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Noah Purifoy Outdoor Desert Art Museum
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FreeFree (donations welcome)Museums & Learning · Indoor

Noah Purifoy Outdoor Desert Art Museum

Yucca Valley, CA

★★★★★4.6(1,084 Google reviews)

Spread over ten open-air acres just east in Joshua Tree, this free museum holds 100+ giant assemblage sculptures built from salvaged junk — kids love roaming the maze of strange, playful structures. Sign in at the welcome kiosk, wear closed shoes, and visit in the cool of morning; there's no shade and the ground is rough.

62975 Blair Ln, Joshua Tree, CA 92252, USA

Free (donations welcome)

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What visitors say

  • Leah★★★★★

    My husband and I were here for our honeymoon and had a great experience exploring the art, history, and gaining an appreciation for Noah’s artwork, it was a great pit stop to walk around and enjoy at our own pace.

    a month ago

  • Kierstynn May★★★★★

    Really intriguing desert art. Many gorgeous pieces that all have meaning behind them. Plenty of parking and a donation box with informational flyers inside.

    4 months ago

  • Alan Sherin★★★★★

    Put on your headphones and blast DARK SIDE OF THE MOON by Pink Floyd to accompany your journey along this amazing, innovative, creative, and bizarre universe of art. Now that you have a perfect soundtrack, you can take a close look at all of the works of art made from trash that was literally in the area and dragged and pushed to become these monuments to man’s wastefulness. Immediately on inspiring and shocking and make you think all at once. Your journey will take you to the end of the desert, but it is worth the trip and I mean it’s a trip . here’s a game for you count how many broken toilets were used in making this artwork.

    a year ago

  • Elten Friday★★★★★

    Beautiful and unique art park. Definitely worth taking a look around. We had a blast and the sculptures are amazing. I love that you can scan a QR code at the sculptures and see when they were first put up verses how they look after years in the dessert. Beautiful and educational.

    9 months ago

  • Robert Gailie★★★★★

    We were staying in Joshua tree and looking for something to do so we stopped at this art museum. It was started in the late 80s and the owner spent the rest of his life building this art. He passed away in the early 2000s and its pretty neat how long so much of these items have survived for the last 20 plus years in the desert. Very unique stuff and im not much of an art guy but still a pretty unique little place. It's not a bad spot to stop at and its unique.

    a year ago

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