Hi-Desert Nature Museum
Yucca Valley, CA
Free (donations welcome)
By Simir Shah
★★★★★4.7(226 Google reviews)
What parents say
AI summary of 5 Google reviews — not a first-hand visit. How we write these
Small free museum with live animals and insects, minerals, local history and a children's area with interactive bits. Reviewers spend an hour or more and several treat it as a way to get out of the heat. Restrooms are clean. Reviewers rate it better for kids than the Joshua Tree visitor centre.
A small, kid-sized museum with a live mini-zoo of local desert critters like snakes and chuckwallas, plus rocks, fossils and hands-on exhibits. Free and rarely crowded — a perfect low-key stop when the afternoon heat drives you indoors, right next to Community Center Park.
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Everything on this weekend →57090 29 Palms Hwy, Yucca Valley, CA 92284, USA
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What visitors say
- Jason Lee★★★★★
Small but nice museum with a great atmosphere for a quick family stop. It has a few live animals, interesting minerals, and exhibits about Native American history. Worth a visit if you’re in the area!
3 months ago
- Becka L★★★★★
What a wonderful little museum in Yucca! I was pleased to find out that there is no admission fee and they only humbly ask for a donation if you choose to donate. There is a new exhibit on pioneer women, a small exhibit of live animals and insects, and a main room of minerals and animal displays. This is a great place to learn something new and escape the sweltering summer heat!
3 years ago
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