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Palm Springs Art Museum
101 Museum Drive
Palm Springs, Califomia 92262
Phone: 760.325.7186

Oct-May: Tues, Wed, Fri, Sat & Sun 10am-5pm, Thurs 12pm-8pm / Closed Mon & Holidays
June-Sept: Wed, Fri, Sat & Sun 10am-5pm, Thurs 12pm-8pm / Closed Mon, Tues & Holidays
Admission: $12.50 adults, $10.50 seniors 62+, $5 youth 6-17 years, students and military w/ ID, Free to children under 6
Free admission every Thurs 4-8pm during downtown Villagefest. Free admission to AAM and WMA members w/ ID


The Coachella Valley's only major museum, the Palm Springs Art Museum features art, natural science and the performing arts. Set at the base of Mt. San Jacinto in the heart of downtown Palm Springs, the Museum's outstanding architecture is in harmony with its desert surroundings, offering spacious galleries, sculpture gardens, a lecture hall and the 433-seat Annenberg Theater.

Gallery Guide

Art Galleries

Ever-Changing Attractions

Hopi Kachina Doll
Photo: David Glomb

Spacious art wings provide provocative, special art exhibitions. Visitors can view prestigious traveling exhibitions and enjoy different presentations from the Museum's broad permanent collection. They can browse through galleries featuring 19th-century landscapes and classic western American art, then explore exhibitions of bold contemporary paintings and sculpture. A premier collection and a selection of miniature rooms intrigue visitors of all ages.

The vast permanent collection also emphasizes modern and contemporary art, with a particular focus on California. The collection is a continually growing resource of engrossing works that draw visitors again and again.

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Natural Science Galleries

To comprehend nature is to nourish the soul.

RattlesnakeIn the natural science wing a variety of permanent exhibitions emphasize the excitement of nature. Interpretive dioramas show desert life in its natural state, while displays of rattlesnakes, sidewinders, gilamonsters, kangaroo rats, desert tortoises, lizards and scorpions literally come to life. Visitors can glimpse the secret nocturnal lifestyle of native animals, observe how they survive the desert heat and learn how their behavior changes from day to night. They can visualize the nearby San Andreas Fault on a graphic map of earthquake country and see a life-like depiction of the amazing Salton Sea with its abundant migratory bird life.

PERFORMANCES

While its expansive stage can accommodate legitimate theater and full-scale symphony orchestras, the Annenberg Theater radiates a warmth and intimacy that are wonderfully appealing to smaller audiences.

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Annenberg Theater

Celebrating human achievement

Seattle mime Theater

Acclaimed for its ideal acoustics, the 450-seat Annenberg Theater hosts world-class, dance, theater and music performances. The theater also features lecture and film series and serves as a host venue for the Palm Springs International Film Festival. Sculpture Gardens, Museum Store,Toor Gallery Care Places to explore Stroll through art galleries and sunstruck sculpture gardens. Sit on a shadowy bench and contemplate the natural splendor of the towering Santa Rosa Mountains. Discover a cornucopia of gifts and treasures in the Museum Store. Enjoy lunch and a cup of tea or cappuccino in the Toor Gallery Cafe beside a soothing fountain. Explore. Grand-scale diormas bring the outdoors inside and offer a close-up look at native animals and plants in their natural desert environment. Visitors can watch a working seismograph record earthquake activity. Guided by the Museum's rich displays of Native American basketry and artifacts, they can travel through time and imagine life in an early Cahuilla village.



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Nature Field Trips and Treks

Fostering appreciation for the desert landscape

Twice weekly, from October through April, Museum naturalists offer an array of nature hikes rated easy, moderate or strenuous. Destinations include dozens of desert canyons, native palm oases and mountain wilderness areas surrounding Mt. San Jacinto State Park. Visitors may call the Museum about upcoming field trips.


 

 

Education - More Than a Museum

Creating An Educated Future

The very heart of the Museum's mission is education. A vital outreach program enhances the art and natural science curricula at local schools. Elementary students have an opportunity to study art and natural science in Museum classrooms. Lectures, studio art classes and University of California Extension courses are regularly available for adults. Docents offer daily tours of the Museum and weekly gallery talks. Annual Family Days provide the community with rich, family-oriented learning activities.

Toor Gallery Cafe:

  •  Open Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  •  Closed for the month of August
  •  The Museum Store is open during Museum hours.


    For more information please visit us at: www.psmuseum.org

 

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