MUSEUMS ARIZONA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 949 E. Second St. 628-5774. 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. Continuing through December 1996: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-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. 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 noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. 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. Current shows include: Through the Eyes of Hubble and Under Arizona Skies. Flandrau's laser-light shows take music to the edge with Nirvana vs. Pearl Jam and Pink Floyd's Dark Side of The Moon. Call for additional shows and 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. 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. 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 all the fun and interesting exhibits by joining the 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. 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. Children's admission is $3, $5 for adults and $4 for seniors. Call 792-9985 for program registration and information. 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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