The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is a world-renowned zoo, natural history museum and botanical garden, all in one place. Exhibits re-create the natural landscape of the Sonoran Desert Region with more than 300 animal species and 1,200 kinds of plants along almost 2 miles of paths traversing 21 acres of beautiful desert.

Join our animal keepers for an informal 25-30 minute live animal presentation. Raptor Free Flight Experience birds flying completely untethered in the natural beauty of the Sonoran Desert.

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Our plants, animals, minerals, and fossils are native to the Sonoran Desert region, with very few exceptions (an African euphorbia, for example, to illustrate convergent evolution, or a meteorite to interpret very early Earth history).

Life on the Rocks is a multi-species exhibit at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum that gives an in-depth look at the habitat and species most often encountered amidst Tucson's rocky slopes.

The 98 acre Desert Museum is a fusion experience: zoo, botanical garden, art gallery, natural history museum, and aquarium. 21 interpreted acres with two miles of walking paths through various desert habitats; 242 animal species; Plants from 1,200 taxa — 56,000 individual specimens; One of the world's most comprehensive regional mineral ...

Sonoran Desert Digital Library for Kids. For students and teachers — learn about plants, animals, habitats and minerals. Experience the critters of the Sonoran Desert! Read more... Sonoran Desert Fact Pages. An extensive collection of fact sheets covering animals and plants commonly encountered in the Sonoran Desert. Read more... Bat Fact Pages

The Desert Museum is a natural home to a variety of native wildlife such as rattlesnakes, scorpions, lizards, birds, and spiders that come and go. Please notify the nearest member of staff if you observe a rattlesnake, or other wild animal that may pose a risk.

Mountain lions are not true lions and cannot roar; they hold the Guinness record for animal with the most names — with over 40 names in English alone; Proportionally they have the largest hind legs in the cat family.

For your enjoyment, the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is open 365 days a year! During inclement weather, please call (520) 883-2702. You can learn more about what to expect during your visit here: KNOW BEFORE YOU GO