RIDGECREST ROCKS T-SHIRT GREY

Ridgecrest Rocks Adult crewneck T - 50% cotton 50% poly Short sleeve Color is Grey This t-shirt memorializes 2 major earthquakes in the Ridgecrest area that happened in 2019 If this product is showing out of stock, please call the gift shop to see the expected date for stock refills 760-375-6900

DAY ADVENTURES FROM RIDGECREST

"Exploring the Northern Mojave Desert" by Janet Westbrook   Trips within three hours of Ridgecrest in all directions- up-to-date info on Death  Valley, Owens Valley, Antelope Valley, and the Southern Sierra. Includes  chronological history of activities in our area. If this product is showing out of stock, please call the gift shop to see the expected date for stock refills 760-375-6900

BEFORE THE NAVY

“Before the Navy”-   Result of a study commissioned by the Naval Air Weapons  Station, China Lake, as part of a survey and inventory of historic-era cultural  resources for the North and South Range areas prior to acquisition by the Navy. The Navy gave us permission to publish this in book form.

LIVING ON THE EDGE: ARCHAEOLOGY OF TWO WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT LANDSCAPES

Living on the Edge: The Archaeology of Two Western Mojave Desert Landscapes by Mark W. Allen 292 pages   Living on the Edge: The Archaeology of Two Western Mojave Desert Landscapes by Mark W. Allen 292 pages   This book presents the results of a landscape level analysis of the Red Mountain and Sage Canyon areas of the Mojave Desert.  includes analysis of the rock art…

Collections

Collections Maturango Museum is a professional museum and curation facility that meets Curation of Federally Owned Archeological Collections 36 C.F.R. Part 79 (2022) standards.   The museum accepts and stores historic and prehistoric archeological collections from the Upper Mojave Desert region, bounded on the west by the Sierra Nevada Mountains and Kern River Valley, on the north…

Contact Barb

 The mission of the Maturango Museum is to preserve, interpret, and develop an appreciation for the natural and cultural history of the Northern Mojave Desert through research and education in the natural and physical sciences, and to promote the arts.   <a…

Contact Julie

 The mission of the Maturango Museum is to preserve, interpret, and develop an appreciation for the natural and cultural history of the Northern Mojave Desert through research and education in the natural and physical sciences, and to promote the arts. <a…

Internships

Internships Since 2013 the museum has offered internships for college and university students, primarily in the summer. Internships serve a double purpose – they offer the intern educational opportunities in a working environment, and they benefit the museum by accomplishing tasks the curators might not otherwise be able to do. Tasks undertaken by interns typically involve…

Annual Meeting

We will gather in the Coso Room at 4:00 p.m. March 12 for our meeting, a Social Time and a small Silent Auction. Following this we will have a short presentation by Barb Bane guaranteed to be of interest to our members. This is a great chance to see what we are doing, visit fellow members and just have a good time! At last! Previous Annual Meeting Photos Purchase a membership through our…

Visit the Maturango Museum

The Maturango Museum is located at 100 E. Las Flores Ave in Ridgecrest, CA. We are open Daily, except major holidays.

Monday- Saturday 10am-5pm

Sunday 12 noon – 4pm

Admission is free to the Gift Shop and Information area.  Admission to museum exhibits and art gallery is free to members; for non-members we ask $5 per adult, $3 for seniors; military and military families free. Admission to the museum will be free to everyone the 2nd Saturday of each month!

Address: 100 E. Las Flores Ave - Ridgecrest, CA 93555

Tel: 760-375-6900

100 E. Las Flores Ave in Ridgecrest, CA 93555

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