Noah Purifoy Outdoor Desert Art Museum - Art museum in Joshua Tree - 62975 Blair Ln, USA

Super interesting place with unique outdoor sculpture by the late artist Noah Purifoy. There were plenty of things to see and observe. It's free to enter but you can make a donation via the QR code. They don't take cash donations anymore because the donation box was vandalized too many times.

Noah definitely had a passion for the unusual. Making things out of what others discarded or had no use for and because of the effort and time it took Noah to create his visions, I feel it's worth a visit. Unfortunately, his visions were hard for me to conceptualize and are in various states of neglect. This reminded me of Slab City, near the Salton Sea. Seems like it's being milked for as long as the pieces are still standing, but this could be due to costs to maintain?? Now, in the defense of those overseeing his art, the donation box is hard to find and not marketed correctly, it should be, in my opinion, next to the Welcome art piece; with the entrance clearly marked there. Guiding people to this spot. If the funds would actually be used to upkeep Noah's art pieces, then there should be signage explaining why donations are needed. I didn't see one of the many visitors drop money into the donation box next to the sign in box. We had to search/figure out where the money drop box was in order to make our donation. Most of the drive is paved until your last right turn on to Blair Lane. You park perpendicular to the road, on the sides of the road. There is parking signage. The owner of the spaceship home, I think it's a vacation rental, probably won't be happy with my pointing out its existence a ways behind Noah's Desert Museum. It's cool. Check it out from a distance so as not to ruin it for the people who are there. Respect the residents of the area by not littering, drive slowly, stay off their property, and be respectful.

A free and enjoyable reclaimed material art display in the middle of the desert. To some it may look like junk, but there is definitely an element of real art to many of the pieces. It’s worth seeing considering the fact of how unique it is and definitely something that represents the quirky Joshua Tree and surrounding crowd. It can get very warm so I would advise against bringing dogs however, they are allowed. They should have paw covers at very least but again it can get very warm out there so something to be aware of. There is plenty of parking right out front and the road there is paved a majority of the distance. I would recommend that everyone see it at least once.

Very interesting to wander around and see how the articles have fared after 20-25 years in the desert. It is probably worth looking at the website before you go to get a bit further of context on his life and work. An interesting and original place to visit!

a little piece of earth out in the desert, filled with one person's visions in lots of different mediums. what a great way to reuse our "environmentally challenged junk" into something that is so much more enjoyable to look at. thks for all the effort to make my day sweeter

I mean, it's free, so I can't complain much, but this art is really not for me. It's assemblage art, and time and the desert sun has not been kind to it. However, I honestly assume it didn't look much different when it was made. There's a lot of beds of trash strewn about the site. There were two or three pieces I thought were mildly interesting, but the general clutter and disarray really detracts from the overall experience.

Great place to spend some time if you're in the area. Free but donations requested. Some really interesting sculptures and makes for some great pictures! Plenty of parking. Last 1/4 mile is sand/dirt road and very bumpy but doable in a regular vehicle.

Its a fun & random spot! Great place for streching your legs after a long drive!