Arizona History Museum - Local history museum in Tucson - 949 E 2nd St, USA

Pros: Very educational and enjoyable for all ages, everything is kid friendly, even adults can easily enjoy the most kid-focused area, touches on a wide range of Arizona history, cool immersive sets, good value Cons: you will have to park and walk a bit Fantastic museum! I highly recommend! There are so many cool things here: Santa Ana's uniform, finely crafted Spanish silver, Native American history and culture, immigrant culture, early life in Arizona, mining, gemstones/minerals, early history of Arizona as a state, vehicles (a stagecoach, chuckwagon, Studebaker), and some really depressing art on people who've died crossing the Mexico/US boarder. They also have a cool little gift shop. This museum perfectly encapsulates the history of Arizona in pretty much all its aspects; one of the best museums I've ever been in!

With a brochure in hand, I found my way to the Arizona History Museum. I was impressed, it was more than expected. If I were to highlight my favorite area, it was the mining section. Something for everyone. Two 👍👍 and a round of applause 🙌

My wife and I decided to visit this place having a few hours to spare in Tucson before coming back home. I'm so glad that we chose to come here and no where else, this museum is incredible and I have so much respect for all the work they put into this place. I love the displays of personal items belonging to some historical figures and their stories above it. I wish I could have read everything including all the stories but it would take an entire day to do that! Guess that means I'll have to come back a few more times in the future. The mining section was jaw dropping, loved the restored Studebaker, everything was incredibly interesting and a trip back in time to see our state history ❤️ Highly recommend this place to anyone in the area.

Hello Arizona! Look at your history. I came here by accident while on my whirlwind tour of Blue Star Museums. Thankfully this awesome museum of massive historical proportions was a participating member. Thank you for this amazing program to expose military members to the arts. There were many exhibits detailing the state of Arizona. I also learned about the Studebaker car named after Arizona Sheriffs. Something I did not know. The exhibits cater to adults as much as children. Many items on view were relevant to the great state history. There were also many activities for kids to participate in to include a mine recreation, and historical play areas. I would recommend this museum for all ages to experience a trip back into the history of Arizona.

Anybody who has an interest in US history like I do should come and visit the Arizona History Museum and learn about the role of Arizona the foundation and securing of Arizona as a part of the United States although there are sad parts the imprisonment of Geronimo and Native American tribes the internment of Americans of Japanese descent they have all played a role in the tapestry of our country. Fascinating exhibit on how mining; gold silver other minerals played in the creation of Arizona

My review is from the perspective of a Bride who had her Wedding at this Museum. The Museum markets itself as a Wedding venue on their website. I selected this location as my Wedding Venue in February. I had over 10 meetings with the Event Manager, Tamara McElwee from February to September. All those meetings were initiated by me because Tamara never reached out to me about anything. I was always the one initiating communication, verification on details relating to the contract and details relating to the planning regarding set up and coordination with caterers etc. Throughout the year Tamara assured me and my husband that she would be present the day of our Wedding to coordinate and help the caters, bartender and cake-person set up and direct them on what to do. However, a week before the Wedding Tamara told us she wouldn't be present on our Wedding day because she had a body building competition to go to. Apparently, her passion is in body building and not doing her actual job which is Event Coordination. I asked her several times if there would be someone at the Museum to replace her role on the day of our Wedding and she couldn't provide me with a name for who I was supposed to contact for help. I didn't know who her replacement was until the day before the Wedding. So, the day before the Wedding I had to review all the planning/organizational information to this new person, named Peter Mueller-Martin. Peter did not have all the details I had been discussing with Tamara over the course of 8 months. I had to argue with him over little things like, how he wanted to set up chairs for the ceremony and I was like, "um, no, I already discussed this with tamara and she said the chairs would be set up this way for the ceremony." So, he was being quite pushy on the day of the wedding ---like he wanted things set up HIS WAY even though all those details were already planned. Tamara was inconsistent with the information she would tell me in-person vs. information she would send me in emails. For example, since February she has told me the Museum would provide 60 inch round tables and chairs for the Reception. I took detailed notes during EVERY meeting and I verified the size of the tables through email. Tamara confirmed the 60 inch table size in writing, in an email. I still have all the emails we wrote to one another. In March I purchased 12 round tablecloths for 60 inch tables; 12 overlays for 60 inch tables. The day before the wedding, Peter had set up the tables and they were not 60 inches. They were 90 inches !! So the table cloths I purchased months ago did not fit properly on these much larger tables. Three weeks before the Wedding our caterer joined me in a meeting with Tamara and the caterer remembers Tamara saying the tables are 60 inches. However, Tamara denies giving me incorrect information and basically called me a liar. However, I was never alone with Tamara. My fiancee, mother and/or sister was always with me and they also remember her saying 60 inch tables. I found Tamara to be extremely unprofessional, rude, defensive and aloof. She did not care at all about making my Wedding a priority. In fact, my Wedding was an afterthought for Tamara. She did the bare minimum and then became defensive every time I expressed a concern to her. She acted as though she went above and beyond for me when all she did was fulfill the agreement in the contract. You aren't going above and beyond if you're are just following the contract. On the day of the Wedding, my Bridal "quarters" were in a conference room. This room was where me and my bridesmaids would change/get ready. In the middle of me changing -putting on my wedding dress --Peter barges into the room, unannounced, (did not knock) and starts grabbing chairs, going in and out of the room. One of my Bridesmaids shouted at him "UM, HELLO, THERE ARE WOMEN DRESSING IN HERE !" Peter totally ignored her and kept moving chairs out. It was very STRANGE and CREEPY and just RUDE. Yeah, if I could do it all over again, I would definitely choose a different Wedding venue.

We were recently visiting Tucson over the weekend. This museum was a terrific find. Great place to go to catch up on the history of Tucson. Senior rates applied and the cost was $11.00 each. Perfect. The museum is well laid out and one can casually stroll through the museum easily. Plenty to see and read about the history. Parking is free half block away validated when purchasing your ticket. If you come out of the museum and immediately go left the University of Arizona is right there. Highly recommend this museum.

It's a very nice visit. Has a very big emphasis on Arizona history of course but features a very extensive mining section including a room that's basically made out to be a mine with some original equipment. And then just a diverse set of things including a section on Geronimo and some old buggies and cars, minerals and a final room of quilts and statistics about migrant deaths in the Tucson zone.