Tucson Rodeo Parade Museum

Frommer's Review

A parade must be pretty special to warrant its own museum, and Tucson's Fiesta de los Vaqueros Rodeo Parade is indeed special. It's the longest nonmotorized parade in the country and includes all manner of horse-drawn carriages, buggies, and wagons. If you don't plan on being in town for the rodeo, you can still see lots of those old horse-drawn vehicles at this museum. Included in the collection is the original surrey with the fringe on top that was used in the filming of Oklahoma (which was shot not in Oklahoma but in southern Arizona near the town of Patagonia). There's also a beautiful carriage that was used by Ava Gardner during the filming of The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean. There are more than 150 vehicles on display here, as well as a wide variety of other displays focusing on the early history of Tucson. The only drawback of this fascinating museum is that it's open for only a couple of months each year (mid-Dec and early Jan to mid-Mar).

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