Take a peek as we speed through some of the gneiss rocks and minerals that will be available at the 32nd anniversary of our Mineral Sale! 👀💎 Join us from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on January 17 and 18 to shop beautiful minerals donated to and collected by the Museum. You’ll also find a special new collection of micromounts and thumbnail-sized minerals, along with old favorites like jewelry items, fossils, and stunning polished rock sculptures. There will be plenty of hands-on geology activities

Desert Museum plant tour! 🌵🌻🌸 | Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

Our Dinos in the Desert exhibit is going extinct at the end of the month! Join us now through April 27 for a journey back in time. Experience the thrill of seeing these amazing creatures brought to life throughout our grounds. What dinosaurs will you discover? 🌵🦖 Explore a world where dinosaurs roam... only at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum! | Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

Dinos are roaming the desert at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum! 🦖🌵 Don’t miss your chance to see these gentle giants up close before they head back to the prehistoric age! ⏳ This temporary exhibit ends April 27, 2025. Get your tickets today! 🎟️ #VisitTucson #DinosInTheDesert #ArizonaSonoraDesertMuseum | Visit Tucson

Celebrate World Desert Day with the Desert Museum this Saturday, January 10! 🏜️ World Desert Day is a global celebration dedicated to raising awareness, inspiring action, and cultivating appreciation for the world’s desert ecosystems and the communities, plants, and wildlife that call them home. To mark the occasion, the Desert Museum will be offering hands-on activities around the grounds from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. 🌵 National Parks Conservation Association will also be on grounds to discuss

We have some pretty lovely scenery at the Desert Museum! 😍 | Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

Our turtles and tortoises—and reptile keepers—have contributed important data to scientific research. In a new study published in the journal Science, researchers investigated evolutionary aging theories in fifty-two tortoise and turtle species, relying on data from zoos and aquariums like the Desert Museum. As a member of the Species360 Conservation Science Alliance, a non-profit organization which maintains the Zoological Information Management Systems (ZIMS), the Desert Museum regularly contr