Tucson Museum of Art & Historic Block

Frommer's Review

This museum complex is one of the two best reasons to venture into downtown Tucson (the other is El Charro Café). The museum includes galleries housed in historic adobe homes, a courtyard frequently used to display sculptures, and a large modern building that frequently mounts the most interesting exhibits in town. The Palice Pavilion -- Art of the Americas exhibit is a highlight of the museum. This exhibit consists of a large collection of pre-Columbian art that represents 3,000 years of life in Mexico and Central and South America. This collection is housed in the historic Stevens/Duffield House, which also contains Spanish colonial artifacts and Latin American folk art. The noteworthy Goodman Pavilion of Western Art comprises an extensive collection that depicts cowboys, horses, and the wide-open spaces of the American West. The museum has also preserved five historic homes on this same block, all open to the public.

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