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image Happy birthday, Desert Museum
We're having a birthday celebration, not for just one day but for the entire year of 2002. The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum will be 50 years old on Labor Day in September 2002.
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image George L. Mountainlion
A mountain lion named George? Yes, four lions named George L. Mountainlion have lived at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. The first George arrived there in 1953 when the museum was only 6 months old.
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image Send a birthday card to the Desert Museum
Kids in grades 3-6 are invited to make their own birthday cards to wish the museum a happy 50th anniversary.
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Learn some useful tidbits about the Sonoran Desert and then test yourself with our online quiz.

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Find maps of the different Sonoran regions, and of the exhibits at the desert museum.

What's your favorite animal at the reptiles and invertebrates exhibit?

 Gila monster

 Western diamondback rattlesnake

 Tarantula

 Arizona scorpion

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Go to the activities page to vote in more online polls.

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Meet the people behind the scenes at the desert museum.

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View a slideshow of how the desert museum looked years ago.

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Join in the fun at the desert museum.

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Teen Essays
Living in the desert is a different experience for every person. After reading these two essays by Tucson teen-agers, think about what the desert means to you.