The Desert Discovery Center is a public-run community education center located in

Barstow, California Barstow is a city in San Bernardino County, California, in the Mojave Desert of Southern California. Located in the Inland Empire region of California, the population was 25,415 at the 2020 census. Barstow is an important crossroads for the In ...

. The center is staffed by the Bureau of Land Management and focuses on promoting awareness of desert life to local residents. The Center is a partnership among the Bureau of Land Management,

National Park Service The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government within the U.S. Department of the Interior that manages all national parks, most national monuments, and other natural, historical, and recreational propert ...

, Barstow Unified School District,

Barstow Community College Barstow Community College is a public community college in Barstow, California. It is an open-admission college serving more than 3,700 students in degree and certificate programs with approximately 120 faculty. It provides the first two years o ...

Mojave River Valley Museum
City of Barstow, and Discovery Trails, a non-profit organization dedicated to the

Mojave Desert The Mojave Desert ( ; mov, Hayikwiir Mat'aar; es, Desierto de Mojave) is a desert in the rain shadow of the Sierra Nevada mountains in the Southwestern United States. It is named for the indigenous Mojave people. It is located primarily ...

. The Center was formerly known as the California Desert Information Center, and houses the Old Woman Meteorite, the second largest meteorite in the United States.http://www.desertdiscoverycenter.com/dcc/meteor.htm Old Woman

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Desert Discovery Center
- official website {{authority control Natural history of the Mojave Desert Bureau of Land Management areas in California Nature centers in California Museums in San Bernardino County, California Mojave Desert Natural history museums in California