Tucson Weekly: Listings: Museums (November 20

MUSEUMS
ARIZONA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 949 E. Second St. 628-5774. Continuing through February 14: Pieced Connections: Traditions of Quilting. Continuing through December 12: Día de los Muertos. Continuing: Geronimo and the Chiricahua Apache Experience, a look at the many misconceptions and inaccurate portraits of the Apache people. Continuing through March 1998: Step Right Up: Patent Medicine in the Southwest. This exhibit will focus on the role of patent medicines from 1870 to 1906, before the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act. The exhibit looks at the trend toward self-medication to cure all kinds of ailments, real and imagined, which was facilitated by a booming mail-order business. Continuing through December 30: Angels of Restoration: San Xavier, a photographic exhibit of the mission from the AHS collection, as well as photographs of the restoration work currently underway. Ongoing exhibits include: Welcome to Tucson, a perspective on the Orndorff Hotel circa 1900; Emergence: The South Park Story, 1940-1950, a photo exhibit tracing the development of the South Park neighborhood; 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.
Listings ARIZONA-SONORA DESERT MUSEUM. 2021 N. Kinney Road. 883-2702. The museum offers a daily variety of informative, entertaining guided tours and walks. Morning bird walks meet at 8:30 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Live Animal Interpretation Tours are at 8:30, 9:30, 10:30 a.m., and 1:30 p.m. daily. Museum hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Admission is $8.95, $1.75 for kids 12 and under. Group discounts available. Cost is $45, $35 for members. Call 883-3022 for registration and information.
ARIZONA STATE MUSEUM. UA campus, east of University Boulevard at Park Avenue. 621-6302. The Hohokam: Ancient Farmers of the Desert, an exhibition on the irrigation systems, jewelry and ceramics of the early Hohokam people. Paths of Life: American Indians of the Southwest explores the origins, history and modern lives of American Indians in Arizona and northwest Mexico. Mexican Masks: Faces of the Fiesta includes 300 colorful Mexican folk-masks. Ancient Images: Plants and Animals of the Prehistoric Southwest, featuring more than 100 examples of plants and animals in prehistoric art. 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's planetarium and laser shows include Under Arizona Skies at 3:30 p.m. Sunday; The New Martians at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, and at 2:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday; The Family Laser Show at 3:30 p.m. Saturday; and The Dinosaur Chronicles at 1:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Also check out KFMA Laser Electronica, Flandrau's newest laser-light show. Call 621-STAR for information.
FORT LOWELL MUSEUM. 2900 N. Craycroft Road. 885-3832. On permanent display: The View From The Barracks, a photographic exhibit allowing a look at the daily life of enlisted men in the garrisons of the Southwest. And Surgeons, Scalpels and Malaria, a photographic exhibit documenting army medicine during the Apache Wars.
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.
SOSA-CARRILLO-FRÉMONT HOUSE. 151 S. Granada Ave. 622-0586. Continuing through November 28: George Hand's Tucson, 1862-1887, the celebrated diaries describing life, death, festivals, and almost everything that happened in territorial Tucson from the author's arrival in 1862 through his death in 1887. The exhibit will also feature previously unseen scrapbooks, photographs, and other memorabilia. Selections from the writings of Hand's contemporaries will also be on display. Museum hours are from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. Admission is free, but donations are welcome.
TUCSON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM. 200 S. Sixth Ave. 792-9985. Visit Wee World, created especially for kids ages 5 and under. This unique exhibit contains many fun and colorful places for young children to crawl and climb through. Make a lucky dragon, a pine cone turkey, or craft a luminaria light at Saturday Artworks from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., with a different theme each Saturday. Have fun with volcanoes at Sunday Science from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Enjoy storytelling galore with Teens 'N' Tots: Literature, Learning, and Fun at 11 a.m. Saturdays, and 1 and 2 p.m. Sundays. Museum hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday 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. During the After School Special admission is just $2 per person, and the third Sunday of every month is free for all! Call 792-9985 for information.
VETERANS MUSEUM. MarketPlace USA. 3750 E. Irvington Road. 740-9429. Displays depict 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.