Jo S.
Yelp
Cabot Pueblo Museum is another unique place you can visit if you're in the area, away from the glam of PalmSprings.
This place has a different vibe and it gives us a piece of history of the Desert Hot Springs area, where the Pubelo it's located. It was built between 1941-1950 by Cabot Yerxa. He lived here till his death. Since then it's a museum.
This is a decent sized property with various parts to it. We didn't visit the interior of the house (there are scheduled tours, check their site, it's the only way to see the interior, there's a fee). We just took a tour of the grounds, which is free and we really enjoyed strolling through the beautiful gardens, the meditation garden, there's a well house, a studio house (where Cabot Yerxa let artists stay for free and create at the Pueblo). The small patches of cactus gardens are nice and relaxing. There are benches around so it's a great place to rest, decompress, relax, have a snack.
We loved the Waokiye sculpture, it was carved on site by Hungarian sculptor Peter Toth in '79, a huge sized Native American wood sculpture.
The staff is very nice. They have nicely decorated, big, clean restrooms. There's also free, ample parking at the entrance.
It's opened from Oct. 1st to May 31st starting 9am-4pm (Tuesdays-Sundays) and from June 1st-Sept. 30th- 9am-1pm (Wednesdays to Saturdays).
This place is easy to find once you're off 10 (it's a 10 min. drive), they have signs on the road to help you reach it.
We enjoyed Cabot's Museum, we loved the architecture of the house, the grounds, the history and the relaxing vibe of the place.