Press Room

Thank you for your interest in the High Desert Museum. For press and media inquiries, please contact Heidi Hagemeier, director of communications, at 541-382-4754 ext. 166 or contact us.

2024 Press Releases 

  • November 18 – Days are shorter, and the air is colder … winter is coming! More
  • October 25 – New Exhibition Explores Regional History Through a Hardworking Fabric – More
  • September 19 – Bend’s Beloved 20-Dollar Art Show Returns to the High Desert Museum – More  
  • September 9 – High Desert Museum’s High Desert Rendezvous Sets New Fundraising Record – More 
  • September 5 – Rick Bartow: Animal Kinship Opens September 20 – More 
  • August 21 – High Desert Museum Launches Indigenous Speakers Series to Celebrate Native Cultures and Knowledge – More
  • July 25 – Leath Tonino Selected as the Winner of the 10th Annual Waterston Desert Writing Prize – More
  • June 26 – Annual Art in the West Exhibition and Auction Celebrates the High Desert Region through Spectacular Artwork – More
  • June 20 – Longstanding Central Oregon Fundraiser High Desert Rendezvous Returns August 24 – More 
  • May 30 – High Desert Museum Announces Innovative Forest at Night Experience Opening June 1 – More 
  • May 1 – Indigenous Artist Panel to Discuss Vibrant Traditions and Contemporary Expressions at the High Desert Museum – More
  • April 24 – Submission Deadline Approaches for the Waterston Desert Writing Prize – More
  • April 17 – New Exhibition Brings Works from Acclaimed Artists to the High Desert Museum – More
  • April 16 – Museum receives $500,000 National Endowment for the Humanities award – More
  • March 19 – Spring Break Brings Popular Wildlife Program and Warhol-Inspired Event with Local Artist – More
  • February 21 – High Desert Museum Now Accepting Submissions for the 2024 Waterston Desert Writing Prize – More
  • February 7 – High Desert Museum Opens New Exhibition Timber Culture – More
  • January 23 – Sensing Sasquatch Exhibition Opens March 2, 2024 – More
  • January 22-  Mid Oregon Credit Union Free Family Saturdays Return to the High Desert Museum – More
  • January 8-  High Desert Museum to Host 1920s-Era Prohibition Party – More