To inspire people to live in harmony with the natural world by fostering love, appreciation, and understanding of the Sonoran Desert.

For a half-century the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum has enchanted millions of visitors with its exhibits of live animals in astonishingly natural settings, while intriguing and instructing them with fascinating educational programs. At the same time, the Museum has gained a worldwide repute in the scientific community as an institution committed to researching and protecting the land, plants, and the animals of the Sonoran Desert region.

Educational programming
Environment conservation
Scientific desert understanding
Support research