| Museums
Palm Springs Air Museum See vintage World World II combat aircraft. A must see for the history buff!
Open daily year-round. 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Summer hours; 8 a.m .- 3 p.m. through September 30. Group tours. 745 North Gene Autry Trail, 760-778-6262.
Palm Springs Desert Museum Promoting the understanding of art and the performing arts through education.
Open Tuesday - Sunday, year round except major holidays. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Community Day first Friday of the month.
101 Museum Dr. 760-325-7186, Recorded info 760-325-0189
Village Green Heritage Center Contains historical tributes to desert pioneers.
Labor Day to Memorial Day; open 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Wednesday - Saturday, 12 - 4 p.m. Sunday
Memorial Day to Labor Day; open 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Friday & Saturday, 12 - 4 p.m. Sunday
219-223 S. Palm Canyon Drive. 760-323-0151
McCallum Adobe Built in 1885 from native soil. Houses the collection of the Palm Springs Historical Society.
Open Wednesday noon - 3 p.m., Tuesday - Friday & Saturday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Closed end of May to Mid October.
760-323-8297
Miss Cornelia White's House Constructed in 1893 from railroad ties.
Open Wednesday noon - 3 p.m., Tuesday, Friday & Saturday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Closed end of May to Mid October.
760-323-8297
Ruddy's General Store Museum A replica of a 1930-1940's general store.
Open Thursdays - Sunday October - June, Saturday & Sunday July - September.
760-327-2156
Cabot's Old Indian Pueblo Museum Hopi-style building built by Cabot Yerxa over two decades.
Open Saturday & Sunday 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
67-616 E. Desert View Avenue, Desert Hot Springs
760-329-7610
Children's Discovery Museum of the Desert An educational hands on museum.
Tours and museum store.
Open Tuesday - Saturday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Sunday noon - 5 p.m.
71-701 Gerald Ford Drive, Rancho Mirage
760-321-0602
Coachella Valley Museum & Cultural Center A collection of historical artifacts in adobe home built in 1926.
Open Wednesday - Sunday September - June
Call for hours 760-342-6651
82-616 Miles Ave, Indio
La Quinta Historical Society Museum September - June 15 open Wednesday - Saturday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Sunday 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
77-885 Montezuma, La Quinta
760-564-1283
Malki Museum Open Monday - Sunday.
11-795 Fields Road, Banning
909-849-7289
Palm Desert Historical Society Museum Housed in Palm Desert's first fire station(built in 1949), features a fire engine from the early 1970's, pictorial display and historical video.
Open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, closed July & August
72-861 El Paseo, Palm Desert
760-346-6588
General Patton Memorial Museum Features memorabilia of World War II training ground.
Open daily year round, 9:30 a.,. - 4:30 p.m.
Thirty miles east of Indio, take I-10 east to Chiriaco exit.
760-227-3483
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Gardens
Moorten Botanical Gardens
Open 9 a.m. - 4:40 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday,
10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Sunday.
1701 S. Palm Canyon Drive
Palm Springs 760-327-6555
Palapas of Araby Cove
Demonstrations, workshops and tours.
Open daily 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
3255 East Palm Canyon Drive
Palm Springs 760-416-1818
Aerie Art Garden
By appointment only
November - May
71-225 Aerie Dr.
Palm Desert 760-568-6366
Date Gardens
Oasis Date Gardens Open 9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m., Monday - Sunday
59-111 Hyw. 111
Thermal 760-399-5665
Shields Date Gardens Open 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., Monday - Sunday
80-225 Hwy. 111, Indio
760-347-0996
Indio Orchard 80-521 Hwy 111
Indio 760-347-7534
Palapas of Araby Cove
demonstrations, workshops and tours.
Open daily 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
3255 East Palm Canyon Drive
Palm Springs 760-416-1818
Aerie Art Garden
By appointment only
November - May
71-225 Aerie Dr.
Palm Desert 760-568-6366
Date Gardens
Oasis Date Gardens Open 9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m., Monday - Sunday
59-111 Hyw. 111
Thermal
760-399-5665
Shields Date Gardens Open 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., Monday - Sunday
80-225 Hwy. 111, Indio
760-347-0996
Indio Orchard 80-521 Hwy 111
Indio 760-347-7534 |
