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Tucson is the oldest continually inhabited settlement in the United States. Part of the original Spanish Presidio is preserved. Now a sophisticated city of 700,000 people, Tucson has plenty to offer outdoor enthusiasts, history buffs, urban cowboys, and culture vultures alike. The influence of a strong Spanish, Mexican, and Native American heritage is in evidence everywhere. Tucson events include: Tucson Open, Indian Arts Fair, Copper Bowl, Pima County Fair, Ski Carnival, and La Fiesta de los Vaqueros.

Arizona Historical Society/Tucson Museum

949 E. 2nd St.

Tucson, Arizona

(520) 628-5774

The center has a museum, a research library, and an Arizona mining exhibit.

Arizona State Museum

University of Arizona campus, Park Ave. and University Blvd.

Tucson, Arizona

(520) 621-6302

The museum emphasizes on archeology and ethnology and they hold the collection of artifacts from pre-historic Hohokam and Mogollon Native Americans.

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

Tucson Mountain Park, 2021 N. Kinney Rd.

Tucson, Arizona

(520) 883-2702

The museum houses over 200 live animal species in natural habitats.

Biosphere 2

Biosphere 2 Rd.

Tucson, Arizona

(520) 896-6200

The center has seven ecosystems within a 3-acre airtight structure.

Casino of the Sun

7406 S. Camino de Oeste

Tucson, Arizona

(520) 883-1700

Catalina State Park

SR 77

Tucson, Arizona

(520) 628-5798

This state park is stationed to 5,511 acres of desert plants and animals.

Center for Creative Photography

University of Arizona campus, Olive Rd.

Tucson, Arizona

(520) 6621-7968

The center houses one of the most comprehensive photographic collections in the world and over 50,000 photographs represent their work.

De Grazia Gallery in the Sun

6300 N. Swan Rd.

Tucson, Arizona

(520) 299-9191

There are paintings, bronzes, and ceramics done by Ted De Grazia being displayed.

Desert Diamond Casino

7350 Nogales Hwy.

Tucson, Arizona

(520) 294-7777

Dome Theater

first floor, Flandrau Science Center & Planetarrium

Tucson, Arizona

(520) 621-7827

The theater offers 1-hour programs of a historic and educational nature.

Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium

University Blvd. and Cherry Ave., main campus of the University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

(520) 621-7827

There are science halls and exhibits dedicated to optical science, astronomy, and space exploration.

Fort Lowell Museum

Fort Lowell and Craycroft Rds.

Tucson, Arizona

(520) 885-3832

The museum is a reconstuction of the officer's quarters where you can go see some of the things that were in the Apache Indian wars.

Gene C. Reid Park

22nd St. and Country Club Rd.

Tucson, Arizona

A 160-acre park where Hi Corbett Field is and the area also offers picnic areas, tennis courts, and a fishing lake.

International Wildlife Museum

Speedway Blvd.

Tucson, Arizona

(520) 617-1439

The museum features dioramas showing more than 300 species of animals.

Kitt Peak National Observatory

Tohono O'odham Reservation, Quinlan Mountains of the Sonoran Desert

Tucson, Arizona

(520) 318-8726

This observatory is thought to be the largest optical telescope facility and offers people many things to do.

La Casa Cordova

N. Meyer Ave

Tucson, Arizona

Built around 1850, this house has become one of the oldest buildings in Tucson.

Mineral Museum

lower level, Flandrau Science Center on the University of Arizona campus

Tucson, Arizona

(520) 621-4227

The museum shows fine gems, fossils, and mineral specimens from all over the world.

Mission San Xavier Del Bac

Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation

Tucson, Arizona

(520) 294-2624

This is the only Kino mission in the nation and is still active in preaching to Tohono O'odham.

Old Pueblo Tours

4841 E. Third St.

Tucson, Arizona

(520) 795-7448

The tours offer 6.5 hour guided tours of Tucson.

Old Tucson Studios

Tucson Mountain Park

Tucson, Arizona

(520) 883-0100

The studios who made the movie "Arizona" and the television series "The Young Riders."

Pima Air and Space Museum

6000 E. Valencia Rd.

Tucson, Arizona

(520) 574-9658

Over 200 vintage aircraft around the nation's aviation history are shown here.

Postal History Foundation, The

920 N. First Ave.

Tucson, Arizona

(520) 623-6652

A foundation dedicated to the history of the U.S. Postal Service.

Reid Park Zoo

22nd St. and Country Club Rd. in Gene C. Reid Park

Tucson, Arizona

(520) 791-4022

The zoo has over 100 species of a number more than 300 animal representing the zoo.

Sabino Canyon

17 mi. e. use Tanque Verde Rd. and Sabino Canyon Rd.

Tucson, Arizona

(520)749-3223 or 749-8700

Sabino Canyon Tours offers tours aboard shuttle buses into the canyon.

Saguaro National Park

Rincon Mountain District and the Tucson Mountain District

Tucson, Arizona

(520)733-5153 or 733-5158

This national park is divided into two districts being from the east and west of Tucson.

Sentinel Peak Park

Cuesta

Tucson, Arizona

The park hold the peak known as "A Mountain."

Sosa-Carillo-Fremont House

151 S. Granada Ave. in the Convention Center Complex

Tucson, Arizona

(520) 622-0956

This Mexican-American adobe house was restored in 1880 and was John Fremont's residence at one time.

Titan Missile Museum

I-19 exit 69, duval Mine Rd.

Tucson, Arizona

(520) 625-7736

The museum was a formal Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) complex preserved for being a museum.

Tohono Chul Park

7366 N. Paseo del Norte

Tucson, Arizona

(520)575-8468 or 742-6455

The park is in a 48-acre desert, setup in an urban area.

Tucson Botanical Gardens

2150 N. Alvernon Way

Tucson, Arizona

(520) 326-9255

The botanical gardens feature are a tropical greenhouse, irises, herbs, and Native American crops.

Tucson Children's Museum

200 S. 6th Ave.

Tucson, Arizona

(520) 792-9985

The museum encourages children to learn and participate through hands-on exhibits and programs offered here.

Tucson Mountain Park

Kinney Rd.

Tucson, Arizona

(520)883-4200 or 883-8245

The park encompasses 17,000 acres of the Tucson Mountains and the lands around it.

Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block

140 N. Main Ave. in a historical arts complex

Tucson, Arizona

(520) 624-2333

The center has collections of per-Columbian, Spanish Colonial, and Western American art, and there is a historic block of houses surrounding the museum in the El Presidio Historic District.

University of Arizona Museum of Art

Art Building of the College of Fine Arts, east of Park Ave. near Speedway Blvd.

Tucson, Arizona

(520) 621-7567

The art museum has the Dress Collection , the "Retablo of the Ciudad Rodrigo", and other great works of art.

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