International Wildlife Museum in Tucson

Hooray stuffed and mounted dead things!

We just got back from the International Wildlife Museum in Tucson, as mentioned in the title, and it was even better than I remembered it as a child.  I was only about eight or nine years old when we went, but twenty some years later I wanted to go again.

Mostly, I just remembered "Goat Mountain"...

There's also a very horrifying room filled with heads.  Hundreds of heads.

(Note broken tail on the lioness in foreground.  At least she hasn't just been tossed away.  I think she's out in front for the kids to pet.)

I just can't resist these places.

Here's some more pictures!!

Demon Deer!!!! ( or elk,  I wasn't paying attention.)

Birds of Paradise.

It's only $7 per adult!  There are also many beautiful insect displays with mounted butterflies, moths, beetles and stick bugs.

So, if for some reason you ever end up in Tucson, you have to go.  That's an order.

Phoenix finally wins.

http://www.themim.org/


The World's First Global Musical Instrument Museum.

We were there for 2 hours, and only got through parts of Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Latin America. My back started hurting from being on my feet for so long because it's HUGE.

They have audio headsets that sync up to the displays as you get near them. All you have to do is adjust the volume if you need to. I now know that I enjoy the music of Madagascar.

I met some people at work who said the spent the whole day there. Started at one area, went down and had lunch in the cafe midday, then headed back up for the rest of the world.

Gotta look into a membership because it's awesome and they're not even done with it yet!!