High Desert Museum
The High Desert Museum is a Bend, Oregon 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 1982, operating a 135-acre campus with 100,000+ sq ft of exhibits and 12 annual exhibitions serving families, schools, donors, and tourists across the 11-state High Desert region.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded1982
- HeadquartersBend, United States
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2C
- OfferingServices
What High Desert Museum does
The High Desert Museum is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit cultural institution founded by Donald M. Kerr in 1982 in Bend, Oregon. It operates a 135-acre campus with more than 100,000 square feet of indoor exhibit space, interpreting the 11-state High Desert region (from the eastern slope of the Cascades and Sierra to the Wyoming Basin and Colorado Plateau). The product surface combines two permanent indoor galleries (Spirit of the West and By Hand Through Memory), the Desertarium, three changing galleries hosting up to 12 new exhibitions per year, and outdoor interpretive exhibits including the Autzen Otter Exhibit, Donald M. Kerr Birds of Prey Center, a 1904 living-history High Desert Ranch, a 1933 U.S. Forest Service ranger station relocated from Nevada, the 2025 E. L. Wiegand Ponderosa Playscape, and care facilities for more than 100 non-releasable wildlife ambassadors. The Museum is a Smithsonian Affiliate, an American Alliance of Museums-accredited institution, an AZA institutional member, and a 2021 National Medal for Museum and Library Service recipient, recognized as the largest cultural institution in Oregon east of the Cascades. Underlying technology is operational and educational rather than proprietary: live animal-care facilities, a 1904 Lazinka steam-driven sawmill retrofitted to run on electricity, the Veevart online ticketing/donation/membership platform, Jotform registration forms, Blackbaud adoption portal, and ArcGIS StoryMaps for the virtual "Stories from the High Desert" tour.
The Museum serves a diversified audience spanning families with children (Backpack Explorers, Kids Camps, Ponderosa Playscape), K-8 schools and educators (NGSS-aligned Discovery Classes at $175 on-site / $150 off-site per class, the Free Field Trip Program, the Beneath the Surface Teacher Workshop), individual donors and patrons (Desert Sage Society giving circles from $1,000 to $25,000, Adopt an Animal tiers, Robert W. Chandler Legacy Society), corporate sponsors (15+ Presenting Sponsors including Avion Water, BASX Solutions, Deschutes Brewery, Brooks Resources, D.A. Davidson, Old Mill District, and ~10 Supporting Sponsors), wildlife and nature enthusiasts, art and culture audiences, Indigenous Plateau communities (notably co-curation with the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs and other Plateau nations), visitors with disabilities (Museum & Me after-hours program, sensory packs), homeschool groups, and the literary community (Waterston Desert Writing Prize, Lost in Place Nature Writing Intensive).
Revenue is generated through a hybrid nonprofit model spanning general admission and special-program ticketing (e.g., Raptors of the Desert Sky $8, Bat Walk $10, Welcome the Night $10), annual memberships with a $30 Smithsonian Affiliate reciprocal add-on, the five-tier Desert Sage Society patron circles, corporate memberships ($1,000/yr) and sponsorships ($2,500+), grants from over a dozen foundations (Ford Family Foundation, MillsDavis, Schwemm, Reser, Bloomfield, Robert Lehman, Storms, Gray, Pacific Power, Chambers, James and Shirley Rippey, Oregon Arts Commission, Oregon DEQ, St. Charles), direct donations, the three-tier Adopt an Animal program ($30-$175), on-site retail at Silver Sage Trading and Rimrock Café, traveling-exhibition licensing via Exhibits USA and Mid-America Arts Alliance, school and group program fees, and ticketed signature events (37th annual High Desert Rendezvous, Waterston Ceremony, Art in the West silent auction, Lost in Place Intensive at $1,200/person). Distribution is anchored on the year-round Bend campus with Veevart-powered self-serve online channels, Jotform registration, Smithsonian Affiliate reciprocal reach, and school outreach extending beyond the campus. The Museum does not disclose revenue figures and has no public developer API or disclosed AI/ML capability.
High Desert Museum firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- High Desert Museum
- Legal name
- The High Desert Museum
- Website
- https://highdesertmuseum.org
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 1982
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Short description
- The High Desert Museum is a Bend, Oregon 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 1982, operating a 135-acre campus with 100,000+ sq ft of exhibits and 12 annual exhibitions serving families, schools, donors, and tourists across the 11-state High Desert region.
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High Desert Museum industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Natural History and Cultural Museum
- NAICS
- Museums (712110), Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions (712), Nature Parks and Other Similar Institutions (71219)
- SIC
- Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900), Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Natural History Museums (THAJADAC)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Museums & Heritage Sites (History, Science, Specialty) (BPAGAHAA), Museum, Zoo & Attraction Gift Shops (CRALAJAG)
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Where High Desert Museum is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Bend
- HQ country
- United States
- HQ region
- North America
Offices1 record
Markets served
High Desert Museum business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2C
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others
Revenue model
- General Admission and Special Program Tickets: Daily admission at the gate and special ticketed programs (Raptors of the Desert Sky $8, Bat Walk Wednesday $10, Welcome the Night $10, Waterston Ceremony $10) sold through Museum box office and Veevart online ticketing; members receive 20% discounts on paid special programs.
- Membership and Donor Programs: Annual Museum memberships providing year-round free admission and discounts; Desert Sage Society patron circles ($1,000 Fellow's / $2,500 Curator's / $5,000 Steward's / $10,000 Director's Council / $25,000 Founder's Circle); Legacy Giving and Robert W. Chandler Legacy Society planned gifts.
- Corporate Sponsorship and Corporate Membership: Corporate Membership ($1,000/yr) and Sponsorship packages ($2,500+) including High Desert Rendezvous sponsorships, Presenting Sponsors, Supporting Sponsors, and Free Family Saturdays sponsor; transferable corporate passes issued.
- Grants and Foundation Funding: Grants from foundations including Ford Family Foundation, MillsDavis Foundation, Bloomfield Family Foundation, Reser Family Foundation, Robert Lehman Foundation, Storms Family Foundation, Schwemm Family Foundation, James and Shirley Rippey Family Foundation, Gray Family Foundation, Pacific Power Foundation, Chambers Family Foundation, St. Charles Health System, Oregon Arts Commission, Oregon DEQ, and others supporting Kids Curate, Free Field Trips, Education, and wildlife conservation.
- Adopt an Animal Program: Tiered symbolic adoption packages ($30 Keeper / $65 Companion / $175 Guardian) supporting wildlife care; funds defray the $1,700/year cost per eagle and up to $7,500/year cost per otter.
- Direct Donations: Online, mail-in, stock, ACH, sustaining monthly/quarterly, and Donor Advised Fund contributions; tax-deductible under 501(c)3 (Tax ID 51-0179336).
- Traveling Exhibitions Licensing: Lease of internally-curated exhibitions (e.g., Innovation Lab / Nature's Blueprint: Biomimicry in Art and Design through Exhibits USA and Mid-America Arts Alliance; Painting Oregon's Harvest by Kathy Deggendorfer) to other Western history museums and organizations with participation fees scaled to host budget.
- On-site Retail and Café: Silver Sage Trading Post (gift shop) and Rimrock Café on-site, including staff discounts and event concessions.
- Event and Program Revenue: Ticketed special events (High Desert Rendezvous fundraiser, Waterston Desert Writing Prize Ceremony, Art in the West silent auction, Lost in Place Nature Writing Intensive $1,200/person, Sawmill Demonstrations, Bat Walk, Welcome the Night).
- School and Group Program Fees: Discovery Class fees ($175 on-site / $150 off-site per class up to 30 students), self-guided field trips, and teacher professional development (Beneath the Surface: A Teacher's Guide to Groundwater).
- Smithsonian Affiliate Reciprocal Membership Add-on: $30 annual Smithsonian Affiliate add-on to a High Desert Museum membership, enabling reciprocal benefits at participating Smithsonian Affiliate museums.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Unit Pricing | Pay-as-you-go | Special program tickets (general public) |
| Unit Pricing | Pay-as-you-go | Bat Walk Wednesday evening program |
| Unit Pricing | Pay-as-you-go | Welcome the Night 2026 evening event |
| Unit Pricing | Pay-as-you-go | Waterston Desert Writing Prize Ceremony |
| Unit Pricing | Pay-as-you-go | Lost in Place Nature Writing Intensive |
| Unit Pricing | Pay-as-you-go | School Discovery Classes |
| Unit Pricing | Pay-as-you-go | Adopt an Animal symbolic adoption |
| Subscription | Annual | Corporate Membership and Sponsorship |
| Subscription | Annual | Desert Sage Society patron circles |
| Subscription | Annual | Smithsonian Affiliate reciprocal membership add-on |
| Other | Pay-as-you-go | Donations and Legacy Giving |
Go-to-market motion5 records
Distribution channels7 records
Marketing channels9 records
High Desert Museum product offering
Product offeringCore offering
The High Desert Museum is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit museum that operates a 135-acre campus in Bend, Oregon delivering indoor gallery exhibitions, outdoor wildlife and living-history exhibits, and daily animal-encounter programming that explores the art, culture, history, and natural world of the High Desert. It sells daily admissions, ticketed special programs (e.g., Raptors of the Desert Sky, Bat Walk, Welcome the Night), memberships and Desert Sage Society giving circles, school Discovery Classes, the Adopt an Animal conservation program, and signature fundraising events such as the High Desert Rendezvous and Waterston Desert Writing Prize. Revenue is supplemented by on-site retail (Silver Sage Trading), café operations (Rimrock Café), corporate sponsorships, foundation grants, and traveling-exhibition licensing to peer museums.
Product overview
The High Desert Museum operates a single integrated visitor experience built on a 135-acre campus in Bend, Oregon with more than 100,000 square feet of indoor exhibit space. Its offering combines two permanent indoor exhibit galleries (Spirit of the West and By Hand Through Memory) plus the Desertarium with a continuously rotating slate of up to 12 changing exhibitions per year (e.g., Under Pressure, Drawn West, Miguel Almeida, Art in the West 2026). This is layered with a daily programs slate (Raptors of the Desert Sky, Otter Encounter, Wolves in the West, Bird of Prey Encounter, Desert Dwellers, living history at the 1904 High Desert Ranch) and outdoor permanent exhibits including the Autzen Otter Exhibit, Donald M. Kerr Birds of Prey Center, High Desert Ranger Station, Changing Forest, and the E. L. Wiegand Ponderosa Playscape. Education products (Discovery Classes, Backpack Explorers, Kids Camps, the Beneath the Surface Teacher Workshop, and the Free Field Trip Program) and access programs (Museum & Me) extend the reach, while signature events (High Desert Rendezvous, Waterston Desert Writing Prize Ceremony, Lost in Place Nature Writing Intensive) and the Adopt an Animal / Membership / Desert Sage Society giving programs provide sustainable support. The Museum also runs the Mazama Newt Conservation Program and offers a Traveling Exhibitions lease program to peer institutions.
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- Rimrock Café: Museum's on-site café offering food and beverage service to visitors.
- Silver Sage Trading
- Desert Sage Society
Products and services
- Changing Exhibitions Program Rotating slate of up to 12 exhibitions per year across three changing galleries, connecting visitors to the art, history, culture, and natural history of the High Desert region. Includes recent and upcoming exhibitions such as Under Pressure, Miguel Almeida: Las Manos que dan de Comer, Drawn West, Kids Curate 2026, and Art in the West 2026.
- Permanent Indoor Exhibits Two permanent indoor exhibit galleries (Spirit of the West historical walk-through and By Hand Through Memory Indigenous Plateau exhibit, opened 1999) plus the Desertarium and Marie Watt's Blanket Stories sculpture, spanning the High Desert's natural and cultural history.
- Permanent Outdoor Exhibits Outdoor interpretive exhibits across the 135-acre campus, including the 1904 High Desert Ranch, Autzen Otter Exhibit, Donald M. Kerr Birds of Prey Center, 1933 High Desert Ranger Station, Changing Forest trail, and the E. L. Wiegand Ponderosa Playscape (opened 2025).
- Daily Programs and Live Animal Encounters Daily interactive experiences and animal encounters scheduled throughout the day, including Raptors of the Desert Sky, Otter Encounter, Wolves in the West, Horses on the Range, Desert Dwellers, Bird of Prey Encounter, Nature Walk, High Desert Ranger Station interpretation, and Sawmill Demonstrations. Summer programming runs May 23 through September 7.
- Discovery Class Education Program NGSS-aligned facilitated school programs for Kindergarten through 8th grade, offered on-site at the Museum ($175 per class, up to 30 students) or off-site at schools ($150 per class), covering animal adaptations, fossils, habitats, volcanoes, and groundwater in 30-45 minute sessions.
- Beneath the Surface Teacher Workshop Two-year STEM professional development program for upper elementary and middle school educators exploring groundwater, hydrology, and ecology. Includes a 3-day intensive workshop, up to $1,000 in stipends, fully funded buses and substitutes, and a $200 supply budget.
- Backpack Explorers and Kids Camps Pre-school programs for ages 3-5 with adult chaperones (Backpack Explorers) and spring, summer, and no-school day camps for elementary-aged students offering hands-on learning experiences.
- Free Field Trip Program Free and reduced-cost field trip program covering admission for students, chaperones, and teachers plus transportation costs when possible, for schools meeting Oregon Department of Education Community Eligibility Provision guidelines.
- Museum & Me Access Program After-hours program offering a quieter time for children and adults with physical, intellectual, or social disabilities to enjoy the Museum. Free for individuals, friends, and family, with sensory packs available.
- Adopt an Animal Program Symbolic animal adoption program with three tiers (Keeper $30, Companion $65, Guardian $175) supporting care for more than 100 animals including bald eagles, barn owls, bobcats, desert tortoises, falcons, great horned owls, river otters, porcupines, western rattlesnakes, and red-tailed hawks. Funds defray the $1,700/year per-eagle and up to $7,500/year per-otter care costs.
- Mazama Newt Conservation Program Conservation partnership with the National Park Service and Oregon Zoo to protect the genetically distinct Mazama newt, an apex Crater Lake predator threatened by invasive Signal crayfish. The Museum developed the first-ever aquaria care protocols for the species, with 19 newts under Museum care as of August 2024.
- Museum Membership and Desert Sage Society Giving Circles Annual memberships plus a leadership giving society with tiers Fellow's Circle ($1,000), Curator's Circle ($2,500), Steward's Circle ($5,000), Director's Council ($10,000), and Founder's Circle ($25,000), offering exhibition previews, curator-led tours, behind-the-scenes experiences, and travel programs.
- Corporate Membership and Sponsorship Program Corporate membership ($1,000/year, transferable pass plus store/café/event discounts) and sponsorship packages ($2,500+) including High Desert Rendezvous title, presenting, supporting, and Free Family Saturdays sponsorships.
- Legacy Giving (Robert W. Chandler Legacy Society) Planned giving program accepting bequests, retirement assets, life insurance, charitable trusts, charitable gift annuities, securities, real estate, and donor advised fund gifts, supporting the Museum's endowment and recognizing legacy donors through the Robert W. Chandler Legacy Society.
- Smithsonian Affiliate Reciprocal Membership Add-on $30 annual add-on to a High Desert Museum membership that provides reciprocal free admission and discounts at participating Smithsonian Affiliate museums nationwide plus a one-year Smithsonian Magazine subscription.
- High Desert Rendezvous Annual Fundraiser Annual signature fundraising event with dinner, art, wildlife encounters, live auction, and raffle; the 2026 event is the 37th annual and supports the Museum's educational programs and exhibitions.
- Waterston Desert Writing Prize Annual literary prize established in 2014, providing financial and other support to writers whose work reflects a connection to the desert, with an annual ceremony and the Lost in Place Nature Writing Intensive ($1,200 all-inclusive weekend, July 30-August 2, 2026).
- Traveling Exhibitions Licensing Program License of internally-curated traveling exhibitions such as Innovation Lab: Design Inspired by Nature (traveling as Nature's Blueprint via Exhibits USA and Mid-America Arts Alliance) and Painting Oregon's Harvest: The Art of Kathy Deggendorfer to peer museums, with participation fees scaled to host operating budget.
- Museum Collections and Object Donations Museum collection of more than 30,000 objects focused on art, history, and natural history related to the High Desert and the American West, including more than 1,000 art items and an original Smokey Bear costume. Accepts object donations on a limited basis and runs a Collecting the Now initiative documenting COVID-19 and social justice history.
- Silver Sage Trading and Rimrock Café On-site Retail and Dining On-site gift shop (Silver Sage Trading Post) and Rimrock Café providing food, beverage, and retail merchandise to Museum visitors, with staff discounts and event concessions.
Companies that use High Desert Museum
Customer profileSegments11 records
Ideal customer profiles5 records
High Desert Museum technology and API
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Integration4 records
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High Desert Museum partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
39 partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.
- National Park Service (Crater Lake National Park)flagshipCo-development partner in the Mazama newt conservation program. In August 2024, Park biologists snorkeled Crater Lake's shoreline with Museum and Oregon Zoo staff to collect 19 Mazama newts for a safeguard population at the Museum. Crater Lake aquatic ecologist Dave Hering is quoted on the crayfish predation threat and the imperative of establishing an off-site safeguard population.
- Oregon ZooflagshipCoordinates the Mazama newt conservation partnership; transferred newts to the Museum and is co-developing the species' first aquaria care protocols. Photos courtesy of Oregon Zoo used in the Museum's storytelling about the Signal crayfish invasive species threat.
- Confederated Tribes of Warm SpringsflagshipRecognized in the Museum's formal Land Acknowledgement as the Indigenous homeland on which the Museum sits. Co-curated the permanent By Hand Through Memory exhibition (originally co-curated with a member of the Yakama Nation in 1999) and continues as a primary partnership for Indigenous Plateau storytelling, the Indigenous Plateau Art Installation call for artists, and integration of Indigenous ways of knowing across the organization.
- Smithsonian Institution (Smithsonian Affiliates program)flagshipHigh Desert Museum is a Smithsonian Affiliate. Members can purchase a $30/year Smithsonian Affiliate add-on for reciprocal free admission and discounts at participating Affiliate museums and a one-year Smithsonian Magazine subscription.
- Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA)coreListed in the Museum's footer with AZA institutional status; supports standards-based wildlife care and conservation practice for the 100+ animals under Museum care.
- Exhibits USA / Mid-America Arts AlliancecoreTraveling exhibition partner: the Museum's Innovation Lab exhibition was picked up by Exhibits USA and the Mid-America Arts Alliance, traveling under the new title Nature's Blueprint: Biomimicry in Art and Design, making the exhibit available to peer institutions.
- Avion Water CompanyflagshipPresenting Sponsor of the corporate program.
- BASX SolutionsflagshipPresenting Sponsor of the corporate program.
- Bend MagazineflagshipPresenting Sponsor of the corporate program.
- Bigfoot BeveragesflagshipPresenting Sponsor of the corporate program.
- Brooks ResourcesflagshipPresenting Sponsor of the corporate program.
- Bend Radio GroupflagshipPresenting Sponsor of the corporate program.
- D.A. DavidsonflagshipPresenting Sponsor of the corporate program.
- Deschutes BreweryflagshipPresenting Sponsor of the corporate program.
- Redmond (flyrdm.com)flagshipPresenting Sponsor of the corporate program.
- G.R. Johnson LawflagshipPresenting Sponsor of the corporate program.
- Greg's GrillflagshipPresenting Sponsor of the corporate program.
- Old Mill DistrictflagshipPresenting Sponsor of the corporate program.
- RexiusflagshipPresenting Sponsor of the corporate program.
- 1859 Magazine (Statehood Media)flagshipPresenting Sponsor of the corporate program; also a Desert Sage Society Closing Party sponsor.
- SunWest BuildersflagshipPresenting Sponsor of the corporate program.
- Mid Oregon Credit UnioncoreSponsor of Free Family Saturdays.
- First Interstate BankflagshipMade the 2023 High Desert Rendezvous possible as a presenting sponsor.
- BontagelatocoreListed as a High Desert Rendezvous sponsor.
- Ferguson WellmancoreListed as a High Desert Rendezvous sponsor.
- Vista Capital PartnerscoreListed as a High Desert Rendezvous sponsor and as a "with thanks to" partner.
- Donner Flower ShopcoreListed as a High Desert Rendezvous sponsor.
- Campfire HotelcoreArt in the West Closing Party sponsor and Supporting Sponsor.
- Western Art CollectorcoreArt in the West Closing Party sponsor.
- American Art CollectorcoreArt in the West Closing Party sponsor.
- Willamette Valley VineyardscoreArt in the West Closing Party sponsor.
- High Desert FrameworkscoreArt in the West Closing Party sponsor.
- U.S. Forest ServicecoreCommunity Partner for the Welcome the Night 2026 event.
- Dark Sky OregoncoreCommunity Partner for the Welcome the Night 2026 event focused on dark sky conservation.
- Sunriver Nature Center & ObservatorycoreCommunity Partner for the Welcome the Night 2026 event.
- Bend Pollinator PathwaycoreCommunity Partner for the Welcome the Night 2026 event.
- Bend Astronomy ClubcoreCommunity Partner for the Welcome the Night 2026 event.
- The Writing RanchcoreCo-host of the annual Lost in Place Nature Writing Intensive with Oregon Poet Laureate Ellen Waterston at the Lodge at Summer Lake.
- Greenberg TraurigcoreListed as a "with thanks to" partner of the 2026 High Desert Rendezvous.
Scale indicators13 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights7 records
High Desert Museum competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum: The closest conceptual peer: a regional museum interpreting a specific desert ecosystem (Sonoran) that combines indoor galleries, outdoor animal exhibits, botanical gardens, and natural history programming on a single large campus. Operates on a similar zoo-museum hybrid model with comparable conservation, education, and visitor revenue mix.
- Oregon Zoo: Direct conservation and wildlife-care partner (jointly runs the Mazama newt program with High Desert Museum). Operates AZA-accredited wildlife care, conservation programming, and education in Oregon, sharing the same regional audience and overlapping donor pool.
- Museum of the Rockies: Regional natural history and cultural museum with paleontology, Native American collections, and changing exhibitions — a strong functional analog for the High Desert Museum's blend of natural history, Western art, and Indigenous programming in a similarly sized market.
- Booth Western Art Museum: Museum dedicated to Western American art, history, and culture with a significant permanent collection, traveling exhibitions, and signature fundraising events — a comparable model for the High Desert Museum's 'Art in the West' juried exhibition and silent auction.
Broad incumbents
- Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI): Oregon's flagship science and education museum with substantially larger scale. Comparable NGSS-aligned K-8 programming, traveling exhibitions, and donor/corporate sponsorship models, though focused on physical sciences rather than regional natural and cultural history.
- Denver Museum of Nature & Science: Larger-scale natural history and science museum with IMLS-aligned programming, traveling exhibitions, and large-scale donor/patron programs. Comparable in mission and revenue diversification but materially larger in scope and geographic reach.
- Heard Museum: Museum focused on Native American art and culture, particularly Southwestern Indigenous communities, with deep tribal partnerships. Analogous to the High Desert Museum's Indigenous Plateau co-curation model and Western art programming, though at a larger scale.
- National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum: Larger institution dedicated to Western heritage with a substantial collection, traveling exhibitions, and signature fundraising events — comparable in scope and audience to a regional Western history/culture museum.
Regional players
- Sunriver Nature Center & Observatory: Central Oregon nature institution that co-hosts Welcome the Night with the High Desert Museum. Comparable in regional conservation and education mission but smaller in scale and without equivalent Smithsonian affiliation or accreditation.
- Wildlife Safari: Oregon-based wildlife park with drive-through safari and conservation programming. Comparable in wildlife care mission and AZA involvement, but different delivery model (drive-through vs. walk-through museum) and no curatorial or cultural-history component.
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Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat6 records
Key risks5 records
Key highlights6 records
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Frequently asked questions about High Desert Museum
What does High Desert Museum do?
The High Desert Museum is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit museum that operates a 135-acre campus in Bend, Oregon delivering indoor gallery exhibitions, outdoor wildlife and living-history exhibits, and daily animal-encounter programming that explores the art, culture, history, and natural world of the High Desert. It sells daily admissions, ticketed special programs (e.g., Raptors of the Desert Sky, Bat Walk, Welcome the Night), memberships and Desert Sage Society giving circles, school Discovery Classes, the Adopt an Animal conservation program, and signature fundraising events such as the High Desert Rendezvous and Waterston Desert Writing Prize. Revenue is supplemented by on-site retail (Silver Sage Trading), café operations (Rimrock Café), corporate sponsorships, foundation grants, and traveling-exhibition licensing to peer museums.
Is High Desert Museum a public or private company?
High Desert Museum is a private company. It is classified as nonprofit foundation owned and is currently operating.
When was High Desert Museum founded?
High Desert Museum was founded in 1982. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is High Desert Museum based?
High Desert Museum is headquartered in Bend, United States, in the North America region.
How does High Desert Museum make money?
Eleven revenue lines are on record. General Admission and Special Program Tickets are the primary driver. The others are membership and Donor Programs, corporate Sponsorship and Corporate Membership, grants and Foundation Funding, adopt an Animal Program, direct Donations, traveling Exhibitions Licensing, on-site Retail and Café, event and Program Revenue, school and Group Program Fees and smithsonian Affiliate Reciprocal Membership Add-on.
Who are High Desert Museum's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Oregon Zoo, Museum of the Rockies and Booth Western Art Museum. Broad incumbents are Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI), Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Heard Museum and National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. Regional players are Sunriver Nature Center & Observatory and Wildlife Safari.
Does High Desert Museum have an API?
No public API is recorded for High Desert Museum.
What industry is High Desert Museum in?
High Desert Museum's product category is Natural History and Cultural Museum. Its primary akta.pro industry code is THAJADAC, Natural History Museums, with a secondary code of BPAGAHAA, Museums & Heritage Sites (History, Science, Specialty). Its NAICS code is 712110 and its SIC code is 7900.