Arizona State Museum

Several exhibitions, a variety of programs, a research library and an educational museum store are featured at the Arizona State Museum. Established in 1893, the museum is home to the Pottery Project, an initiative to preserve and interpret roughly 20,000 Southwest Indian ceramics.

Inside the main gate of the university is Arizona's oldest museum, dating from territorial days (1893) and recognized as one of the world's most important resources for the study of Southwestern cultures. Exhibits include the largest collections of Southwest Indian pottery and basketry, as well as "Paths of Life: American Indians of the Southwest"—a permanent exhibit that explores the cultural...

This museum, which is the oldest anthropological museum in the Southwest, houses Paths of Life: American Indians of the Southwest, one of the state's most interesting exhibits on prehistoric and contemporary Native American cultures of the Southwest. The exhibit focuses on 10 different tribes from around the Southwest and northern Mexico, not only displaying a wide range of artifacts, but also...

Experience the enduring cultures of Arizona, the American Southwest, and northern Mexico at Arizona State Museum. ASM is the... oldest and largest anthropology museum in the region (est. 1893), an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, and home of the world’s largest and most comprehensive collections of Southwest Indian pottery and American Indian basketry. See More

This is the oldest archaeological museum in the Southwest, and the best place in Tucson to learn about the life of Arizona's Indians, both past and present. Impressive displays of Indian art tell the cultural history of the American Southwest and Northern Mexico. There is also a good natural history section demonstrating earth and climate changes in the area. A museum shop is also located...