This tour will be held at the Pueblo Grande Museum and Archaeological Park, 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix, on Friday, November 20, 2015 from 2-2:30 PM and is free with general admission fee. The Hohokam people lived in the Salt River area from approximately A.D. 450-1450. In order to support their extensive agricultural system, they Read more…

On Saturday, November 21, 2015, from 9-10:00 AM, bring the family for a short one-mile Hohokam petroglyph discovery hike in Box Canyon/Holbert Trail at South Mountain Park. This petroglyph-rich interpretive hiking experience will be led by an experienced guide from the Pueblo Grande Museum. Difficulty: moderate. Space is limited so advance registration is required. Contact Read more…

"Baboquivari Peak Sacred Cave, Petroglyphs, and Himdag Ki Cultural Center"  carpooling educational tour to sites in and near Topawa, Arizona, with Old Pueblo Archaeology Center executive director Allen Dart, departing from Pima Community College, 401 N. Bonita Ave., Tucson. Time: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. $40 ($32 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary Read more…

Photo of a complex petroglyph array at the Picture Rocks site courtesy of the Picture Rocks Redemptorist Renewal Center. Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Winter Solstice Tour of Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Archaeological Sites” with archaeologist Allen Dart departs from northeast corner of Silverbell Road & Linda Vista Blvd. in Marana, Arizona. Time: 8 Read more…

Photo by Allen Dart of Ventana Cave, from the inside looking out. Old Pueblo Archaeology Center is offering this early-morning carpool tour onto the Tohono O’odham Nation to visit the Ventana Cave National Historic Landmark site on Saturday February 20, 2016.  During the Arizona State Museum’s 1940s excavations in the cave, led by archaeologists Emil Read more…

Come get to know your State Museum! On Saturday, March 12, 2016, in celebration of Arizona Archaeology and Heritage Awareness Month, you'll have the opportunity to meet curators, visit laboratories, and tour collections areas in the largest and busiest state-run archaeological repository in the nation.  Also, browse the Friends of the ASM Collections group’s annual Read more…

Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Spring Equinox Tour of Los Morteros and Picture Rocks Petroglyphs Archaeological Sites” with archaeologist Allen Dart, departing from near Silverbell Road and Linda Vista Blvd. in Marana, Arizona. Time: 8 a.m. to noon. Fee: $20 ($16 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary members). The 2016 vernal equinox Read more…

Marc Severson photograph of some of the petroglyphs at Picture Rock. On Saturday March 26, 2016 (Easter weekend), in an educational adventure into Native American culture, this tour meets in Tucson (Pima Community College, 401 N. Bonita Ave) at 8 a.m. and travels to the Tohono O'odham (Papago) Indian Reservation for visits to the Picture Read more…

Kino mission church and campo santo at Oquitoa, Sonora; photograph by Dale Brenneman This Kino Missions Tour into Sonora, Mexico is sponsored by the Southwestern Mission Research Center (SMRC), and will be conducted April 8-10 (Fri-Sun), 2016.* More than 300 years ago, a tireless Jesuit priest by the name of Eusebio Francisco Kino made countless Read more…

Bring the whole family for a short, one-mile, Hohokam petroglyph discovery hike at South Mountain for an easy but petroglyph-rich hiking experience on Saturday, April 16, 2016 from 8-9 am. An experienced Museum guide will lead participants on a quick one-hour interpretive hike, perfect for all ages and busy schedules.  Please dress for the weather, Read more…