Keepers of Tucson’s Heritage
Tucson Presidio Museum
Historic walking tours, demonstrations, docent-led tours, and exhibits
SUMMER SPECIAL EVENTS & WALKS BELOW WITH GREAT MEMBER DISCOUNTS!
$5 FRIDAY NIGHTS: July 17, 24, August 7 and 14. Enter and pay at Brandylion Spirits and Tea House.
A re-creation of the Spanish fort built in 1775, the Presidio Museum allows visitors to experience Tucson’s history first hand. On docent-guided tours, you’ll discover how Tucson residents lived before air conditioning and cell phones. Visitors enter through an 1860s Sonoran Row house. See the remains of a 2,000 year old pit house and learn about the lives of early Native Americans in the Early People’s Park.
Upcoming Summer Evening Events
Saturday, July 18, at 7 pm
Bacanora with Michael Hurley
Still a few spots left!
Register Here! $15 members / $20 general
Bacanora, a spirit distilled from agave, was illegal until 1992. Join Michael Hurley of Borderland Spirits to learn about the history, traditions, and production of Bacanora.
Event ticket includes Bacanora samples.
Saturday, July 31, 7 – 10 pm
Fire & Ice: Ice
Regular museum admission or FREE for members
Wear something blue and join us for docent-led lantern tours, archaeology demonstrations,
blacksmithing demonstrations,
winter-themed hands-on activities and games
Story Telling: 7:30 pm “The Legend of Charlie Parkhurst: The Greatest Stagecoach Whip of The West”
Story Telling: 8:15 pm “Red Ghost in The Moonlight”
Thursday, August 6th at 7:30 pm
“The Aboriginal Peoples of the Sonoran Desert” by David Yetman
Register Here! $10 members / $13 general / $15 at the door
Learn about the aboriginal peoples of the Sonoran Desert. David Yetman served for nine years as host for the PBS documentary television series The Desert Speaks and currently produces and hosts the PBS series In the Americas with David Yetman.
Please note this lecture is outdoors in the Presidio Museum’s Territorial Patio
Walking Tours and more!
Walking The Presidio Wall At Dusk
Saturday, July 25
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
$20/member, $35/general
Register Here
Trace the foundation of the original 11 acre Presidio through downtown. Unlock its hidden stories and see the newest downtown murals.
Death After Dark
Walking Tour
Saturday, August 1
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
$20/member, $35/general
Register Here
A macabre, after-dark tour that explores some of Tucson’s most memorable deaths!
SUMMER TUCSON TAVERN SERIES at Brandylion Tea & Spirits
Saturday, August 15
7 pm
$15/member, $20/general
Register Here
Brandon Varela, Director of the Old Pascua Museum & Yaqui Cultural Center, will discuss the traditions and history of the Yaqui (Yoeme) Deer Dance.
Early Morning
Pioneer Women
Walking Tour
Sunday, August 23
8 am – 10 am
$20/member, $35/general
Register Here
View the exterior of the homes and learn about the lives of women who left their mark on Tucson
CELEBRATION OF
S-cuk SON / TucSON 251+
AUGUST 20th, 6:30 pm
AT THE PRESIDIO MUSEUM
POP-UP EXHIBIT COCKTAIL RECEPTION FOLLOWED BY LIVE Musical entertainment
FREE to Tucsonans who enjoy a summer evening. Brandylion Spirits open for business.
While the Tucson basin has been inhabited for thousands of years, the formal inception date of the City of Tucson is August 20th, 1775. Today, we use this date to celebrate our rich Tucsonense culture and its many inhabitants.
Did you know the name Tucson originates from the native O’odham word “s -cuk ṣon” which means “at the base of the black hill”?
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and sponsored by: The City of Tucson and Pima County
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