Exhibit Opening Night- Desert Fables: Illustrations of The Neotenic Queen
Friday, January 10, 2025 from 7:00PM-10:00PM
"Desert Fables: Illustrations of The Neotenic Queen," a multimedia art exhibition inspired by the writing and illustrations of Alejandro Canelos (author) and Rachel Ivanyi's (illustrator) book, "The Neotenic Queen: Tales of Sex and Survival in the Sonoran Desert."
Jacumba Hikers: Indian Gorge Rd. to Secret Cave
Saturday, January 4, 2025 at 8:00AM
This hike is a challenging adventure that begins and ends on a steep, narrow trail, but most of this strenuous, extremely rugged hike requires climbing up and down boulders off-trail. We will also pick our way through areas over-grown with brush, but the reward is a rarely found cave hidden in the rocks! Leaves from IVDM parking lot at 8:00AM. We will carpool or caravan to the trailhead in high-clearance /4-wheel drive vehicles.
Annual Members Meeting
Saturday, January 11, 2025 at 11:00AM
Come to the Imperial Valley Desert Museum Society Inc.'s annual members meeting, where we will review the museum's accomplishments this year and discuss plans for the coming year. There will be snacks and beverages available.
The Imperial Valley Desert Museum is a new facility in the heart of the Yuha Desert housing Indigenous and historic artifacts found within the Imperial Valley and surrounding region. Opening a new museum in the twenty-first century, we do not want to be seen as an exhibit within four walls, but to engage and interact outside of the limitations of the "box" – both metaphorically and physically.
OUR MISSION is to preserve, interpret, and celebrate the deserts of Southern California through outstanding collections, research, and educational programs.
OUR VISION is to be the foremost research and educational institution devoted to the preservation, interpretation, and celebration of the deserts of Southern California.
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We, the Imperial Valley Desert Museum, recognize our place on the traditional lands of the Kumeyaay who have been here, as they say, 'since the beginning', with a vibrant and rich history dating back over 10,000 years. The lands of Imperial and San Diego County include the traditional lands of many Indigenous groups composed of Quechan, Cahuilla, CoCoPah, Pai Pai, and Kumeyaay. Each of these groups are still present and active today.
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