Welcome to the High Desert Museum

Masters of the Night:
The True Story of Bats

A new hands-on exhibit brings the mystery surrounding bats out of the dark. Click here to learn more.

Patterns from the Past: 19th Century American Quilts

Quilts from the Revolution to Civil War. Beautiful folk art, shown for the first time. Through August 5. Click here for more.

living history

Step into the past…What better way to learn about early settlers than by lending a hand on our 1880 High Desert Homestead Ranch. But don't stop there. Our express agent, homesteaders, traveling schoolmarm and other living history characters have stories too.