The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is a
98-acre (40 ha) museum and zoo founded in 1952 and located in
Tucson, Arizona. It contains a museum and two miles (3.2 km) of
walking paths on 21 acres (8.5 ha) of this property, and is one
of the most visited attractions in Tucson. The facility combines
the attractions of a zoo, Museum and botanical garden, with a
focus is the plants and animals that live in the Sonoran Desert,
and it was a pioneer in the creation of naturalistic enclosures
for its animals.