Join us for a special preview of what we have planned for the 2025–2026 season, featuring Borderlands Ranching, Chaco Canyon, Seri Culture, Baja Whale Watching, Rainy Spain, and Sunny Spain. This free event includes hors d’oeuvres and a raffle for a $200-off tour coupon. RSVP online or call 520-883-3030—walk-ins are also welcome! The event will be held at the Desert Museum’s Baldwin Building.

Summer Hours are in effect through the month of September! For your enjoyment, the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is open 365 days a year! As the weather heats up, we move into our Summer Hours. Effective June through September our regular operating hours are from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. daily, with the exception of Cool Summer Nights where we stay open until 10:00 p.m. every Saturday of June, July, and August!

In Where The Light Gets In, artist JenMarie Zeleznak investigates the subtle forces that shape interconnection—between organisms, systems, and environments. Through intricate constructed drawings, she explores the ways in which adaptation, empathy, and belonging function as modes of survival. Her work draws on Darwin’s The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals to consider how emotions are not only communicated, but embodied across species and time.