MUSEUMS ARIZONA-SONORA DESERT MUSEUM. 2021 N. Kinney Road. 883-2702. Meet a kingsnake, a scorpion or maybe a tarantula at one of the Live Animal Interpretations given daily at 8:30, 9:30, 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Take a leisurely, docent-guided, early morning walk around the museum grounds at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday or Thursday. The museum offers a daily variety of additional informative and entertaining guided tours and walks. Museum hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Sunday. Admission is $8.95, $1.75 for kids 12 and under. Group discounts available. Sign up now for Winter Sparrows Ecology and Identification, an afternoon workshop with Peter Siminski, ASDM General Curator, from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, January 11. Pre-registration by January 2 is required. Cost is $7, $15 for non-members, and includes entrance to the museum. Call Barbara Yates at 883-3022 for information. FLANDRAU SCIENCE CENTER. UA campus. 621-STAR. Flandrau has hands-on science exhibits, a telescope for night viewing, a mineral museum and more. Flandrau celebrates the holidays with two new seasonal shows: Holidays in Light, features the music of Christmas, Chanukah and Kwanza. This multi-cultural show also features music from Hawaii, Peru, South Africa, Russia, Wales and the Ukraine; 'Tis The Season, is a exploration of the religious, historical and cultural customs and festivals associated with the Winter Solstice. Cultures featured include Christian, Judaic, ancient Nordic, Egyptian, Celtic and Hopi. Both new shows continue through January 5. Comets Are Coming higlights the mysterious wanderers of our solar system. Call for specific show times. Admission to exhibits is $2 for adults, $1 for children 13 and under and free with purchase of a theater ticket. Telescope viewing is free and is offered from 8 to 10 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. Theater ticket prices are $3 and $4.50. Call 621-STAR for information. TUCSON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM. 200 S. Sixth Ave. 792-9985. The museum is the place to be on Saturdays and Sundays this fall. Get the scoop on exhibits with 15-minute gallery talks at 12:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Create a turkey out of pine cones, a sun print from leaves, and more from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Saturdays; or learn about parakeets, desert tortoises and tarantulas--what they like to eat and how to take care of them--from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Sundays. Museum hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $3 for kids, $5 for adults and $4 for seniors. Call 792-9985 for program registration and information.

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