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Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson

DIRECTION  SIGN  IN  ASDM - Tucson
DIRECTION SIGN IN ASDM
by matcrazy1
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2021 North Kinney Road, Tucson
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Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum: ASDM - Hours!
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  • Updated By matcrazy1 on September 10, 2003
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  • ASDM - INFO  TABLE - Tucson
    ASDM - INFO TABLE
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    Arisona Sonora Desert Museum is open daily, including all holidays! That's OK.

    They open quite early, at 7:30 am but they close too early in my opinion: at 5:00 am - loooong before sunset! WHY?
    More: when I was there they finished to sell tickets at 4:00 pm. A park ranger said that one needs at least 1 hour to visit the museum. To be honest you need 2-3 hours to visit it.

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    Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum: ASDM - Directions!
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  • PARKING  LOT  IN  FRONT  OF  ASDM - Tucson
    PARKING LOT IN FRONT OF
    ASDM
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    Arizona Sonora Desert Museum is located outside the Saguaro National Park, on North Kinney Road just southeast of western part of Saguaro National Park. Follow the road direction signs from Red Hills Visitor Center. There is a parking lot in front of the museum - look at my picture.

    Address:
    2021 N. Kinney Rd., Tucson, AZ 85743


    Details and maps: click here

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    Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum: ASDM - History
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  • HISTORICAL  TABLE - Tucson
    HISTORICAL TABLE
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    As you can write on the table: The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum was founded by Arthur N. Pack and William H. Carr in 1952. It was on 1 September, to be more exact, which is a national holiday in the USA: Labour Day.
    We have Labour Day on 1 May in Europe.

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    Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum: ASDM - the idea
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  • ASDM  INFORMATION  TABLE - Tucson
    ASDM INFORMATION TABLE
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    From the table in Arizona State Desert Museum:
    The living museum seeks to enhance human understanding and appreciation of the Sonoran Desert Region. Respect for the relationships and interdependence of animals plants, and non-renewable resources is essential to preserving an environment fit for people.
    We are a private, non-profit organisation. Our operations are dependent upon gate receipts contributions, and memberships. Won't you join us?

    If you have at least $40 :-) - click here

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    Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum: Like good hair - shampoo :-)
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  • URSULA  IN  ASDM :-) - Tucson
    URSULA IN ASDM :-)
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    The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is three in one (like good hair - shampoo :-):
    1. zoo,
    2. natural history museum
    3. botanical garden.

    You can see interpretive displays of living animals and plants native to the Sonoran Desert. This desert covers southeastern California, southern Arizona and New Mexico, southwestern Texas and the mexican states of Sonora and Baja California.

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    Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum: Arizona Agave
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  • URSULA  AND  ARIZONA  AGAVE - Tucson
    URSULA AND ARIZONA AGAVE
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    You can find Arizona Agave in Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum.

    I saw a lot of various species of agaves in southern Europe and northern Africa and I must admit that Arizona Agave looked really impressive.

    MORE:
    Arizona Agave

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    Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum: If you are interested in fish
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  • COLORADO  RIVER  FISHES  DISPLAY - Tucson
    COLORADO RIVER FISHES
    DISPLAY
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    You can get a lot of information on fish of Colorado River inside Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum.
    There are fishes which are endemic to the Colorado River drainage, meaning they are native to this area and nowhere else. All are endangered.

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    Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum: Hedgerow made of cacti?
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  • URSULA  AND  CACTI  HEDGEROW :-) - Tucson
    URSULA AND CACTI HEDGEROW
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    Sometimes cacti grow very close together, just ony by one. They can form a strange, sharp wall as you can see on my picture taken in Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. Could it be a kind of your hedgerow? Btw it's Organpipe cactus.

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    Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum: ASDM - before you enter
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  • PALO  VERDE  TREE - Tucson
    PALO VERDE TREE
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    Watch for Palo Verde trees before you enter Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. There are a few trees with characteristic green trunks and branches. Look at my picture. Hmm... do you know any other tree like that?

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    Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum: ASDM - Admissions
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  • ASDM  -  ADMISSIONS  INFO - Tucson
    ASDM - ADMISSIONS INFO
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    You must pay to enter Arizona Sonora Desert Museum. How much?
    $12 - Adults
    $6 - Child 6 to 12 yo
    FREE - Child under 6yo, members.

    Believe me, it's worth of the above prices!

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