Palm Springs Art Museum
Located in downtown Palm Springs on Museum Drive at Tahquitz Canyon Way, just west of N. Palm Canyon Drive
101 Museum Way
Palm Springs 92262
(760) 322-4800
101 Museum Way
Palm Springs 92262
(760) 322-4800
Located in the heart of downtown Palm Springs, the Palm Springs Art Museum features a sophisticated collection of art, loaned or donated by the area's affluent residents. The museum has an art collection that rivals urban metropolitan museums, and includes works from Marc Chagall, Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Donald Judd, Louise Bourgeois, Alexander Calder, Henry Moore, Robert Rauschenberg, Antony Gormley and Ansel Adams.
Spread over the 150,000 square feet, the museum boasts major collections of modern and contemporary art, glass, photography, architecture and design and Native American and Western art. It has a theatre, two outdoor sculpture gardens, a café featuring American and Continental cuisine, and a museum store that includes one-of-a-kind gifts and art-related merchandise.
The Palm Springs Art Museum was founded in 1938 as the Palm Springs Desert Museum, specializing in Native American artifacts, the natural sciences, and the environment of the surrounding Coachella Valley. The museum moved several times within the downtown Palm Springs area before building its first permanent structure in 1958, located on the southwest corner of Tahquitz-McCallum Way and Indian Ave. In 1963, the museum held its first concert. These new ideas were the seedlings of the Palm Springs Art Museum we know today. In 1974, architect E. Stewart Williams was commissioned to design the current building for the museum. Further growth resulted in the construction of the Doris and Walter N. Marks Administration Building and the 1996 completion of the Steve Chase Wing and the Education Center.
The museum's goals remain solid as it continues to serve as an innovative community cultural center with expanding exhibitions, programs, and services in the visual and performing arts. The museum is open every day except Mondays and major holidays. It features free admission every Thursday evening from 4-8 p.m. and on the second Sunday of each month.
The museum's goals remain solid as it continues to serve as an innovative community cultural center with expanding exhibitions, programs, and services in the visual and performing arts. The museum is open every day except Mondays and major holidays. It features free admission every Thursday evening from 4-8 p.m. and on the second Sunday of each month.
Palm Springs Aerial Tramway
One Tramway Rd.
Palm Springs CA 92262
(760) 325-1391
Palm Springs CA 92262
(760) 325-1391
The ten minute ride brings you from the Valley Station at 2,643 ft to the Mountain Station at 8,516 ft. The tram car slowly rotates 360 degrees so it makes two full revolutions as it travels the 2.5 miles. Everyone gets a great view. The Mountain Station is located just on the edge of the Mount San Jacinto State Wilderness and the Long Valley Ranger Station is just a short distance from the tram drop off point. The San Jacinto Peak is at 10,804 ft. Don’t forget to bring a jacket - it's always quite a bit cooler up top and in winter, it can be quite cold indeed.
This is not the best outing if you're sensitive to heights. It could be the longest ten-minute ride of your life. And then you'll have to ride back down.
Tyler's Burgers
149 S Indian Canyon Dr.
Palm Springs, CA 92262
(760) 325-2990
Palm Springs, CA 92262
(760) 325-2990
Tyler's serves what are pretty universally acknowledged as the best burgers in Palm Springs. Beware, they are CASH ONLY, so stop at the ATM before waiting in line for a table here. Service is pretty fast, the food is incredibly good and the people watching is some of the best in the Cochella Valley.
If you like homemade potato salad, try theirs. It's pretty exceptional - a heavenly melange of potatoes, mayo, green onions and just the right seasonings to create that creamy, savory, perfect accompaniment to a bacon cheeseburger.
Tyler's isn't inexpensive, but the food and the experience is worth every cent and more.
If you like homemade potato salad, try theirs. It's pretty exceptional - a heavenly melange of potatoes, mayo, green onions and just the right seasonings to create that creamy, savory, perfect accompaniment to a bacon cheeseburger.
Tyler's isn't inexpensive, but the food and the experience is worth every cent and more.
Plan to drop about $15 for a bacon cheeseburger, potato salad and a coke. Seems to me their hours are limited to lunch, something like 11am - 4pm every day - better call ahead to be sure. (760) 325-2990
Le Vallauris Restaurant
385 W Taquitz Canyon Way
Palm Springs, CA 92262
phone: (760) 325-5059
Nightly from 5pm to 10:30pm. Lunch from 11:20am to 2:30pm, and for brunch 11:00am to 2:30pm on Sundays.
Expensive - Plan to drop $50 - $70 per person, but most "foodies" think it's worth it. Fabulous al fresco dining in their courtyard. Classic French and California Cuisine. Impeccable service. Some Palm Springs locals don't even know the place is there. Save this for a special occasion - or make a social occasion out of it. It's about a 40-minute drive from the Adobe, door-to-door.
