Smithsonian Affiliate Museum
949 E. 2nd Street
Tucson, AZ 85719
(520) 628-5774
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*Listing from Museum Day 2011*
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.
New exhibits are "Geronimo, Revered and Reviled" and "Changing Boundaries: Historic Maps of the U.S.-Mexico Frontier."
Other exhibits include a hands-on exhibit depicting the lives of 1870’s Tohono O’odham, Mexican, and Anglo families. Information about programs and lectures call 520-617-1154.
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