions, the extinction rate is higher than the natural “background” rate. Some native species, such as the Oregon spotted frog, are threatened. How do we feel about the permanent loss of species–and how should we care for those that remain? Join (more…)