MUSEUMS ARIZONA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 949 E. Second St. 628-5774. Continuing through March 15: Imago Caeli: The Image of Heaven, Spanish Colonial religious paintings. Ongoing exhibits include: Arizona-Sonora: Documents of a Shared History, featuring passports of American and Mexican citizens entering Mexico between 1917 and 1920; Emergence: The South Park Story, 1940-1950, a photo exhibit tracing the development of the South Park neighborhood, located along Park Avenue south of 22nd Street; and Exploring 1870s Tucson, a hands-on exhibit for children. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. 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. ARIZONA STATE MUSEUM. Located on the UA campus, east of University Boulevard at Park Avenue. 621-6302. Exhibits include Paths of Life: American Indians of the Southwest, which combines historic and contemporary art and artifacts with high-tech displays depicting the origins, history, and origins of Indians native to Arizona and Sonora. Mexican Masks: Faces of the Fiesta, includes 350 colorful Mexican folk masks. Newly opened is: Ancient Images: Plants and Animals of the Prehistoric Southwest. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Sunday, and admission is free. FLANDRAU SCIENCE CENTER. UA campus. 621-STAR. Flandrau has hands-on science exhibits, a telescope for night viewing, a mineral museum and more. Comets Are Coming highlights the mysterious wanderers of our solar system. Call for show times. Admission to exhibits is $3 for adults, $2 for children 13 and under and free with purchase of a theater ticket. Telescope viewing is free and is offered from 7 to 10 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. Theater ticket prices range from $4 and $5. Laser shows are $6 Call 621-STAR for information. FORT LOWELL MUSEUM. 2900 N. Craycroft Road. 885-3832. Continuing through February 1997: Surgeons, Scalpels and Malaria, a photographic exhibit documenting army medicine during the Apache Wars. Also continuing through February 1997: We Served at Fort Lowell, a photographic exhibit featuring soldiers and their families stationed at Fort Lowell from 1873 through 1891. GADSEN-PACIFIC TOY TRAIN OPERATING MUSEUM. Foothills Mall. 7401 N. La Cholla Blvd. See and operate antique and contemporary toy trains at this free museum Friday through Sunday during mall hours. Call Bud Stewart at 749-0228 for information. PIMA AIR MUSEUM. 6000 E. Valencia Road. 574-9658. On display are 185 military, commercial and civilian aircraft, including a full-scale mock-up of Kitty Hawk, a presidential plane used by news media and JFK during the 1960s, numerous photos, air and space uniforms and memorabilia. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with last admittance at 4 p.m. Admission is $6 for adults, $5 for seniors and military and $3 for children ages 10 to 17. Free for aviation buffs under 10. TUCSON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM. 200 S. Sixth Ave. 792-9985. The museum is the place to be on Saturdays and Sundays. Get the scoop on exhibits with 15-minute gallery talks at 12:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. 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. VETERANS MUSEUM. MarketPlace USA. 3750 E. Irvington Road. 740-9429. Museum features displays depicting contributions made by area veterans. Hours are noon to 9 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free. Volunteer docents needed. YOZEUM. 2900 N. Country Club Road. 322-0100. Museum hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. On display are all kinds of yo-yos, from styles popular in the 1920s to current designs, and yo-yo memorabilia. The owner of the museum is Don Duncan, Jr., son of the founder of Duncan Yo-Yos. Groups and schools can call ahead to arrange for a tour. Free admission.

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