International Wildlife Museum

 Not only was this building pretty cool on the outside, but it was SOOO interesting and fun on the inside!

While we were in Tucson, AZ., we went here one afternoon.  It is on our museum membership, so it was FREE!  :)
The kids thought this statue reminded them of Aslan, from Narnia.

Once inside, the first room is FILLED with ugly, creepy bugs.  It is called, "The Bug Room!"

They showed bugs from all over the world.

They even had a live tarantula, scorpion, centipede and awful, hissing cock-roaches!  Me-Oh-My....

Just disgusting, in my opinion.

If you look really close, most of these branches are NOT branches!  They are HUGE walking stick bugs!

This is a cool skeleton of a boa.

I really appreciated this museum, not only because of the various creatures, but because they showed how taxidermy is accomplished.  They visually showed, step by step, how they are made and what they are made of.  It was fascinating.
Did you know that only the skins are original?  The teeth, eyes, claws, tongues and even noses are all plastic, or glass!!!

This was a beautiful case filled with Birds of Paradise.  Talk about fancy-smancy! :)

Of course, we had to have fun!

Parker found many opportunities to play, too.    :)

Can you imagine this deer walking out of a dense forest?!  Unbelievable!

This room was just awesome.  It had SO many cool animals.  You could spend hours just in this one room.

Yeah, Zach had fun in the ferret hole!

Later in the week, this museum also had a FREE movie night (Kung-Fu Panda) with FREE popcorn!
It was a great experience and educational.  Love it!


Blessings,
Steph