Palm Springs Art Museum in Palm Desert — Attraction in Palm Desert

Palm Springs Art Museum in Palm Desert is also known as the Galen whose generosity makes entry gratis.

The space here is enough for one large exhibition & not much more so it is possible to see the entire presentation in less than an hour even if one ponders on each item for most museum goers.

Upon entry we were approached & welcomed by a helpful, earnest, young, bearded staff member who clued us in on the temporary exhibit that was being presented.

Exhibit was by Bob van Breda who gathers "junk" from anywhere and creates artistic assemblages. It's art produced from recycling detritus, throw away items. Reminds me of art created from recycled objects by an earlier artist, Robert Rauschenberg.

I like the concept of a small museum which can comfortably be seen at leisure in a short amount of time unlike large museums where it takes hours to see it "all" creating an exhausting feeling of sensory overload. It's a nightmare for the compulsive-obsessive.

Be sure to see the associated outdoor sculpture garden which has some excellent pieces, especially the tour de force objet d'art of a Native American...

BEWARE SCULPTURE GARDEN ATTENDANTS!! We drove here from Temecula with our two grandchildren to see the Andy Warhol exhibit currently on display. We started at the "sculpture garden" and a large group passed us, causing my husband to step to the side to make room. Within seconds an attendant appears and shouts at him to step back on the trail. We all flinched but brushed it off as we didn't want to ruin our trip. A few minutes later my six-year-old granddaughter (who is on the autism spectrum) touched one of the concrete installations. The same male attendant came running up SHRIEKING at my granddaughter to stop touching the "art". She burst into tears and we promptly left. To make it clear, these are cement "modern art" blocks in a dirt path surrounded by a parking lot. Management needs to have a serious talking to with these attendants who seem to make every effort to scare...

I was actually at the Palm Springs Art Museum back in September of 2017, however, they also have a very nice Faye Sarkowsky Sculpture Garden just outside of the museum.

Back in September of 2017, I forgot to make a video about it, however, I came back two (2) more times and the last time I made my final Youtube Video showing off the beautiful Faye Sarkowsky Sculpture Garden.

The gardens are lovely with several small fountains of water coming out of them along with many cacti all around.

It is a very memorable place to visit and I want to personally Thank Charles and Scott for taking ME there along with their two (2) dogs Blondie and Sumo (sorry they left Rusty the Dog at home because he acts up in the car) back on Monday, November 13, 2017.

Sincerely yours,

Howard Paul Shore Visitor Executive, Volunteer Writer For Google And Tripadvisor...