The High Desert Museum sits on 135 acres (0.55 km²) of pine covered forest land in Central Oregon.
South of Bend on U.S. Route 97, the museum includes various indoor and outdoor exhibits, a library, a desertarium, and a cafe.
Portland's GHA Architects designed the original museum building.
That structure contains slate flooring and walls built from volcanic rocks.
The outdoor exhibits and various buildings are connected by a half-mile long paved path.

The entrance lobby is known as Schnitzer Hall.
 Visitors passing through the lobby can walk straight ahead into the Collins Gallery and museum gift shop or proceed to exhibits down corridors to the right or left.
 To the right of the main lobby is the Earle A. Chiles Center on the Spirit of the West and separate galleries for special traveling exhibits.
 To the left of the entrance is the Henry J. Casey Hall of Plateau Indians.
 The cafeteria is located beyond the Collins Gallery next to the gift shop.
 There is also a classroom located in this area of the building.
 Through the Collins Gallery to the left is an indoor desertarium with living desert animals on display.
 The exit at the far end of the desertarium leads to the Donald M Kerr Birds of Prey Center and the museum's outdoor exhibits.
The High Desert Museum sits on 135 acres (0.55 km²) of pine covered forest land in Central Oregon. South of Bend on U.S. Route 97, the museum includes various indoor and outdoor exhibits, a library, a desertarium, and a cafe. Portland's GHA Architects designed the original museum building. That structure contains slate flooring and walls built from volcanic rocks. The outdoor exhibits and various buildings are connected by a half-mile long paved path.
The entrance lobby is known as Schnitzer Hall.  Visitors passing through the lobby can walk straight ahead into the Collins Gallery and museum gift shop or proceed to exhibits down corridors to the right or left.  To the right of the main lobby is the Earle A. Chiles Center on the Spirit of the West and separate galleries for special traveling exhibits.  To the left of the entrance is the Henry J. Casey Hall of Plateau Indians.  The cafeteria is located beyond the Collins Gallery next to the gift shop.  There is also a classroom located in this area of the building.  Through the Collins Gallery to the left is an indoor desertarium with living desert animals on display.  The exit at the far end of the desertarium leads to the Donald M Kerr Birds of Prey Center and the museum's outdoor exhibits.
High Desert Museum