U.S. News Insider Tip: The summer outdoor flight show, Raptors of the Desert Sky, is extremely popular, costs $5 extra and sells out fast, so reserve your ticket early. Wildlife specialists work with ...

A long-standing museum in Oregon is growing, along with its visitors. It's one of the best things to do in Bend and a great ...

BEND, Ore. — The High Desert Museum has welcomed an expert engineer, a keystone ecosystem species, and the largest rodent in North America to its grounds: a busy baby beaver! The baby beaver, called a ...

Visitors are invited to celebrate sundown and venture into the night on Wednesday at the High Desert Museum’s “Welcome the Night” event to learn how a dark sky without artificial light pollution ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded two exceedingly competitive grants to Bend's High Desert Museum totaling $240,337, the federal agency announced Tuesday. Both ...

This winter, the High Desert Museum is inviting visitors to explore the region’s history and art with a mix of new exhibitions and a free admission day. The museum’s latest exhibition, “Frank S.

In October 2022, a nameless male bobcat kitten came to the High Desert Museum after being separated from his mother in the Portland area. He weighed less than 3 pounds. Now a full-grown cat weighing ...

Timber the bobcat at Bend, Ore.'s High Desert Museum in June 2023. Courtesy of Abbott Schindler / High Desert Museum A bobcat who arrived at the High Desert Museum in Bend, Oregon, as a small kitten ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The High Desert Museum recently welcomed a new animal which happens to give Oregon its state nickname. A baby beaver, called a kit, who was found alone in a John Day parking ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- The High Desert Museum announced Wednesday a new honor, the first of its kind in the region, called the Schnitzer Prize of the West, that will award $50,000 annually to an ...

When a baby beaver showed up in the drive-thru lane of an Eastern Oregon coffee shop early one morning in May, no one knew what to do. “Holy crap, it’s a beaver,” Café Manager Jamie Rigel remembered ...

59800 S Highway 97, Bend, 541-382-4754, highdesertmuseum.org. 9 am–5 pm daily during summer. $20, children $12, 2 and under free. It’s my favorite place in Oregon (indoor division), and justifies a ...