General Meeting:
Wednesday, March 30, 7:00 pm
Dave LeCoq: Using Indian Tools
General Meeting:
Wednesday April 27 at 7 pm
Topic: The Personal Civil War--Making Names in History Come Alive
Board Meetings:
On the first Wednesday of every month at 5:30. The next meetings are April 6 May 4, June 1, and July 6. Everyone is welcome.
Shoshone Museum and Amargosa Conservancy:
Present Day Mining in the Kingston Mountains. Presented by Mark Miller and Walt Logan. Call 760-852-4414 for more information.
The Desert Discovery Center:
After School Youth Program is "Discovering the Mojave Desert". Free film night on the third Thursday of each month. Call 760-252-6060
45th Annual Museum BBQ:
Please save this date; Saturday May 14, 2011.
Our theme this year is "Survival in the Desert."
Talks and displays will feature a variety of common and uncommon facets of desert survival.
The day will be fun and entertaining and will include dinner, Opportunity Drawing, gold panning, blacksmith demonsttrations, carding and weaving demonstrations, and much more.
Archaeology 53B Field Trip
March 26 & April 9 & 10, 2011
This is a Barstow College field trip to the upper Mojave River, Horse Thief Canyon and the Cajon Pass: Orientation at the museum, March 26 from 7pm to 9:50pm. The class and field trip are on April 9 and 10 with an overnight in the Cajon Pass.Desert Symposium
Students will camp at Muscupiabit, an old Indian Village (or for sissies, a motel) in the Cajon Pass. Instructor is Clifford J. Walker and the class costs $26 for one unit or participants may audit the class for no credit.
For more information call the museum or Barstow College at 760-252-2411 or Cliff Walker at 760-5570
April 22 through April 25, 2011
Annual Desert Symposium at the Cal State Desert Studies Center at Zzyzx. This year's theme is "The Incredible Shrinking Mojave in the Pliocene." For more information call the museum or Cal State Fullerton at 657-278-2428.