The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is a 98-acre museum and zoo founded in 1952 and located in Tucson, Arizona. It contains a museum and two miles of walking paths on 21 acres and is one of the most visited attractions in Tucson. The facility combines the attractions of a zoo, museum, and botanical garden, with a focus on the plants and animals that live in the Sonoran Desert. (Wikipedia)

The mission of the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is to inspire people to live in harmony with the natural world by fostering love, appreciate, and understanding of the Sonoran Desert.