What? A museum for desert plants and animals? Must be a small one room gallery right? The answer couldn't be further from the truth. This place is a zoo, natural history museum, aquarium, and botanical garden all rolled into one. First of all, they have more species of desert animals than you can imagine, probably an order of magnitude or two more. I was quite excited to see the javelina, especially when I heard that they are abundant in Tucson (which I didn't observe outside of this place). During the summer, they also have night programs, and it seems like everyone knows about this and the number of people at night seems to double or triple. They have ranger led programs in just about anything, from cave tours to talks about rocks and minerals, to various animal demonstrations. I strongly recommend visiting this place if you get the chance.
more