In our Discovery Room, visitors of all ages can examine, touch, compare and sleuth out many of the interesting things about deserts.

How does a tortoise store water?
What does an owl eat?
Why do cacti have spines?
What good is a rattlesnake?
Who needs sharp eyes?
How did the native people get food?
What kind of bird weaves a nest in the palm fronds?

There are skins and plant pods, feathers and fibers, horns and barbs, bones and stems, insects and live animals and other natural paraphernalia in the Discovery Room.
Puzzles, puppets, books, games, drawings, models and sculptures all help tell the story of the desert.

This interactive room, staffed by Docents and Junior Volunteers to answer your questions, is open daily from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.