Event Type: Single Event

Join the Confluence Project for a talk with nationally recognized author Robin Wall Kimmerer, of Braiding Sweetgrass fame, on how themes from it can offer lessons on moving towards a more just and sustainable future. How can we apply the concepts of reciprocity and humility both socially and ecologically? How can we change the lens through (more…)

Get ready for Kids Camp Spring Break March 22-26, 2021!  Kids in kindergarten – 5th grade will explore art, cultures and science. Have the coffee brewing and be ready to get registered on November 30 at 6:00 am. Kids Camps fill up fast!         (more…)

The living history residents of the Miller Family Ranch will now be there on Wednesdays to offer engaging, safe activities! Dig potatoes in the garden, play hoops and graces and more. Harvest season is still on. Join the Millers! FREE with Museum admission. (more…)

The living history residents of the Miller Family Ranch will now be there on Wednesdays to offer engaging, safe activities! Dig potatoes in the garden, play hoops and graces and more. Harvest season is still on. Join the Millers! FREE with Museum admission. (more…)

Registration is closed for this virtual event.   Large, diverse natural areas such as the Marble Mountain Wilderness Area in California function to help populations persist during times of extreme change. Join Dr. Robert Fernau, research associate at the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of California, Davis to hear an inspiring 36-year case history of 70 butterfly species (more…)

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…)