Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum - Founded in 1952, the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is widely recognized throughout the world as a model institution for innovative presentation and interpretation of native plants and animals featured together in ecological exhibits. The collections consist of 2,744 animals (representing 320 vertebrate and invertebrate taxa); 1,217 plant taxa catalogued (an estimated 72,000 plants are found on the grounds, but most are in the natural desert areas and are not accessioned); and 14,482 rock and mineral specimens (including 2,068) fossils). More than 175 of the plants and animals in the collection are of conservation concern in the Sonoran Desert region. for more info see http://www.desertmuseum.org/
