Welcome to the High Desert Museum

Spotted owl chicks

America's only northern spotted owls to have bred in captivity, Polka and Dot, have two newborn chicks! Get a bird's-eye view of this fascinating and important development.

Exhibits

Would you have made it as a fur trader? Would you have survived the hot and dusty Oregon Trail? What was it like to live as a Northern Paiute? Come and find out at our indoor and outdoor exhibits...

Chatted with a stagecoach driver lately?
What better way to learn about High Desert settlers. But don't stop there. Our buckaroo, homesteader, mustang handlers and other living history characters have stories too.