Tucson, Arizona Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Cultural and other attractions=== Cultural and other attractions include: * [[Arizona Historical Society]] * The [[Sosa-Carrillo-Fremont House|Fremont House]] is an original adobe house in the Tucson Community Center that was saved when one of Tucson's earliest barrios was razed as part of urban renewal. * [[Fort Lowell|Fort Lowell Museum]] * [[Mission San Xavier del Bac]] * [[Old Tucson Studios]], built as a set for the movie ''[[Arizona (1940 film)|Arizona]]'', is a [[movie studio]] and [[theme park]] for classic [[Western movie|Westerns]]. * The [[Tucson Museum of Art]] was established as part of an art school, the Art Center, which was founded by local Tucson artists, including [[Rose Cabat]].<ref name="Regan">Regan, Margaret. "Ninety and Nimble". ''Tucson Weekly''. Tucson, Arizona. October 7, 2004.</ref> * The [[University of Arizona Museum of Art]] includes works by [[Franz Kline]], [[Jackson Pollock]] and [[Mark Rothko]] as part of the Edward J. Gallagher Memorial Collection, a tribute to a young man who was killed in a boating accident. The museum also includes the Samuel H. Kress Collection of European works from the 14th to 19th centuries and the C. Leonard Pfeiffer Collection of American paintings. * [[Center for Creative Photography]], a leading museum with many works by major artists such as [[Ansel Adams]] and [[Edward Weston]]. * International Wildlife Museum maintains an exhibition of over four-hundred different mounted and prepared animal species hunted from around the globe.<ref>[http://www.thewildlifemuseum.org/static/index.cfm?contentID=1857/ Thewildlifemuseum.org],{{dead link|date=October 2017}} retrieved 12-15-10</ref><ref>[http://www.thewildlifemuseum.org/?landed=1 Thewildlifemuseum.org], {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101229012142/http://www.thewildlifemuseum.org/?landed=1 |date=December 29, 2010 }} retrieved 12-15-10</ref> * The [[DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun Historic District|DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun]] is an iconic Tucson landmark in the foothills of the Santa Catalina Mountains.{{Citation needed|date=November 2011}} * [[Titan Missile Museum]] is about {{convert|25|mi|abbr=on}} south of the city on [[Interstate 19 (Arizona)|I-19]]. This is a Cold War-era [[Titan (rocket family)|Titan]] nuclear [[missile silo]] (billed as the only remaining intact post-Cold War Titan missile silo) turned tourist stop. * [[Pima Air & Space Museum]] has a wide assortment of aircraft on display both indoors and outdoors. * [[Pima County Fair]] * [[Trail Dust Town]] is an outdoor shopping mall and restaurant complex built from the remains of a 1950 western movie set. * [[Museum of the Horse Soldier]] * [[Jewish History Museum (Tucson)|Jewish History Museum]] * [[Centennial Hall (Tucson, Arizona)|Centennial Hall]] opened in 1937 as the University of Arizona's campus auditorium, designed by architect [[Roy Place]]. * Tucson Chinese Cultural Center * Tucson Loop Shared Use Bike Path * [[Arizona State Museum]] (on the University of Arizona campus) * [[Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson]] Fourth Avenue, near the [[University of Arizona]], is home to many shops, restaurants, and bars, and hosts the annual 4th Avenue Street Fair every December and March. University Boulevard, leading directly to the UA Main Gate, is also the center of numerous bars, retail shops, and restaurants most commonly frequented by the large student population of the UA. [[El Tiradito]] is a religious shrine in the downtown area. The shrine dates back to the early days of Tucson. It is based on a love story of revenge and murder. People stop by the shrine to light a candle for someone in need, a place for people to go give hope. [[Biosphere 2]] is a {{convert|3.14|acre|ha|adj=on}} educational facility designed to mimic a tropical or sub-tropical climate-controlled environment.<ref>[http://www.b2science.org/b2/about-fact.html B2science.org] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101229213312/http://www.b2science.org/b2/about-fact.html |date=December 29, 2010 }}, retrieved December 15, 2010</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page