Museum Hours 10am to 4pm - Tuesday through Saturday FEATURED EXHIBIT
Southern California Bird Singers perform traditional songs of the Desert Cahuilla people. Meet artist David Salk and Coachella Valley resident Dennis Wharton James, descendant of George Wharton James. This exhibit presented by the La Quinta Arts Foundation and the La Quinta Historical Society. CURRENT EXHIBITS
Opening REception
Date:
<!--StartFragment -->November 6, 2009
Time:
5-7pm
Events
Lecture and Native American Basketry Demonstration by Alice Kotzen, noted artist and author. Limited to 30, reservations required.
Date:
November 7, 2009
Time:
10am - Noon
"Muskat's People: The Story of the Cahuilla" by Ginger Ridgway, Curator and Director of Programs for the Agua Caliente Cultural Museum.
Date:
November 12, 2009
Time:
5-6pm
"Literary Bounty in an Arid Land; the weave of Coachella Valley geography, Cahuilla culture, and desert art in the writings of George Wharton James." Lecture and discussion by Ruth M. Nolan, M.A. Associate Professor of English, College of the Desert.
Date:
November 19, 2009
Time:
5-6pm
"A Taste of the Desert" by Tracy Albrecht, Interpretive Specialist, Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument.
Date:
December 3, 2009
Time:
10:30am - Noon
Riding the Rails offers a glimpse into the past through artifacts from the era of railway travel. Items on display include Southern Pacific china from the 1930's, railroad signal lanterns, and other train paraphernalia. Also on display will be a 48 sq.ft. model railroad layout featuring a steam engine that puffs smoke as it travels around the track.
Exhibition
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