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MUSEUMS

Arizona Historical Society. 949 E. Second St. 628-5774. Continuing through August 2: Arizona-Sonora: Documents of a Shared History, featuring passports of American and Mexican citizens entering Mexico between 1917 and 1920. Continuing through December 31: 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 A Memento for My Descendants: The Buehman Studio Perspective, photographic works by German immigrant Henry Buehman. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.

ARIZONA STATE MUSEUM. Park Avenue and University Boulevard. 621-6302. The Arizona State Museum, on the University of Arizona campus, features anthropology exhibits with particular emphasis on the Southwest. Continuing through December 1996: Mexican Masks: Faces of the Fiesta, an exhibit of more than 350 Mexican folk masks, from mermaids to scorpions. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free.

Flandrau Science Center. UA campus. 621-STAR. Flandrau's exhibit halls feature hands-on science exhibits and a 16-inch telescope that allows the public an astronomer's view of the night sky. A mineral museum in the basement features hundreds of beautiful minerals and gems. The planetarium theater offers entertaining programs on scientific and cultural topics, as well as laser light shows featuring projections that explode across the dome in a rainbow of colors. Current shows include: Through the Eyes of Hubble, recent images from and research on the Hubble spacecraft, showing at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday; Illusions: An Adventure in Human Perception; and Under Arizona Skies. Call for additional show times. Admission to exhibits is $2, free with purchase of a theater ticket. Up to four children are free when accompanied by a paying adult. Telescope viewing is still 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.

FORT LOWELL MUSEUM. 2900 N. Craycroft Road. 885-3832. Continuing: Surgeons, Scalpels and Malaria, a photographic exhibit documenting army medicine during the Apache Wars. Continuing: 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. The Roadrunner Toy Train Swap Meet will meet from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 8. Call Bud Stewart at 749-0228 to sign-up for selling and 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. June is filled with fun activities included with admission at the Museum: Make music with Mr. Stew, write and print a book, watch City Parks' Teen Theatre perform and much more. Times and admission prices vary. 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, 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 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. 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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