I went to this museum when I had a trip to Arizona in July. From the front entrance, I thought it was a small museum where gather different types of cactus and other desert plant, but we actually took about 6 hours to finish visiting this desert museum. It is like an outdoor garden combines with a small zoo. This museum also features underground treasure from Arizona such as dinosaur’s bones and different types of crystal like minerals. I especially like the night programs they designed. At night, there are park rangers at different stations teach and explain different things that we didn’t learn and see in the morning. For example, I chose to go back to the rock and mineral site to see the fluorescent rocks. It turned out those fluorescent rocks are the ones we saw on the ground of the mineral site in the morning. These rocks changed into more mysterious colors at night. This museum trip was totally worth it. They try to show how these habitants and plants live and adopt in desert weather and geography. I was able to see every animals in their area in a close distance and they were active. I did not see any unavailable sign hung out nor site with hidden animals. The ticket is $7 and divide up the hours I spent in the museum = $1.. per hour. I think it is worth it.
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