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Arizona Historical Society

Exhibits highlighting southern Arizona and northern Mexico history.

Arizona State Museum

A Smithsonian Institution affiliate, this museum is the area's largest anthropology museum, holding an extensive collection of artifacts.

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

Zoo, botanical garden and natural history museum featuring the plants and animals of the Sonoran desert.

ASARCO Mine Tour

Tour an open-pit copper mine and learn more about how this metal is produced.

Center for Creative Photography

Dedicated to photography as an art form and cultural record.

Colossal Cave

It is a great way to introduce children to the basics of caves and get a sense of the difference between a "dormant" cave and a "living, breathing" cave.

Flandrau Science Center

Come learn about the stars from one of the shows in the dome theater, or experiment with the hands-on exhibits.

International Wildlife Museum

Natural history museum, with hundreds of animals and many interactive exhibits.

Kartchner Caverns

One of the country's newest cavern complexes.

Kitt Peak National Observatory

The world's largest collection of optical telescopes. Tour the museum or enjoy evening stargazing.

Mescal Movie Set

Mescal has been featured in over 50 films, television programs and commercials including The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean, the 1993 version of Tombstone and Buffalo Soldiers.

Mission San Xavier de Bac

One of the Southwest's best-preserved Spanish missions.

Mt. Lemmon Ski Valley

Winter skiing, summer skyride.

Nogales

Towns on both side of the Mexican border share the same name. A favorite with University of Arizona students.

Old Pueblo Trolley

You can catch the trolley in at 4th Ave. between 8th St. & University Blvd. or at University Blvd. between 4th Ave. & the West Gate to the U of A.

Old Tucson Studios

Tour a former western movie set.

Pima Air & Space Museum

Over 250 aircraft on display, and a motorcoach tour of the Davis-Monahan Air Force Base Boneyard.

Queen Mine Tour

A turn-of-the-century copper mine.

Ramsey Canyon Preserve

Nature Conservancy property known for its diversity, including 14 hummingbird species.

Reid Park Zoo

Over 500 exotic animals in naturalistic habitats.

Saguaro National Monument

Preserving the saguaro cactus.

Titan Missile Museum

A former Titan missile silo, closed at the end of the Cold War.

Tohono Chul Park

Nature trails, a renovated historic home, Tea Room, greenhouse.

Tombstone

Site of the famous shootout at the OK Corral.

Tucson Botanical Gardens

Fifteen different kinds of gardens.

Tucson Children's Museum

This is a great place to take the kids! They can find out how lasers work, make a mold of their body, and dress up as a firefighter or other neat person, among other things.

Tucson Museum of Art

Here you'll find information about the exhibits at the museum and a listing of upcoming events.

Tumacacori National Monument

The ruins of three Spanish colonial missions built in 1691 and 1756.
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