Cabot's Old Indian Pueblo Museum
67616 East Desert View Avenue
Desert Hot Springs, CA 92240
760- 329-7610
http://www.cabotsmuseum.org/
Winter Schedule: Oct-April: 9a-4p
Winter Tour Schedule - We recommend arriving at least 15 minutes prior to tour start times: 9:30am, 10:30am, 11:30am, 1:30pm and 2:30pm
Closed Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day
Summer Schedule: May-Sept: 9a-1p
Pricing for Guided Museum Tour
Adults $10
Military, Seniors 65+, Children (6-12) $8
Children <6 Free
No Self-Guided Tours, visit the museum grounds on your own for free
Cabot's Pueblo Museum is a Hopi inspired Pueblo that is a unique treasure to the Coachella Valley, located in the heart of Desert Hot Springs.
Built by Cabot Yerxa (b. 1883) on property he homesteaded in 1913, he worked on the property until his death in 1965. Cabot journeyed through the desert; gathering reclaimed materials for 10 years; from as far east as the Salton Sea, north to Morongo Valley, south to Palm Springs and west to White Water.
The structure is hand made, created from reclaimed and found objects. The Pueblo is four-stories, 5,000 square feet and includes 35 rooms, 150 windows and 65 doors. Visitors will notice many unique features: including windows and doors collected and reassembled from abandoned homesteads, old telephone poles, buck board wagon parts and many other materials used creatively.
On the guided tour, visitors journey through the life of Cabot Yerxa and his family including artifacts collected from their adventures dating back over 100 years. Hear his story from the Dakota Territory to Mexico, Cuba, Alaska, France, throughout California and the Southwest, including the founding of Desert Hot Springs, California. Tour is approximately 45 minutes to one hour. Tours may need to be canceled due to inclement weather: please call to confirm. The museum tour may not be accessible to certain people with handicaps or medical conditions – please call with questions.
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