In the depth of winter, a deep layer of snow quiets the High Desert's forests. But under the surface, a secret world comes to life. A new High Desert Museum exhibit dives into the snow, where voles, shrews, insects and porcupines build a matrix of tunnels to survive the winter and hide from the predators that lurk just above the surface. Under the Snow opens at the Museum on Saturday, December 17, 2022. The original exhibit explores the "subnivium" environment, what scientists call this seasonal habitat. In the subnivium, the temperature stays a toasty 32-degrees Fahrenheit, which protects plants and animals from the winter's frigid temperatures. "As snow blankets the Cascade Mountain Range, we all anticipate the season of snow play," said Museum Executive Director Dana Whitelaw, Ph.D. "Under the Snow reveals an entire world that thrives in the High Desert right under our feet." Using interactive graphics, visitors will meet the species that
Hidden world of deep snow explored in new High Desert Museum exhibit, Under the Snow
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Sisters-based Roundhouse Foundation s gift to fund art gallery, expanded capacity
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) The Sisters-based Roundhouse Foundation is awarding $6 million to the High Desert Museum, the largest single donation in the museum’s nearly 40-year history, the museum announced Thursday.
“The museum is coming up on our 40
th anniversary next year, and this gift is really ready to launch us for the next 40 years,” said Dana Whitelaw, Ph.D, the museum s executive director.
Officials said in the announcement that the gift will support the long-term vision for the future of the museum, which includes more capacity for educational programming, immersive experiences, and in collaboration with Tribal partners, an update of the Museum’s permanent exhibition on the past and present of the Indigenous people of the Columbia Plateau,