The Rattlesnake Museum is home to the most diverse collection of rattlesnakes in the world, with live displays of 34 different species. The museum also features albino snakes, a Gila Monster (which chews on its prey to inject as much poison into of the victim’s bloodstream as possible), beautiful snake skeletons, and artifacts of snake appearances in pop culture.

Of note is the only watercolor of a rattlesnake by John J. Audubon, which illustrates the snake being attacked by a flock of birds. Also of interest is beautiful opium jar from 1910, carved in the shape of a skull with a viper woven through the eye sockets to indicate poison. Snake fangs from the Gabon Viper, which boasts the longest fangs in the world, can be purchased in the gift shop.