Where to celebrate Museum Day 2021 in and around Tucson | Entertainment

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Where to celebrate Museum Day 2021 in and around Tucson | Entertainment

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Tucson Desert Art Museum

The Tucson Desert Art Museum is a non-profit museum that opened in 2013 and is best known for its The Weavings of the Diné collection, which shows Navajo textiles from prior to the 1940s.

Other exhibits at the Desert Art Museum include “Desert Hollywood,” which highlights iconic Arizona locations that were used for film and television shows, and one that combines the stories of pioneering women with the history of underwear used in Arizona’s early days called “Arizona Women Revealed.”

When you go

Where: Tucson Desert Art Museum, 7000 E. Tanque Verde Road, Tucson, AZ

Opening times: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. (currently closed, re-opens on September 18)

More information: https://www.tucsondart.org/

DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun Museum

DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun was founded in the early 1950s by Tucson artist Ettore “Ted” DeGrazia, best known for his art depicting the Southwestern United States and the indigenous cultures of the region.

DeGrazia’s works are featured in six permanent collections at the museum, along with smaller rotating collections like “DeGrazia’s Superstition Mountain Collection,” which is now open through January 2022.

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