Stop in at Bookmans Midtown (Speedway/Country Club) anytime on Halloween, take a picture of yourself in our store, post the picture on social media tagging @BookmansMidtown and enter to win a $100 gift certificate to your favorite local bookstore!
Come dressed in your favorite costumes, enjoy Halloween-themed games and activities and help us decorate the giant Calavera in the courtyard!
Free event for Museum members only! Get your membership at ChildrensMuseumTucson.org and enjoy free admission all year and more special members-only events.
Family Adventure Fourth Saturday will focus on Halloween and Día de los Muertos this month. Ideal for 4–7-year-olds and their families, the event may include a tour of the Presidio Museum, colonial-period games, a story time and much more! In addition to our traditional offerings, October’s Family Adventure Fourth Saturday will have a variety of hands-on activities that focus on Halloween and Dia de los Muertos:
The Presidio Museum will host a Paper Flower- and Crown-Making Workshop on Sunday, Oct. 24 from 1-2:30 pm. Learn about the history of ofrendas and the role that paper crowns played in Tucson mortuary customs from historian, archaeologist and Presidio Museum Board Member Homer Thiel. During this workshop, you will also make your own paper flowers for a Día de los Muertosofrenda (altar) or for a paper crown, suitable for wearing at the All Souls Procession.
This season’s first Living History Day will be held on Saturday, Oct. 16 from 10 am to 2 pm. This month, Living History Day will also focus on the Spanish Old World cultural influences and traditions of All Soul’s Day, and how that developed into the New World traditions for Díade los Muertos. Presidio gente (people) will be working on pieces for altars that will honor their departed family members as they might have done long ago. Visitors will also learn about foods eaten in Spain vs.
Our first History in the Field Youth Workshop will feature the theme of “How Did They Do That?” Join us to learn how people in the past adapted to and used their environment through a series of hands-on activities/presentations that may include tool making, blacksmithing or farming. Workshops will be held Oct. 4 from 10 am to 12 pm and Oct.
Our first History in the Field Youth Workshop will feature the theme of “How Did They Do That?” Join us to learn how people in the past adapted to and used their environment through a series of hands-on activities/presentations that may include tool making, blacksmithing or farming. Workshops will be held Oct. 4 from 10 am to 12 pm and Oct.