Tucson Weekly: Museums (July 18

MUSEUMS
Events This Week
ARIZONA HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM DOWNTOWN. 140 N. Stone Ave. 628-5775. 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.
ARIZONA STATE MUSEUM. University Boulevard and Park Avenue. 621-6302. Continues through October 31: The Pottery Project: 20,000 Pots, 2,000 Years highlights the museum's American Indian pottery collection, recently named an Official Project of Save America's Treasures. Ongoing: Paths of Life: American Indians of the Southwest showcases the origins, history and contemporary cultures of southwestern indigenous peoples. Museum hours are Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. Suggested donation is $3.
CENTER FOR CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY. Speedway Boulevard and Olive Avenue. 621-7968. Dream Street: W. Eugene Smith's Pittsburgh Photographs opens July 13 and runs through September 29. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays, noon to 5 p.m.
LIVING HISTORY TOURS. Fort Lowell Museum. 2900 N. Craycroft. Robert Hunter and Jim Ganas, in period costumes, lead you through the establishment of the fort and the arrival of the US Cavalry in free, one-hour tours at 10:30 a.m. begining July 3 and continuing through October 11 on Wednesdays and Fridays. Call 770-1473 for details.
OLD TUCSON STUDIOS. 201 S. Kinney Raod. 908-4806. Ranching in Arizona chronicles the Cattle Ranchers Industry in an exhibit that features photographs, interviews and artifacts through September 30. For details, call 883-0100.
TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART. 140 N. Main Ave. 624-2333. As Real as it Gets: Super Realism and Photo-Realism includes work by painters Robert Bechtle, Richard McLean and others and Arizona artists David Kessler, Lisa Philips and others through August 18. On Paper: Graphic Works by Walt Kuhn features work by the master draftsman through October 13.
UA MUSEUM OF ART. Speedway Boulevard and Olive Avenue. 621-7567. Summer in Paris, All American Space: Sculpture Since WWII and A Cool Summer Evening ... and Related Fantasies continue through July 21. Creative Restraint: Styles of Less in Contemporary Art; Story Lines: News, Views and Anecdotes from the Last Century and Hot Art: Burning Images: John Cage, Paul Chojnowski and Andrew Bennett continue through September 29. Gallery hours are Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.; closed Saturdays; Sundays, noon to 4 p.m.
Announcements
ARIZONA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 949 E. Second St. 628-5775. 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.
TOWN HALL MUSEUM. Old Tucson Studios' Town Hall Museum features exhibits celebrating the rich history of Arizona and the culture of the American West. A History of the Movies exhibit tells the story of a deserted landscape becoming America's premiere Western film studio. Experience 60 years of Old Tucson's movie history from John Wayne and Jimmy Stewart to Lenoardo DiCaprio and Val Kilmer. Photographs, costumes and movie posters tell an engaging tale of Old West action from Arizona's Hollywood in the Desert. In partnership with the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum and the Bisbee Mining and Historical Museum, Old Tucson Studios presents Minerals of Bisbee. Museum entrance is included with park admission. Call 883-0100 for information.
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.
VETERANS' MUSEUM. MarketPlace USA. 3750 E. Irvington Road. 740-9429. Displays depict contributions made by area veterans. Hours are noon to 9 p.m. Fridays, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturdays and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sundays. Admission is free. Volunteer docents are needed.