Welcome to the Arizona History Museum (Tucson)

949 E. 2nd Street
Tucson, AZ 85719
Ph. (520) 628-5774; (520) 628-5695
Email: AHSTucson@azhs.gov
Hours: Mon. - Sat. 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.;
Research Library hours: Tue. – Fri. 10 a.m
. – 2 p.m.; 1st & 3rd Sat. of the month
10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
General Admission:
Adults $5
Ages 60+ $4
Ages 12-18 $4
Ages 11 and younger free
AHS Members free
Free admission the first Saturday of the month.

The Arizona History Museum’s focus is southern Arizona history from Spanish colonial through territorial eras. Exhibit topics include mining and transportation. The Arizona’s Treasures exhibit features Geronimo’s rifle and 18th-century Spanish silver artifacts.

School Tours

Students $2, teachers & chaperones (1 per 5 student) free, $2 per additonal chaperones (min 1 chaperone per 10 students). School purchase orders acceptable.

Events & Programs

Museum Youth Curator Experience (MYCE) Exhibit Opening
Keeping Cool: Escaping the Heat

July 30, 2010
Arizona History Museum, 949 E. 2nd St. Tucson Az
Monday - Friday 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

For more information view or print our Flyer .

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Museum Youth Curator Experience (MYCE)

July 12 - July 30, 2010
Arizona History Museum, 949 E. 2nd St. Tucson Az
Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
$300; ($270 AHS member households)

The MYCE program teaches teenagers to research, design, and create their own exhibits. Participants learn from museum professionals who guide them through the hands-on process of creating a museum exhibit.

If you are interested in becoming a member of MYCE, please contact the Education office at (520) 617-1154, email hingram@azhs.gov, or fill out a MYCE application.

Applications will be reviewed in late spring.

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Tucson Birthday Events

Arizona History Museum, 949 E. 2nd St. Tucson Az
Free Parking in the garage at the northwest corner of N. Euclid Ave. and E. 2nd St. Use E. 2nd St. entrance.

August 7, 2010
Exhibiting History: Teens Celebrate Tucson's Past
1:00p.m. - 3:00p.m.
Free

August 28, 2010
Movie Night: Arizona
6:00p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
$5.00 donation suggested.

For more information view or print our Flyer .

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History in the Headlines
Fall 2010 Saturday Speaker Series

Join us for a continental breakfast followed by presentations about Arizona's headline stories.
Arizona History Museum, 949 E. 2nd St. Tucson Az
10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
$15.00 ($12.00 AHS members)

Free Parking in the garage at the northwest corner of N. Euclid Ave. and E. 2nd St. Use E. 2nd St. entrance.

September 11, 2010
Thornton Wilder’s Arizona Days
Tom Miller, Award-winning Author

October 16, 2010
Frank Lloyd Wright and the Southwest
Arnold Roy, Instructor, Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture

November 20, 2010
Celluloid Pueblo: Western Ways Film Service and the Invention of the Postwar Southwest
Jennifer Jenkins, Associate Professor, University of Arizona

December 4, 2010
The Eagle and the Archaeologists: Charles Lindbergh and the 1929 Southwest Aerial Photographic Survey
Erik Berg , Award-winning Historian and Author

For more information or to register, please contact Emily Spargo-Guererro at (520) 617-1153 email esg@azhs.gov or print the PDF Flyer.

News & Announcements
AHS textbook featured in AASLH’s “History News” magazine -The Arizona Story Declaration of Independence Event in Tucson -Local News Coverage Al Merito Award -2010 Al Merito Award recipient
Workshops
The New Deal in Arizona Teacher Workshop
Newsletter

Southern Arizona Chapter Board
Spring 2010	Fall 2009	Spring 2009
Exhibits
John Dillinger Online Exhibit Civilian Conservation Corps It Saved My Life Activity Sheet Geronimo Exhibit MYCE Exhibit
Downtown History Museum Tucson
140 N. Stone Avenue in the Wells Fargo Bank building Tucson, AZ 85701 Ph. (520) 770-1473 Email: AHSTucson@azhs.gov Hours: Tues. - Fri. 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. General Admission: Adults $3 Ages 60+ $2 Ages 12-18 $2 Ages 11 and younger free AHS Members free Free admission the first Friday of the month. The AHS Downtown Museum exhibits depict early Tucson businesses and homes, including drugstores, police and fire departments, and the Romero barbershop. Current Exhibits John Dillinger Online Exhibit
Fort Lowell Museum Tucson
2900 N. Craycroft Road Tucson, AZ 85712 (520) 885-3832 Email: AHSTucson@azhs.gov Hours: Fri. - Sat. 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. General Admission: Adults $3 Ages 60+ $2 Ages 12-18 $2 Ages 11 and younger free AHS Members free Free admission the first Saturday of the month. The Fort Lowell Museum is located in the reconstructed Commanding Officer's quarters of Old Fort Lowell, originally established in 1873. The museum features exhibits about military life on the Arizona frontier. ..
Sosa-Carrillo-Frémont House Museum Tucson
151 S. Granada Avenue Tucson, AZ 85701 For information call (520) 628-5774 or Email: AHSTucson@azhs.gov The historic adobe Sosa-Carrillo-Frémont House was built in the 1870s.