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High Desert Museum

High Desert Museum
59800 South Highway 97
Bend, OR 97702-7963
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“High Desert Museum” PlanetWare.com
“Short Trips: Lava Lands, falls make area a tourism natural” Seattle Post-Intelligencer
“Oregon's Newberry National Volcanic Monument” Traveling Today
“Oregon outback full of oddities” canoe.ca / Associated Press
“Central Oregon: The Region around Bend” Foster Travel Publications
TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.0 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #1 of 11 attractions in Bend
Traveler Description: A natural history museum on the plant and animal life native to Oregon.
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Attraction type: Museum, History museum
Activities: Viewing wildlife
Address: 59800 South Highway 97 Bend, OR 97702-7963
Tel: 541-382-4754
Fax: 541-382-5256

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( 1-4 of 4 )
“Great museum”
5 of 5 stars
travel1983
Fort Myers, Florida
Aug 26, 2008

This is a beautiful museum and plan on a couple of hours here. Their indoor and outdoor exhibits are great. They even have demonstrations outside of how a timber mill operates. The kids will love this place. They also have a great place for lunch and a very nice gift shop. more

“Interesting family fun”
5 of 5 stars
northwestfun
Nanaimo, Canada
Sep 2, 2005
2/2 found this review helpful

Our family of four (two girls ages 7 & 8) enjoyed the High Desert Museum mid-August 2005. We spent 4 hours, and saw pretty much everything. We could have slowed it down and stayed longer easily, but the girls feet were getting tired. The girls were most interested in the demonstrations that we saw, but were not bored at any... more

“Five Star Museum”
5 of 5 stars
A TripAdvisor Member
Los Gatos, CA
Jun 27, 2005
1/1 found this review helpful

This museum is one of the best. (I would rank it on a par with the Monterry Bay Aquarium, in terms of creative displays.) It is very thoughtfully done, in order to engage the visitor and provide context on what is being displayed. Both adults and young children should enjoy the museum. Be sure to allocate a minimum of 3... more

“Awesome”
5 of 5 stars
A TripAdvisor Member
Bend, Oregon
Jun 21, 2005
2/3 found this review helpful

My trp to the high desert museum was absolutly amazing the animals and exhibits were awesome they even have a cafe and gift shop. I would recomend a visit if you are ever in bend. Also during the summer they have a teen program that is absloutly great, they are great with kids. more

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59800 South Highway 97, Bend, OR 97702-7963
Tel: 541-382-4754 Fax: 541-382-5256