Desert Museum, Natural history museum in Saltillo, Mexico.

The Desert Museum is a natural history facility in Saltillo organized across four pavilions that display desert ecosystems, prehistoric remains, cultural artifacts, and interactive learning stations. The spaces cover desert life, geological features, and evidence of human settlement throughout different time periods.

The museum was designed by architect Francisco López Guerra and inaugurated on 25 November 1999, with President Ernesto Zedillo attending alongside the directors of the Amigos del Desierto de Coahuila foundation. The project was conceived in the 1990s, when major discoveries in geology, anthropology, palaeontology and biology were being made in the region.

The pavilion "Man and the Desert: A Space of Encounters" presents the customs and rituals of the nomads who lived in this region, with petroglyphs and rock paintings characteristic of the area. The museum's name is shortened to "Museo del Desierto" in Spanish, and its sign at the entrance reads "Museo del Desierto" in dark metal letters on a stone wall.

A visit works best when you can take time to explore all four pavilions, since each covers different aspects of desert life. Wear comfortable shoes and prepare to walk, as the exhibition spaces are spread throughout the facility.

The museum's Evolution and Biodiversity pavilion, opened on 4 August 2005 and remodelled in 2014, holds a collection of 162 specimens of the ammonite Salinites grossicostatum. The same halls trace 12,000 years of regional fauna, from mammoths and saber-toothed cats to short-faced bears and gomphotheres.