New Exhibit Comes to the Arizona History Museum
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 […]
AHS Year In Review
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.
Bisbee Road Trip Traces Mim Walsh Footsteps
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
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 […]
Highlights from the 2023 Mining History Association Conference
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 […]
MetroCenter: Shopping District in Northwest Phoenix is Preserved
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 […]
Day of Remembrance
February 19, 2023 On this day in 1942, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, commanding the military “to prescribe military areas in such places and of such extent… from which any or all persons may be excluded.” The term “persons” was never defined as a specific group, but Executive Order 9066 was only […]
Borderlands Theater and Los Descendientes de Tucson receive new landlords in Rio Nuevo at historic adobe
February 2, 2023 Borderlands Theater and Los Descendientes de Tucson receive new landlords in Rio Nuevo at historic adobe Tucson, AZ On January 27, 2023, the Arizona Historical Society Board of Directors unanimously approved the sale of the Sosa-Carrillo House to Rio Nuevo. The historic, 1880s home on the Tucson Convention Center Campus is one […]
Rebuilding Home Plate: AZ Heritage Center’s Newest Exhibit
Arizona Heritage Center’s Newest Exhibit Explores How Baseball Served and Saved the Japanese Americans Imprisoned in Arizona’s Incarceration Camps During World War II “Rebuilding Home Plate – Baseball in Arizona’s Japanese American Incarceration Camps” opens January 26 at the Arizona Heritage Center in Tempe, Arizona “Rebuilding Home Plate – Baseball in Arizona’s Japanese American […]
The Unnamed Student and Power of a Quilt
With tears in his eyes, a student from a history class at the University of Arizona toured Los Desconocidos: The Migrant Quilt Project, the newest exhibit at the Arizona History Museum in Tucson. Covering more than 20 years of the history and stories of those who made the perilous journey through the Southern Arizona deserts, this […]