Press Releases 2020

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2020 Press Releases

  • December 14, 2020 – High Desert Museum’s Waterston Desert Writing Prize Kicks Off Student Competition – More 
  • December 7, 2020 – High Desert Museum Reopens Outdoors – More
  • October 26, 2020 – “Dam It! Beavers and Us” Explores the Past and Present of Iconic American Mammal – More
  • October 6, 2020 – Explore the World of John James Audubon in New Exhibit “The Image Hunter” – More
  • September 30, 2020 – High Desert Museum and Deschutes Public Library receive federal grant to enhance programs – More
  • September 25, 2020 – High Desert Museum Joins Smithsonian’s National Youth Summit on Teen Resistance to Systemic Racism – More 
  • August 31, 2020 – Museum Exhibit Celebrates Daredevils that Brought Spectacle to the High Desert Landscape – More
  • August 26, 2020 – Sixth Annual Waterston Desert Writing Prize Awards Ceremony and Announcement of Adoption of Prize by the High Desert Museum – More
  • August 19, 2020 – Auction Items Now Online for High Desert Museum Annual Fundraiser, High Desert Rendezvous – More
  • July 6, 2020 – Annual “Art in the West” Exhibition and Silent Auction Features Renowned Artists from across the West- More
  • June 30, 2020 – High Desert Museum Annual Rendezvous Gala Takes Place in the Virtual World on August 29- More
  • June 26, 2020 – Gray fox becomes newest animal ambassador at Museum- More
  • June 10, 2020 – High Desert Museum to Reopen June 17- More
  • May 20, 2020 – High Desert Museum Offers Passes, Memberships to Support Front-line Workers- More
  • March 16, 2020 – High Desert Museum to Temporarily Close in Response to Coronavirus Pandemic- More
  • January 21, 2020 – High Desert Museum Exhibition Shares the Art and Culture of Burning Man- More