Event Type: Single Event

The images we see from the James Webb Space Telescope are more than just a picture. They are the result of billions of photons filtered, counted and interpreted by astronomers. How do astronomers know what they’re looking at when objects can be specks, or raw data are just lines, spikes and dots? Join Dr. Brandon (more…)

The Museum will be closed for staff development. We’ll reopen at 10:00 am on Friday, January 9! (more…)

Submissions open for 2026 Waterston Desert Writing Prize! The Museum begins accepting submissions for the 2026 Waterston Desert Writing Prize. This will be the 12th anniversary of the prize, which honors creative nonfiction that illustrates artistic excellence, sensitivity to place and desert literacy, with deserts as both subject and setting. The submission deadline is May (more…)

The Holiday Farm Fire along the Mackenzie River burned over 173,000 acres in 2020, one of the largest wildfires in Oregon history. Join photographer David Paul Bayles and disturbance ecologist Fred Swanson as they share the story of forest regeneration and fuel buildup in the face of climate uncertainty through scientific observations and fine art (more…)

Nominations close for the Schnitzer Prize of the West, which honors and celebrates uncommon collaboration and innovation in solving the legacy challenges of the American West. The Schnitzer Prize winner will receive a $50,000 cash prize at the inaugural Prize Ceremony held in Portland, Oregon, and Prize Reception in Bend, Oregon in the spring of (more…)

The Museum will be closed for the holiday. See you at 10:00 am on Friday, December 26! (more…)

How do you spell winter love? Snowology! Icy snowflakes on the tongue? Like totally. The soothing sound of snow falling? For suuure. The wahoo of an impromptu snow angel? Oh yeah. Wrap yourself in the colors of the season (think silver or white – pajamas, onesies, track suits, all are welcome!) as we savor the (more…)