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The University of Arizona Mineral Museum
Category: Tucson Attractions & Activities
Address: 1601 East University Blvd, Tucson, AZ 85713
Tucked in the lower level of the Flandrau science center, it displays minerals, gemstones, and meteorites of positively otherworldly shapes and hues.
Category: Sightseeing - Tucson Attractions & Activities
Address: 105 S 4th St, Tombstone, AZ 85638
Tombstone is located about 70 miles southeast of Tucson, perfect for a day trip. Some of the biggest legends of the Old West originated right here – Doc Holliday, Wyatt Earp, the gunfight at the OK Corral. Today's Tombstone is touristy, to be sure, but with the help of the National Park Service the town is trying to...
Category: Museums - Tucson Attractions & Activities
Address: 200 S 6th Ave, Tucson, AZ 85702-2609
This Tucson institution is brimming with fun learning activities that cover several topics. The Dinosaur World exhibits make this the perfect companion to the T Rex Museum for your little paleontologist. If you have a budding train engineer or firefighter on your hands, they'll love being able to dress up like their...
Category: Parks - Tucson Attractions & Activities
Address: 2021 N Kinney Rd, Tucson, AZ 85743
Within its boundaries, this 20,000 acre park has miles of hiking trails and numerous incredible desert vistas. If that sounds appealing, a hike up to Gates Pass will reward you with a charming stone gazebo from which to take in a stellar sunset view. Other outdoor activities within the park include horseback riding,...
Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block
Category: Tucson Attractions & Activities
Address: 140 N Main Ave, Tucson, AZ 85701-8218
The Tucson Museum of Art not only houses a permanent exhibit of pre-Columbian art plus traveling exhibits, it also houses an art school and an art library. There is a fine gift shop within the museum, as well. Located in the historic Barrio Presidio (the original walled city), the Art Museum shares the district with...
Univerity of Arizona's Center for Creative Photography
Category: Tucson Attractions & Activities
Address: 1030 N Olive Rd, Tucson, AZ 85713
Connect to the outdoors through the lens. At the University of Arizona's Center for Creative Photography, view images of nature, including black-and-white masterpieces by Ansel Adams. Although all genres of photography are represented, check out permanently archived landscapes like Above Lake Tenaya: Connecting Views...
University of Arizona Museum of Art
Category: Museums - Tucson Attractions & Activities
Address: 1031 N Olive Rd, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721
The University of Arizona Art Museum's collection is wide-ranging and impressive, to say the least. From 15th century Spanish master Fernando Gallego to European renaissance paintings to modern masters such as Pollock, O'Keeffe and Kandinsky, there are pieces here that will appeal to virtually everyone. Other artists...
University of Arizona Poetry Center
Category: Museums - Tucson Attractions & Activities
Address: 1600 E 1st St, Tucson, AZ 85721
The remarkable collection at this campus library/museum includes multiple titles for most of the major poets of the 20th century: Robert Frost, T. S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, Wallace Stevens, Elizabeth Bishop, Gwendolyn Brooks, Robert Lowell, Marianne Moore and numerous others. The Poetry Center also holds photographs,...
Category: Tucson Attractions & Activities
Address: 7000 North Resort Dr, Tucson, AZ 85713
A spectacular canyon wash, and as reward for not turning back early, Maiden Pools may be deep enough for dunking. The trail is 6.7 miles one way; part of it enters Coronado National Forest.
Category: Tucson Attractions & Activities
Address: 471 Elgin Rd, Elgin, AZ 85611
A rustic onetime brothel is now home to the Village of Elgin Winery. Here, the past is playfully noted—try the Tombstone Red, touted on the label as a fine accompaniment to "scorpion, tarantula, and rattlesnake meat."
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