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Arizona – Sonora Desert Museum: Cool Summer Nights – Bat Night
August 16, 2025 @ 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Free with AdmissionAre you feeling batty? Come celebrate the only flying mammals — bats!
The evening will be filled with fun, educational activities, talks, and crafts designed to help you better appreciate these amazing aerial acrobats! Bring your flashlight and explore, grab a local beer and wander, experience a live animal encounter, scamper in Packrat Playhouse, and feel the touch of a stingray.
- Signature Drink — Bat Bite
- Throughout the Night
- Look for Museum Docents around the grounds interpreting live animals, celestial desert skies, fluorescent minerals, bats, kissing bugs, scorpions, rattlesnakes, and more!
- 6:00 – 9:30 p.m. Stingray Touch Exhibit
- Admission: $2 Members / $4 Non-members
Visitors are able to create their own moments with these captivating creatures at the Stingray Touch experience. The pool features cow nose stingrays that guests can interact with. Be touched by a ray! - 6:00 – 10:00 p.m. Packrat Playhouse
- This indoor play space allows children to discover the desert through the eyes of a packrat! Packrat Playhouse may reach capacity. 30-minute reserved play times are available at the Packrat Playhouse entrance.
- 5:00 – 9:00 p.m. Art Exhibits
- Make sure to check out ‘Camouflage’ in the Ironwood Gallery and ‘Desert Textures’ in the Baldwin Education Building!