949 E. 2nd Street, Tucson, AZ 85719  |  520-628-5774 Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  Date: 10/25/2024 Arizona Historical Society Announces 2024 Al Mérito Award Winners [Tempe, AZ] — The Arizona Historical Society is proud to announce the recipients of the prestigious Al Mérito Award for 2024. Established in 1973, this award recognizes individuals and organizations […]

Shaping Arizona is our new exhibit coming to the Arizona History Museum on Tuesday, May 28, 2024. Learn about this unique exhibit directly from AHS Exhibits Supervisor/Curator, Vanessa Fajardo: What is this exhibit about? “This exhibit highlights how the state of Arizona gained its current shape and how that influences us today. The land and […]

The 2023 Arizona Historical Society Wrapped is out now!🎉 Take a look at some AHS highlights throughout this year. Thank YOU for all of your support through the years. We can’t wait to see what 2024 holds for us. 

This article first appeared in the Arizona Historical Society’s monthly members-only newsletter, which features in-depth and inspiring news and stories about Arizona history. Join AHS today and receive access to member benefits, including exclusive digital content about Arizona history. The floorboards creak under my feet as I wait to check in, pointedly not looking at the “ghost book,” […]

Arizona Historical Society Presents 2023 Al Mérito Awards Frank Barrios, Dr. Michael M. Brescia, the Navajo County Historical Society, and Arizona Barrio Stories are all honored for their contributions to Arizona’s history as recipients of the Al Mérito Award TEMPE, AZ  (September 29, 2023) –    The Arizona Historical Society (AHS) is proud to recognize […]

This year, the National Competition for National History Day (NHD) was held in Washington D.C. for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Over 40 of our Arizona students qualified to attend the exciting event. Arizona students were able to meet other students from all 50 states, U.S. territories, and international schools across the […]

Highlights from the 2023 Mining History Association Conference By David Turpie I recently had the pleasure of attending the annual Mining History Association (MHA) conference. I am not a mining historian myself, but I attended as a representative of the Journal of Arizona History (JAH). We are planning to publish a special issue of the […]

  To help celebrate Arizona’s 111st birthday a  postcard making contest was created for 3rd graders.  Lessons and activities were developed to support teachers’ needs to meet 3rd grade state standards on Arizona history. Over 2,000 students participated, 700 postcard art pieces were scored for creativity, accuracy in art and social studies, and 6 postcards […]

Established in 1973, MetroCenter, a regional shopping district located in northwest Phoenix, was designed by the architectural firm Flatow, Moore, Bryan and Fairburn. Its impressive two-story, enclosed shopping mall was accessible through a massive 7,000-space parking lot and by prominent tenant signage. Boasting its status as one of the largest shopping malls in the United […]

From where we stand today, it’s hard to understand how prominent railroads used to be in the public imagination. But starting in the 1820s and for at least a century thereafter, railroads both enabled and symbolized a multitude of transformations in American society. Those changes were wrought in politics, business, labor, and leisure, and they […]