Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

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2021 N Kinney Rd
Tucson, AZ 85743
+1 (520) 883-2702
http://www.desertmuseum.org
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, located in Tucson, Ariz., is a private, nonprofit organization that works for the conservation of the Sonoran Desert. It conducts research on land, plants and the animals of the Sonoran Desert region. Its facility includes a zoo, natural history museum and a botanical garden. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum conducts various programs, including educational programming for the community, conservation of the Sonoran Desert environment, maintenance and improvement of the museum's collections of live plants, animals and natural history collections and the research and advancing scientific understanding of the desert. Its museum has a collection of nearly 300 animal species and more than 1,000 kinds of plants. The museum is accredited by the American Zoological Association and the American Association of Museums.

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4.5617 reviews
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Lorenzo W.
1/1/2026

EXCELLENT EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE! My family and appreciated that everyone who visited The Desert Museum was excited to be there. I can tell the staff did an excellent job getting everyone excited...

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Ray F.
12/30/2025

Spent a beautiful day out in the desert one morning while in the area. This desert museum is such a unique and evolving place. It had been close to 30 years since my last visit to this museum and...

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Benjamin W.
12/25/2025

This place is so much more than a museum. It has wildlife, reptiles, geologic history, tours, demonstrations, and a 5 star cantina to boot. My family came here on Christmas Day and had just a...

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Holly S.
12/28/2025

It had been 10 years since I had been to the Desert Museum. One of my promises to myself in 2026, is to do more things that I like. I have much more free time now, and why not!. A friend...

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LaRae B.
11/9/2025

A great place to experience the best of Tucson in one stop. The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum perfectly blends a zoo, botanical garden, and natural history museum. The desert views alone,...

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