MUSEUMS 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. 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 FLANDRAU SCIENCE CENTER. UA campus. 621-STAR. Flandrau has hands-on science exhibits, a telescope for night viewing, a mineral museum and more. Flandrau celebrates the holidays with two new seasonal shows: Holidays in Light, features the music of Christmas, Chanukah and Kwanza. This multi-cultural show also features music from Hawaii, Peru, South Africa, Russia, Wales and the Ukraine; Tis The Season, is a exploration of the religious, historical and cultural customs and festivals associated with the Winter Solstice. Cultures featured include Christian, Judaic, ancient Nordic, Egyptian, Celtic and Hopi. Both new shows continue through January 5. Call for additional shows and specific show 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. 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-FREMONT HOUSE. 151 N. Granada Ave. 622-0956. Continuing through January 31: the annual exhibit of antique toys and Christmas tree decorations, with this year's theme being "Christmas in the Pimeria Alta." Admission to holiday program is $4. Regular museum admission is free. Exhibit hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. 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 exhibits with 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. Sundays. 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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