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2009 Summer Saturday Evenings
June - August 7:30 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
(no entry after 9:15 p.m.)
Admissions after 4:00 p.m. ONLY $6.00
($2.25 for 6-12, FREE for 5 and under)
Suggestions for Making the Most of Your Visit
Daytime Activities
Docent Demonstrations & Tours
Times and locations for daytime animal and interpretive demonstrations are posted on the Plan-Your-Day board located on the entrance patio. Tours begin at 8:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m., and 9:30 a.m.. Please meet on the Front Patio.
Live and "sort of" on the Loose
Join staff members from the Herpetology Department for a live animal presentation featuring venomous reptiles of the Sonoran Desert Region. Programs are 30-45 minutes in length and take place everyday in the Warden Oasis Theater at 12:15 p.m. Check below for special evening presentation dates and times too!
A Nighttime Reminder
Evening Exhibit Closing Times
Some of our exhibits close at sunset so the animals can sleep. The Walk-in Aviary, Hummingbird Aviary, Parrot Exhibit, Life on the Rocks, Life Underground, and the Desert Loop Trail (coyote, javelina) close at the following times:
- June 6 - August 8: 7:00 p.m.
- August 15, 22 & 29: 6:30 p.m.
Nocturnal Animals
Mountain lions, small cats and beavers tend to be especially active after dark. Often wild bats can be seen flying over the Riparian Corridor.
Food, Dining & Gifts
Below is a listing of special hours for various food, dining and giftshop locations at the Museum:
- Food & Dining
- Ironwood Terraces Restaurant:
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. - Ocotillo Café Restaurant:
5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. - The Cottonwood (snacks):
10:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. - Phoebe’s Coffee Bar:
7:30 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. - Gift Shops
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Mountain House Gift Shop:
8:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
(Near the front entrance) -
Ironwood Gift Shop
9:30 a.m. - 9:30 p.m.
(next to the Ironwood Terraces Restaurant)
Nightly Events
Between 6:00 p.m. and 9:45 p.m. you may discover Museum Docents and Jr. Docents interpreting live animals, celestial wonders, fluorescent minerals, night pollinators, animal eye shine, Sonoran Desert insects, night sounds, and bat, scorpion, or rattlesnake kits. Look for them at the following locations: The Earth Sciences Center, Yucca Ramada, Ancient Arizona, Entrance Patio, Vista Ramada, Desert Tortoise Ramada, Riparian Corridor, Desert Garden, Pollination Garden, Fish and Amphibian Room, Grasslands, Orientation Ramada, and at the Amphitheater.
Special Events
June 6th
Live and "sort of" on the Loose
Presentations focus on several topics, including general natural history, venoms and envenomations, bite statistics, how we work with and what it's like to work with venomous reptiles.
6:00-7:00 pm
Warden Oasis Theater
Sky Hunters
This family-oriented presentation showcases the beauty, majesty, and awesome behaviors of winged predators. This 35-minute program features live hawks, owls, and falcons of the Sonoran Desert.
8:00-9:00 pm
Warden Oasis Theater
June 13th
Volcano/Geology Night
Volcano Making
Make and erupt your own volcano!
6:00-9:00 pm
Desert Garden
Dr. Michael Conway - Presentation
Join Michael Conway, Ph.D., Section Chief of the Geologic Extension Service at the Arizona Geological Survey for a "brief" rundown on the last 15 million years of volcanic activity in Arizona.
7:00 and 8:00 pm
Warden Oasis Theater
June 20th
Bug Night
Presentation by Carl Olson, Entomologist, U of A
6:00-6:30 pm Warden Oasis Theater
Sonoran Arthropod Studies Institute - Hands-on activities
7:00-9:00 pm Desert Garden
Presentation by Carl Olson, Entomologist, U of A
7:00-7:30 pm Warden Oasis Theater
June 27th
Family Astronomy Night
Sponsored by the National Optical Astronomy Observatory
Hands-on Activities
6:00-9:00 pm Baldwin Education Building
Dark Skies
Telescopes on grounds
6:00-10:00 pm
Overlook
Sky Hunters
This family-oriented presentation showcases the beauty, majesty, and awesome behaviors of winged predators. This 35-minute program features live hawks, owls, and falcons of the Sonoran Desert.
8:00-9:00 pm
Warden Oasis Theater
July 4th
Live and "sort of" on the Loose
Presentations focus on several topics, including general natural history, venoms and envenomations, bite statistics, how we work with and what it's like to work with venomous reptiles.
6:00-7:00 pm
Warden Oasis Theater
Sky Hunters
This family-oriented presentation showcases the beauty, majesty, and awesome behaviors of winged predators. This 35-minute program features live hawks, owls, and falcons of the Sonoran Desert.
8:00-9:00 pm
Warden Oasis Theater
July 11th
Bat Night
Bat Presentation
With Karen Krebbs
6:00-7:00 pm
Warden Oasis Theater
Mark Jensen, BCI - Bat Echolocation
7:00-9:00 pm Near Coati Exhibit
Bat Presentation
With Karen Krebbs
8:00-9:00 pm
Warden Oasis Theater
July 18th
Earth Camp Celebration
5:00-7:00 p.m.
Baldwin Education Building
7:00-9:00 p.m.
Warden Oasis Theater
Desert Foods Night
Community Groups
6:00-9:00 pm
Desert Garden
Presentation by Jesus Garcia
8:00-9:00 pm Baldwin Education Building
July 25th
Family Astronomy Night
Sponsored by the National Optical Astronomy Observatory
Hands-on Activities
6:00-9:00 pm Baldwin Education Building
Dark Skies
8:00-10:00 pm Overlook
Sky Hunters
This family-oriented presentation showcases the beauty, majesty, and awesome behaviors of winged predators. This 35-minute program features live hawks, owls, and falcons of the Sonoran Desert.
8:00-9:00 pm
Warden Oasis Theater
August 1st
Live and "sort of" on the Loose
Presentations focus on several topics, including general natural history, venoms and envenomations, bite statistics, how we work with and what it's like to work with venomous reptiles.
6:00-7:00 pm
Warden Oasis Theater
Sky Hunters
This family-oriented presentation showcases the beauty, majesty, and awesome behaviors of winged predators. This 35-minute program features live hawks, owls, and falcons of the Sonoran Desert.
8:00-9:00 pm
Warden Oasis Theater
August 8th
Sustainable Seafood Night
6:30-9:00 pm Warden Oasis Theater and Baldwin Education Building
"Ghost Net" art and poetry exhibit
BEB Lobby
August 15th
Native American Storyteller Girard Tsonakwa
6:30-7:30 pm Warden Oasis Theater
Sky Hunters
This family-oriented presentation showcases the beauty, majesty, and awesome behaviors of winged predators. This 35-minute program features live hawks, owls, and falcons of the Sonoran Desert.
8:00-9:00 pm
Warden Oasis Theater
August 22nd
Family Astronomy Night
Sponsored by the National Optical Astronomy Observatory
Hands-on Activities
6:00-9:00 pm Baldwin Education Building
Dark Skies
8:00-10:00 pm Overlook
Sky Hunters
This family-oriented presentation showcases the beauty, majesty, and awesome behaviors of winged predators. This 35-minute program features live hawks, owls, and falcons of the Sonoran Desert.
8:00-9:00 pm
Warden Oasis Theater
August 29th
Teacher Appreciation Night
5:30-6:30 pm Warden Oasis Theater
Skin Cancer Awareness
Table promotions
5:00-9:00 pm
Across from Ironwood Gallery
Monsoon Night
Roni Ashford - Book Reading & Signing - Monsoon Presentation
Reading, book signing and multi-sensory presentation about monsoons for kids and families
6:30-7:30 pm
Baldwin Education Building
Physics Factory
The Physics Factory will present demonstrations and activities focusing on Electricity, Magnetism, and the Physics of Monsoons
7:00 & 8:00 pm
Warden Oasis Theater
Dark Skies
8:00-10:00 pm Overlook
