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Ranked by TripAdvisor.com as the #9 Museum in the world for 2013, the Desert Museum differs from a traditional museum in that most of its content is outdoors and alive. The Desert Museum interprets and showcases the Sonoran Desert region, widely recognized as the lushest desert on earth. The Museum is a fusion experience: zoo, botanical garden, art gallery, natural history museum, and aquarium. Interpretation of Sonoran Desert animals, plants, geology, climate and native cultures are presented