Tucson Weekly: Museums (January 10

MUSEUMS

ARIZONA HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM DOWNTOWN. 140 N. Stone Ave. 628-5774. History in the Heart of Tucson tells the story of downtown Tucson starting in 1550 B.C. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays.
CENTER FOR CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY. Speedway Boulevard and Olive Avenue. 621-7968. Three exhibitions explore incarceration and punishment. Opening January 12 and continuing through March 3: The Omega Suites features color portraits of execution chambers by Lucinda Devlin; The Prison Experience records time photographer Morrie Camhi spent with inmates in a California prison; Looking into the Collection: Punishment features the work of 15 photographers. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and noon to 5 p.m. on weekends.
SOSA-CARRILLO-FREMONT HOUSE MUSEUM. Sosa-Carrillo-Fremont House. 151 South Granada Street. 520-622-0956. Guadalupe features traditional and contemporary images of the religious folk symbol of the southwest and Mexico, Our Lady of Guadalupe. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays. Admission is free.
TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART. 140 N. Main Ave. 624-2333. Overt Voyeurism features holographic installations by Shu-Min Lin exploring the disparity between the artist's home in Taiwan and his current residence in New York, opening January 12 and continuing through March 17. TMA members can meet the artist at a reception on Friday, January 11 from 5 to 7 p.m. Also continuing through January 13: Iron Maidens features cast metal and welded steel sculpture by three contemporary women sculptors from Arizona and California, Bella Feldman, Mary Bates-Neubauer and Kim Cridler. Natural Facts/Unnatural Acts features Barba Rogers' paintings exploring the garden, death and renewal. El Nacimiento at La Casa Cordova offers the annual traditional Mexican nativity scene recreated by Maria Luisa Tena. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and noon to 4 on Sundays. Admission costs $5 general, $4 for seniors, $3 for students 13 and up, free for kids under 12 and free for all on Sundays. Closed major holidays.
ARIZONA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 949 E. Second St. 628-5775. From Pocket to Purse: Hand in Hand with Fashion continues through February. The exhibit consisits of more than 100 unique purses and bags used by men and women from the 1880s to 1950. Ongoing: One Hundred Years of Fashion: Social History and Self-Image, a series of exhibits displaying accessories women tolerated for the sake of fashion. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays, and noon to 4 p.m. Sundays. Admission is free.
ARIZONA-SONORA DESERT MUSEUM. 2021 N. Kinney Road. 883-2702. www.desertmuseum.org. The museum ranks among the world's top 10 zoological sites, and features a large collection of native plants and wildlife. The museum also features a coati exhibit, pollinator gardens, a mountain lion exhibit and a hummingbird aviary, among many other natural habitat displays. The Ancient Arizona interactive exhibit recreates fossils and gives museum visitors a chance to see what ancient Arizona was like 100 million years ago. Museum hours are 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. Admission is $8.95, $1.75 for kids 6 to 12 and free for children 6 and under. Group discounts are available. Call 883-3022 for registration and information.
FLANDRAU SCIENCE CENTER AND PLANETARIUM. MarsQuest screens at 2:30 p.m. daily and 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays. More Than Meets the Eye: Under Arizona Skies screens 3:30 p.m. daily and 8:30 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays. Weekday matinee shows cost $4; evening shows and weekend matinees cost $5. The science center is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, featuring a series of interactive exhibits and planetarium shows. Telescope viewing hours are 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays. Admission costs $5 for adults, $4 for children under 13, $4.50 for seniors.
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 We Served at Fort Lowell, an exhibit documenting army life at the fort.
PIMA AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM. 6000 E. Valencia Road. 574-9658. The museum regularly displays 250 military, commercial and civilian aircraft, including a full-scale mock-up of the Wright Flyer, presidents Kennedy and Johnson's Air Force One, the Super Guppy used by NASA, and more. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with last admittance at 4 p.m. Admission is $7.50 for adults, $6.50 for seniors and military, and $4 for children ages 10 to 17. Free for aviation buffs under age 10.
TUCSON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM. 200 S. Sixth Ave. 792-9985. Dinosaur Canyon by Rob Meyer Productions features four life-size dinosaurs ranging from 8 to 30 feet in length. This New West Gallery exhibit runs until 2003. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays. Last admission is 30 minutes before closing. Admission is $3.50 for kids 2 to 16, $5.50 for adults and $4.50 for seniors. 200 S. Sixth Ave. 792-9985.