Antelope Valley Indian Museum State Historic Park

The Antelope Valley Indian Museum is an ethnographic museum and California state historic park located on Piute Butte that displays Native American artifacts from multiple regions. The building incorporates natural rock formations into its design and houses collections representing different communities and time periods.

Howard Arden Edwards, a homesteader and artist, built this folk art structure in 1928 on the desert landscape. The site was later designated a state historic park in 1979 to preserve the Native American heritage it contains.

The exhibits showcase how Native American groups from the Southwest, Great Basin, and California used tools and objects in their daily lives and ceremonies. You can see how these communities shaped the objects and practices that mattered most to them.

Joshua Cottage offers hands-on activities where you can learn about traditional food processing and fire-making techniques used by Native Americans. Wear comfortable walking shoes since you will explore different outdoor and indoor areas of the site.

Native American artists regularly demonstrate their craft techniques and perform traditional ground blessing ceremonies in the outdoor ceremonial arena. These living demonstrations show how ancestral knowledge continues to be shared and practiced in the present day.

Location: Lancaster

Inception: 1979

Address: 15701 East Ave. M, Lancaster, CA 93535

Phone: +16619463055

Website: http://parks.ca.gov/?page_id=632

GPS coordinates: 34.65028,-117.84889

Latest update: December 9, 2025 18:45