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Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson Tel:+ 1 520 883 2702 Fax:+ 1 520 883 2500 Web site
Our collection is the primary means by which we accomplish the mission of the Desert Museum "to foster public appreciation, knowledge, and wise stewardship of the Sonoran Desert region."
Our natural setting is our most significant asset. We exhibit, though we did not collect, 100 acres of nearly pristine Sonoran Desert.
Spontaneous or unexpected experiences - a snake on the path, a hillside of wildflowers, a red rock canyon, a summer rain - these will always be the most powerful means of accomplishing our mission. The museum's exhibits and collections exist to augment and interpret these natural surroundings.
Most of our exhibits are living exhibits, which simulate natural habitats and their interrelationships of plants, animals and geology. 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).
Our animal collection
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