Please note that the Museum will be closing at noon on Tuesday, August 12, 2025 for a staff appreciation event.

A rare display of desert wildflowers; desert evening-primrose (Oenothera deltoides) covers a dune field in the Chuckwalla Valley. To learn more, visit the desert in bloom pages.


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