I was a teenager the first time I visited Tucson. The company my aunt worked for was temporarily based in the Old Pueblo, and she immediately fell in love with the desert Southwest and wanted to learn as much as possible about her temporary home.
She was eager to share her love with us, so one of the first places she took us to was the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. It was one of the best ways to learn about this unique environment, she reasoned, and to this day, it’s one of my favorite places to take visitors.
This living museum has grown and expanded over the years. In the summer of 2016, they opened the Stingray Touch Exhibit. It’s an interactive experience where visitors can touch and feed stingrays.
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