THIS MUSEUM IS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF TUCSON IN THE SONORAN DESERT. THERE MISSION IS TO INSPIRE THE PEOPLE TO LIVE IN HARMONY WITH THE NATURAL WORLD BY FOSTERING LOVE AND APPRECIATION. IT IS A WORLD RENOWNED ZOO, MUSEUM AND GARDEN. THEY HAVE MOUNTAIN LIONS, PRAIRIE DOGS, GILA MONSTERS, GILA MONSTERS, LIZARDS, SNAKES, AND OVER ANIMAL SPECIES. THEY ALSO HAVE TWO MILES OF PATHS THROUGH 21 ACRES. I VISITED MY HUSBAND IN THE 1980'S WHEN WE FIRST MOVED TO PHOENIX FOR OUR GRADUATE SCHOOL EDUCATION.
THE CENTER FOR SONORAN DESERT STUDIES FUNCTIONS AND CONDUCTS THE EDUCATIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC FUNCTIONS OF THE MUSEUM AND IS A HUB FOR RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND CONVERSATION. THEIR PROGRAMS INCLUDE OUTREACH AND PROGRAMS FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN AND ADULTS TO CONDUCTING RESEARCH AND ADVISING THEIR STAFF AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
THEY HAVE VARIOUS TOURS INCLUDING ONES FOR MAMMALS, A WORLD FAMOUS HUMMINGBIRD TOUR, AND AN INVERTEBRATE TOUR, AND AN INVERTEBRATE AND HERPETOLOGY TOUR .
THEY HAVE AN ART INSTITUTE AT THE MUSEUM THAT OFFERS MANY CLASSES. THEY OFFER CLASSES IN PHOTOGRAPHING, PAINTING ANIMALS, LANDSCAPES. THESE INCLUDE PENCIL AND WATERCOLOR PAINTING, PRINTMAKING, AND SCULPTURE CLASSES.
THEY RESEARCH BIOLOGY OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES, PROMOTE HABITAT CONSERVATION, INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES-ETHNOBIOLOGY, PALEOBIOLOGY, ORNITHOLOGY, STUDIES, ETHNOBOTANY, MAMMALOGY, INVERTEBRATE BIOLOGY, AND HERPETOLOGY. THEY FOCUS ON NONTECHNICAL LANGUAGE IN THEIR CLASSES. THEY HAVE SUMMER AND WINTER CAMPS . THEY TEACH TEACHERS HOW TO LEARN ABOUT THE DESERT AND ITS RESOURCES, AND HOW CERTAIN PLANTS AND ANIMALS CAN THRIVE IN SUCH AN ARID ENVIRONMENT. WORKSHOPS INCLUDE INDOOR AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES.
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