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Celebrate Carlsbad Caverns’ 100th anniversary on October 25th! Learn of Carlsbad’s early explorers with footage and historical photographs. Running time: 60 minutes. This event is free, does not require a reservation, and will occur inside. Face coverings are optional. The National Parks Store 12880 N. Vistoso Village Drive Tucson, AZ 85755
Along with the University of Arizona Press, we invite you to a special book launch celebration for In the Arms of Saguaros: Iconography of the Giant Cactus. Discover how the growth of tourism brought the saguaro to ever-larger audiences through the proliferation of western-themed imagery on the American roadside. Author Larry Bird will be in […]
We need bats to eat mosquitoes, pollinate plants, and more. Karen Krebbs has been studying the world’s only flying mammals for more than 35 years and she’s sharing her expertise with you. Learn the bat basics, such as how they use echolocation, why they hibernate, and what they eat. Her handy book Bat Basics: How […]
ALAMOGORDO – White Sands National Park, will honor the start of Native American Heritage Month by holding a special concert on Sunday October 29, 2023, at 6:30 pm. In partnership with Western National Parks Association, we are pleased to have Randy Granger from Las Cruces, New Mexico perform at the park's October Full Moon Night […]
Wednesday, November 1, 2023, tickets for Fort Scott National Historic Site’s 42nd Annual Candlelight Tour go on sale. Tickets are available by calling the fort at 620-223-0310 (with a major credit card) or by stopping by the Visitor Center on Old Fort Blvd. Tickets are $8.00 per person and non-refundable, children 5 and under are […]
Join Doris Evans to hear the story and follow the life of a saguaro from tiny seedling, flowering, arm growth, and beyond. Learn about the saguaro’s significance: its survival in a desert environment, its association with animals and people, and finally its role in death. This event is free, requires a reservation, and will occur […]
Join Doris Evans to hear the story and follow the life of a saguaro from tiny seedling, flowering, arm growth, and beyond. Learn about the saguaro’s significance: its survival in a desert environment, its association with animals and people, and finally its role in death. This event is free, requires a reservation, and will occur […]
This film reveals the interior of Montezuma Castle, which has been closed to the public for more than 40 years. The narrator shares Hopi oral history and traces the archaeological exploration of this cliff dwelling, Montezuma Well, and nearby Tuzigoot National Monument. Running time: 26 minutes. This event is free, does not require a reservation, […]
This film reveals the interior of Montezuma Castle, which has been closed to the public for more than 40 years. The narrator shares Hopi oral history and traces the archaeological exploration of this cliff dwelling, Montezuma Well, and nearby Tuzigoot National Monument. Running time: 26 minutes. This event is free, does not require a reservation, […]
This stunning film portrait of the high desert brings the landscape and lifeways of northwestern New Mexico to the screen. Remembered Earth combines the beauty of the physical landscape with the story of its use–and overuse–throughout centuries of human habitation. Acclaimed author N. Scott Momaday lends his voice to this stirring portrait of a hard […]
This stunning film portrait of the high desert brings the landscape and lifeways of northwestern New Mexico to the screen. Remembered Earth combines the beauty of the physical landscape with the story of its use–and overuse–throughout centuries of human habitation. Acclaimed author N. Scott Momaday lends his voice to this stirring portrait of a hard […]
In this film, explore the history and culture of Oaxaca. Oaxaca, in the Mexican state of Puebla, is not only home to the world’s greatest variety of cacti but is also probably the birthplace of domestic corn. Running time: 28 minutes. This event is free, does not require a reservation, and will occur inside. Face […]