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Arizona – Sonora Desert Museum: Cool Summer Nights – Teacher Appreciation Night
August 23, 2025 @ 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Free for Educators
Help us close out the final Cool Summer Nights by celebrating Teachers and Support Staff.
We appreciate all the hard work that it takes to inspire and educate our children. 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.
- Free Admission for K-12 Teachers and Support Staff that Work in a School
- Must show current school ID or a letter from your principal on letterhead attesting you are a school employee
- Free Stingray Touch
- Freebies from community organizations
- Raffle
Activities
Get groovy! We’re throwing it back to the 1970s with music, vibes, and funky fun. Break out your bell bottoms, bold prints, and platform shoes — we want to see your best disco-era threads!
- Signature Drink — Pink Eraser
- Throughout the Night
- Look for Museum Docents around the grounds, celestial desert skies, fluorescent minerals, bats, kissing bugs, scorpions, rattlesnakes, and more!
- 7:00 & 8:00 p.m. Presentation includes live animals and a raffle!
- Learn about:
- 5:00 – 9:30 p.m. Stingray Touch Exhibit
- Summertime isn’t complete without a trip to the pool! Dip your hands in the water and experience the touch of a stingray. $4.00/person, $2.00/Museum members, free for teachers and support staff.
- 5:00 – 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!