Event Type: Single Event

What brims with adventure more than daydreams of winter in the West? Nothing puts a gleam in your eye and a smile on your face faster than chasing first tracks or abominable snow-people. What are you wearing in that moment? Your most adventurous sweater, of course. Prepare to traverse the Drawn West exhibition, make your (more…)

The wonder of winter always reveals itself in the footprints we make in the first snowfall of the season. What’s on your feet? Which socks help make the moment? Wear your coziest combo to explore the Soil Alive! exhibition, decorate cookies, scavenger hunt, listen to stories, enjoy dance parties and photo-boothing like a pro foot (more…)

A healthy garden begins with healthy soil. But what is the recipe for good soil? A mix of plants, animals, fungi, moisture and an understanding of your soil’s individual history are necessary to support a productive garden. Join Garrett L. Duyck, Basin Resource Conservationist for the Natural Resources Conservation Service, to learn about soil management (more…)

Shop with purpose and support the High Desert Museum on Museum Store Sunday!  The Silver Sage Trading Winter Sale’s final day includes some of your favorite Museum store items on sale. When you purchase a gift from the museum store, you help to sustain the museum’s service to the public. Remember, if your destination is Silver (more…)

Silver Sage Trading will be closed for inventory on Tuesday, September 16. We’ll be back in action on Wednesday, September 17 at 10:00 am. (more…)

The 20-Dollar Art Show Extravaganza tickets will go on sale on Wednesday, September 24 at 12:00 pm.  (more…)

Dr. Michelle Jacob (Yakama) emphasizes that understanding Indigenous history must go hand in hand with celebrating the vibrant contributions of Native peoples today. Rooted in Yakama traditions and the wisdom of Elders, her talk will highlight the resilience and brilliance of Indigenous communities while offering a message of hope, love, and collective strength to inspire (more…)

Nez Perce language expert, storyteller and educator Harry Slickpoo Jr. works to preserve, share, and promote Nez Perce lifeways. As the Collections Specialist for the Nez Perce Tribe Hitéemenwees Research Library, Slickpoo uses cultural items to support the continuation of living cultures and Native languages today. Learn more about Slickpoo’s work and the resilience of (more…)

Indigenous cultural institutions have been in existence for decades, and their progress reflects not only tribal cultural initiatives but national legislation as well. Join the Museum and Alyce Sadongei (Kiowa/Tohono O’odham), executive director of Mission Garden and previously the first Native American director of the Smithsonian Institution’s American Indian Museum Studies Program, as she charts (more…)