Summer Saturday Evenings at The Desert Museum

Posted on | June 3, 2010 | Comments Off

If you haven’t been to the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum on a summer Saturday evening, do come out–you’ll thank yourself later. The museum is open all day, but if you show up after 4:00 PM, you get a nice discount. Note that some exhibits do close early to allow the animals to sleep.

The Walk-in Aviary, Hummingbird Aviary, Parrot Exhibit, Life on the Rocks, Field Station/Tree House, Life Underground, and the Desert Loop Trail (coyote, javelina) close at the following times:

June 5 – August 7: 7:00 p.m.
August 14 – August 28: 6:30 p.m.

You can get an entire summer-full of scheduled Summer Saturday Nights at the Desert Museum here. But we’ve listed some special events listed on the website for you:

Special Events

June 5th

Xeriscape Awards Ceremony
Warden Oasis Theater
500-6:00 pm

Xeriscape Displays and Information
6:00-8:00 pm
Baldwin Education Building rooms 102 A-B&103

Live and “sort of” on the Loose
Warden Oasis Theater
6:30-7:30 and 8:30-9:30 pm
These informative 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.

Kino Fruit Trees Presentation
Baldwin Education Building Rooms 101A-B
7:30-8:30 pm
In 2002, Tumacácori National Historical Park-an important mission site in southeastern Arizona-completed the acquisition of an original 5-acre mission orchard and a significant portion of its original agricultural area. The goal of the Kino Fruit Trees Project is to locate, propagate and replant historically and horticulturally appropriate varieties of fruit trees on this land. This is an introduction of the broad outlines of the project, discuss the results of the first five years of work, and talk about new directions

June 12th

Sky Hunters
Warden Oasis Theater
5:15-6:00 pm
This family-oriented presentation showcases the beauty, majesty, and awesome behaviors of winged predators. This 45-minute program features live hawks, owls, and falcons of the Sonoran Desert.

Pollinators of the Desert
Desert Garden
6:00-9:00 pm
ASDM Research Associate Dr. Steve Buchmann will host informal chats and hands on exploration about our remarkable moth pollinators, especially the giant long-tongued hawk moths. Lots of info about these amazing pollinators and their floral hosts. Various items, specimens and some surprise live critters on display this evening.

Desert Museum Art Institute Photowalk
Baldwin Education Building 102-A 103
6:00-9:00 pm
This event is for everyone with a camera and a passion to take great pictures! Meet and greet fellow photo enthusiasts! Bring your gear, meet us at 6 pm for sign up and instructions. Then head out onto the Museum grounds for some great photo opportunities! Meet back at 8 p.m. for Presentations by Art Institute Photography Instructors Jay Pierstorff, Dick Lutgen and special guest, Desert Museum Photographer Rhonda Spencer.

Running Wild
Warden Oasis Theater
7:00-7:30 and 8:30-9:00 pm
Running wild is an innovative live-animal demonstration that combines natural behaviors of small desert animals with projected images, music and narration. You might see a skunk, a porcupine, a lizard and some flying macaws!

Native American Storytelling
Outdoor Amphitheater
7:30-8:30 pm
Native American Storyteller Gerard Tsonakwa shares stories and legends of the night sky.

June 19th

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Family Astronomy Night-sponsored by the National Optical Astronomy Observatory
Baldwin Education Building: rooms 102 A-B & 103 and on the Museum Grounds

Join us for a fun evening of exploring the stars, asteroids, planets, and gravity. There will be hands-on astronomy activities, telescopes, and astronomy experts available to answer your questions .

Sky Hunters
Warden Oasis Theater
6:30-7:15 and 8:30-9:15 pm
This family-oriented presentation showcases the beauty, majesty, and awesome behaviors of winged predators. This 45-minute program features live hawks, owls, and falcons of the Sonoran Desert.

Volcano Presentation
Warden Oasis Theater
7:30-8:15 pm
Join Michael Conway, PH.D. Section Chief of the Geologic Service at the Arizona Geological Survey for a “brief” rundown on the last 15 million years of volcanic activity in Arizona

Volcano Making
Desert Garden
6:00-9:00 pm
Make and erupt your own volcano right here at the Desert Museum

June 26th

Sky Hunters
Warden Oasis Theater
7:00-7:45 and 8:30-9:15 pm
This family-oriented presentation showcases the beauty, majesty, and awesome behaviors of winged predators. This 45-minute program features live hawks, owls, and falcons of the Sonoran Desert.

July 3rd

July 10th

Native American Storytelling
Outdoor Amphitheater
7:30-8:30 pm
Native American Storyteller Gerard Tsonakwa shares stories and legends of the night sky.

July 17th

noao logo Summer Saturday Evenings at The Desert Museum

Family Astronomy Night-sponsored by the National Optical Astronomy Observatory
Baldwin Education Building: rooms 102 A-B & 103 and on the Museum Grounds

Join us for a fun evening of exploring the stars, asteroids, planets, and gravity. There will be hands-on astronomy activities, telescopes, and astronomy experts available to answer your questions.

July 24th

Sky Hunters
Warden Oasis Theater
6:00-6:45 and 9:00-9:45 pm
This family-oriented presentation showcases the beauty, majesty, and awesome behaviors of winged predators. This 45-minute program features live hawks, owls, and falcons of the Sonoran Desert.

BUG NIGHT!
Warden Oasis Theater
7:00-7:30 and 8:00-8:30 pm
This is the night to learn new facts about Sonoran Desert Insects from “the Bugman”, University of Arizona Entomologist Dr. Carl Olson. He will be giving two presentations and will also be available to answer all your bug related questions.

July 31st

August 7th

August 14th

noao logo Summer Saturday Evenings at The Desert Museum

Family Astronomy Night-sponsored by the National Optical Astronomy Observatory
Baldwin Education Building: rooms 102 A-B & 103 and on the Museum Grounds

Join us for a fun evening of exploring the stars, asteroids, planets, and gravity. There will be hands-on
astronomy activities, telescopes, and astronomy experts available to answer your questions .

Bats! Bats! Bats!
Warden Oasis Theater
7:00-7:30 and 8:00-8:30 pm
Learn cool facts about Sonoran Desert Bat species from ASDM Conservation Biologist Karen Krebbs. After her presentations she will be available answer questions and introduce you to a live bat!

Bat Echolocation
Riparian Corridor (in front of Coati exhibit)
7:00-9:00 pm
Join Mark Jensen and Janet Tyburic of Bat Conservation International as they listen in on the secret world of bat communication.

August 21st

Native American Storytelling
Outdoor Amphitheater
7:30-8:30 pm
Native American Storyteller Gerard Tsonakwa shares stories and legends of the night sky.

August 28th

Teacher Appreciation Night

Meet the Beetles! Playing Live at the Desert Museum Warden Oasis Theater
7:30-8:00 pm
Entomologist Dr. Wendy Moore will present interesting facts and research about native Sonoran Desert Beetles.

Beetle viewing
Desert Garden
7:00-9:00 pm
Join Dr. Wendy Moore and her graduate students in viewing live native Sonoran Desert Beetles.

Sky Hunters
Warden Oasis Theater
8:30-9:15 pm
This family-oriented presentation showcases the beauty, majesty, and awesome behaviors of winged predators. This 45-minute program features live hawks, owls, and falcons of the Sonoran Desert.

Where: The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, 2021 N. Kinney Rd., Tucson AZ 85743 (520) 883-2702.
When: Summer Saturday evenings from June – August, 2010. Open all day from 7:00 AM – 10:00 PM. (No entry after 9:15 PM) Discount prices after 4:00 PM.
How much: Admissions after 4:00 PM are only $7 for adults; Kids aged 6-12 get in for $2.25. Free for five and under (Normal adult admission is $9.50 this time of year, so try to show up after 4:00 PM.)

–Posted by Hortense P. Tightwad

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