Desert Museum Exhibits

  • Mountain Lions
  • Prairie dogs
  • Gila monsters
  • More than 300 animal species and 1,200 kinds of plants

Desert Museum Facts

  • Founded in 1952 by William Carr and Arthur Pack
  • private, nonprofit organization dedicated to the conservation of the Sonoran Desert
  • Annual visitation has been around 460,000
  • Threatened and endangered species on exhibit at the Desert Museum include: Mexican wolf, thick-billed parrot, ocelot, margay, jaguarundi, desert pupfish, Sonora chub, bonytail chub, razorback sucker, Gila topminnow, Colorado River squawfish, Isla San Esteban chuckwalla and Apache trout.

Desert Museum Hours

Desert Museum Hours of operation have not been entered into our system. Please visit this zoos website for more information.

Desert Museum Map

Here is a downloadable map for Desert Museum.
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