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The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is a world-renowned zoo, natural history museum, art gallery, aquarium, and botanical garden, all in one place! #DesertMuseum
Tucson, Arizona
Joined February 2012
We are honored to be recognized for our exemplary community-oriented programming and to be among such excellent company in receiving this prestigious award! Congrats to fellow AZ winner, the Copper Queen Library in Bisbee, AZ! 🌵☀️.
🥁 IMLS is excited to announce the TEN 2024 National Medal for Museum & Library Service recipients! Please join us in congratulating this year's 5 winning museums: @ArmstrongHouse, @cmhouston, @desertmuseum, Discovery Museum & @phippsnews! #IMLSmedals🏅
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Beat the heat this summer at Cool Summer Nights! We're staying open until 9PM (except Astronomy Night, June 17, we're open until 10PM for extra dark skies!) every Saturday until August 26. Each week presents a different theme with family-friendly activities and talks.
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We are celebrating the 30th year of the Desert Gala fundraiser this spring! We invite you to join us at the Museum for the Gala’s pearl anniversary on Sunday April 30th, 2024, at 4 p.m. Purchase Gala tickets here! 🌵
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You still have time before the calendar changes to make your 2022 donation to the Desert Museum! ❤️ Donate today: Thank you so much to everyone who has donated to support the Desert Museum's mission this year. We appreciate you!!.📸: Miguel Vigil
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We are ✨glowing✨ Thanks to YOU, #GivingTuesday was incredible success for the Desert Museum! We were able to exceed the day’s goal and raise over $13,000 for the Museum. Thank you for supporting our work in the Sonoran Desert. ❤️🌵 We appreciate you!
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We're not yet halfway to our #GivingTuesday goal. We still need your support! Help us get closer to $10,000 by donating or sharing this post. ❤️🌵 THANK YOU!
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#GivingTuesday is here! 🤗 This global day of generosity brings people together from around to world to support the organizations they love. Donate to the Desert Museum today and help us reach our goal of $10,000 from 100 individuals!. Donate Now!
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With the deepest gratitude, we thank YOU for sharing in the Sonoran Desert magic with all of us at your Desert Museum. 🌵❤️ We are grateful for every one of you! We hope you have a wonderful day with your loved ones--human, animal, and plant alike!
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Have ewe marked your calendars for #GivingTuesday yet? This important day of giving back and supporting the organizations you love is next Tuesday, November 29! As a non-profit, we rely on donors like you to continue providing world-class care for our living collections. 🌵❤️
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Javvy weekend from a couple cuties hanging out under the bridge! 😍
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We ❤️ 🌵 our saguaro forests! Tell us why you love this special cactus. Their unique personalities? Their amazing adaptations? Their giant-ness? EVERYTHING? Yeah, us too.
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So you've purchased a plant from our Fall Plant Sale. Wondering what happens next? Read our Transplanting 101 Guide to get tips for installing your new native plant!
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So you’ve purchased a plant from our Fall Plant Sale. What happens next?
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Read our new guide to growing a forage garden for your desert tortoise! Learn which plants your adopted tortoise will love, many of which you can buy this weekend at our Plant Sale - Saturday (members only) and Sunday (public sale) from 7am - 2pm.
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Plants for Desert Tortoise Food and Habitat Adopting a desert tortoise can be a dream that takes years to realize. Properly caring for a tortoise requires more than people understand and planning a…
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It's time to arthro-party! Join us at the 10th annual Arizona Insect Festival @azinsectfest this Sunday October 9, 10am-3pm at the ENR2 building on the University of Arizona campus. 🪲.
Join the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum at the Arizona Insect Festival this year. Visit their booth to get up close and personal with some of our live backyard buggy neighbors, and even play a guessing game!
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Our Fall Plant Sale is coming up on October 15 & 16! Learn how to cultivate backyard biodiversity and create habitat for native species in your Sonoran Desert garden, with advice and plant suggestions from our Botany staff in our new blog post!
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Many people view the built environment and the natural world as two separate entities, but they coexist—all urban and developed areas are also a part of their ecosystems! Making a few simple enhanc…
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🔥 We spotted a fiery late bloomer in the Cactus Garden. What a delightful fall surprise! 🌵 Reminder! We are back to regular hours for the season. We are now open every day, 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM.
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🎶 OOH, BABY, OOH JUST LIKE THE WHITE-WINGED DOVE! 🎶 Birding tip: Next time you see a white-winged dove and hear their song, serenade them in return with a Stevie Nicks classic! 😁
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Adapting well to different habitats, coyotes can live in and around large cities. In the Sonoran Desert, find them in all habitats from desert scrub, grasslands, the foothills, as well as in populated neighborhoods. As our neighbors, coyotes should be treated with respect. ❤️
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Flower Crowns! 🌸👑🌸.
Winning the flower crown contest 🌸 .The plant serving this pop of pink in the desert is Mammilaria (also known as Pincushion cactus)! Desert plants are loving this seasonal rain. 📸: Ranger Jackie at Lost Dutchman Statepark
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