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DESERT DESSERT NIGHT IS MAY 24!
Dessert Event Sure to Delight

Amazing desserts using native desert ingredients? Check. Beautiful commemorative mug? Check. Sonoran Supermarket presentation? Check. Music? Check. 20% discount for Members in the Gift Shop? Check. All that's missing is you! Desert Dessert Night is right around the corner - do you have your tickets?  You won't want to miss this evening of tantalizing desserts, prepared with pizazz by chefs from Tucson Originals Restaurants. Specialty coffee will also be on offer to ensure that you're alert for the entire evening. Tickets go up $5 on May 17, so buy yours while the price is still low!  

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BIG NEWS FROM THE LITTLE BIG HORN
Museum Welcomes New Addition

The Desert Museum is excited to announce the birth of a Big Horn lamb on Saturday, May 10. The lamb was born to a ewe that recently arrived from the Los Angeles Zoo, and is the first born at the Museum since 2007. The lamb is inquisitive, agile, and has been busy exploring its new home. It can be seen in the habitat frolicking as newborns do. You'll likely to be surprised by how quickly lambs adapt to steep terrain! Learn more 
RIVER OTTER TAKES TO TWITTER
World's First Tweeting Otter!

Twitter just got a whole lot cuter - the Museum's river otter is now live tweeting! @desertotter dishes on her daily life, other animals, and Museum events, all without opposable thumbs. The otter achieves this through a system developed by a group of engineering students from Salpointe Catholic High School and their mentors from Rincon Research Corporation. As she moves around the exhibit, motion sensor cameras capture photos, which trigger tweets, which post to Twitter. And because everyone on Twitter needs a name, the Museum is holding a naming contest for her. Submit your favorite name today! 
COOL SUMMER NIGHTS TAKE OFF
New Schedule Has Something for Everyone

The kick-off to Cool Summer Nights is only a few weeks away! Learn how to stay sun-safe on May 31 with Living in Harmony with the Sun, presented by the University of Arizona Skin Cancer Institute. June begins with a bang with World Oceans Evening on  June 7. Join the Museum to celebrate and honor the bodies of water which link us all. If fashion is more your style, don't miss Conservation Chic and Comedy on June 14. Take in a Buffalo Exchange fashion show, then laugh your heart out at a performance by Tucson Improv Movement. View the full schedule