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28Oct2023
Halloween Spooktacular
12:00 pm - 4:00 pm / Yucca Valley Community Center
What's On Display
Her Side of the Story: Tales of California Pioneer Women
Illuminating the hardships, joys, and lives of female pioneers in California, this traveling exhibit features 30 first-person accounts collected from women who traveled by land or sea to settle throughout California prior to January 1, 1854.
Her Side of the Story is on display August 18 through October 7, 2023.
Museum Spotlight Micro-Exhibit:
Mojave Desert Wildflowers through the eyes of Henry Mockel
From blooming yuccas to radiant desert sunflowers, wildflowers abound from March to June throughout the High Desert. Before you take that drive through those wildflower hot-spots this Spring, visit the Hi-Desert Nature Museum to view its Spotlight installment of “Mojave Desert Wildflowers.” The micro-exhibit features 25 color depictions of common Mojave wildflowers by renowned desert artist Henry B. Mockel and can serve as resource for identification along the way.
Mojave Desert Wildflowers will be on display all of Spring
Our Giant Rock: A Touchstone in the Mojave
Our Giant Rock: A Touchstone is an interactive touchscreen exhibit that encourages visitors to discover and explore the nuances that make Giant Rock a unique and cherished Morongo Basin landmark. Giant Rock is most notoriously known for the ‘giant’ personalities who lived near and even under it. However, it has also served as an intermediary for certain stories and events. The exhibit provides a series of interpretive narratives explaining these nuances while incorporating some never-before-seen images, documents, publications, and videos which help illustrate Giant Rock’s history.
This exhibit is made possible with support from California Humanities, a non-profit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
