Cultural & Living History Events
Presidio Museum
Keepers of Tucson’s Heritage
Best historic walking tours, demonstrations, heritage and exhibits.
Summer Camp Registration is now open!
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.
Docent Guided Tours In May and June
Thursdays 9:30 am
Saturdays 9:30 am & 1 pm
PRESIDIO PALE ALE AVAILABLE NOW AT:
Casa Video, Trident II (Swan)
Boca Tacos & Tequila
Cans:
Circle K, Fry’s, Mr. Heads, Shell on Wilmot, Three Points General Store
Westside Liquor
10% of proceeds support the Presidio Museum.
Celebrate Tucson 250+ Summer Lecture Series
Mauro Trejo – The Life and Diary of George Hand
Saturday, June 28 at 7 pm, Presidio Museum Territorial Patio
In the 1870s and 1880s, former Union Soldier George Hand found himself in Tucson. During that time, he worked as a bar owner and a courthouse janitor. He also kept a diary chronicling the people and events of territorial Tucson. It remains one of the best glimpses we have into what life was like for the people of Tucson in that era.
$10/member, $15/non-member
Cash bar available for purchase. Ceres Restaurant NOT open this night.
Dr. Tom Sheridan – Tucson, a Historically Multi-Ethnic Community
Saturday, July 12 at 7 pm, Presidio Museum Territorial Patio
Dr. Tom Sheridan will discuss the historically multi-ethnic community of Tucson. He will share a brief history of the O’odham at San Xavier, the Spanish presidio and its related settlers, the Apache, and the so-called “Apaches Mansos” that were settled north of the presidio beginning in the 1790s.
$10/member, $15/non-members
Cash bar available for purchase. Ceres Restaurant open for pasta (give yourself time to order).
Cash bar available for purchase for all lectures! June 14 and July 12: Ceres Pasta will be open to order carryout pasta (give yourself time to order).
More Summer Events for June and July!
Paint and Sip with John Gates
Saturday, June 21, 4 – 7 pm
Join artist John Gates for a creative painting workshop. This event will begin with a plein air photo op at the Presidio Museum, then will move indoors to the Dandelion Café for a relaxed painting session accompanied with wine and light appetizers.
Ticket price includes all art supplies, two glasses of wine, and light appetizers.
$70/member, $80/non-member
Wild and Cultivated Food Plants of the Sonoran Desert Food Presentation & Tasting
Saturday, July 26, 4 – 6 pm
Join Naturalist Jack Dash for a culinary storytelling event focused on the wild and cultivated food plants of southern Arizona! Attendees will learn the historic and contemporary uses of several Sonoran Desert species while enjoying the flavors of dishes such as palo verde bean edamame, candied barrel cactus fruit, prickly pear and agave agua fresca, and mesquite crackers. All accompanied by wines are made in Southern Arizona!
Attendees will be provided with two glasses of wine to accompany a series of seasonally-appropriate small appetizers.
$70/member, $80/non-member
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