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    A. M.

    What a great place to visit if you are in the Tucson area. Staff was fun and friendly, and enjoyed sharing information about the cars. Came down from Phoenix to visit family and made it a point to check out Tucson's hidden gem. Next time we're in Tucson, we'll be sure to stop in again.

    Miriam S.

    This auto museum is amazing! We arrived about 30 minutes before closing, but it was still plenty of time to look around since the place isn't too big. They have a wonderful collection of cars on display, everything is well lit and spotless. The customer service was outstanding too!

    Dee P.

    This is such a fun place to visit! I had a great Saturday morning wandering around, taking a stroll through car history. The staff there is extremely knowledgeable and multiple times, approached me as I was looking at cars with additional fun information and facts. They have a fantastic collections of classics, sports cars, and even movie favorites like the Batmobile. In addition to the cars, the museum itself is also decorated with all kinds of historical car memorabilia which was interesting to see. Bonus points for the oldie music station they had on which was a nice touch and completed the atmosphere!

    Suzi B.

    What a fun place to visit in the greater Tucson area! We loved seeing the many collectors' cars on loan to this nonprofit museum. Every car is a well maintained, beautiful piece of art. The collection is indoors in a clean, air conditioned showroom, so it's a nice distraction on a hot summer day. If you enjoy cars, go!

    Steve B.

    Very impressive place. A ton of variety in the displayed auto and clean comfortable browsing. Friendly staff, too.

    Friendly staff. Very clean bathrooms. Surprisingly not crowded on a Saturday. Unique collection of vehicles. They even had a kids area for playing and coloring. Handicap/stroller accessible.

    Oscar R.

    Formerly Wayne's Toys; the Tucson Auto Museum started off as a private car collection that was available for the public to view. It has now become a nonprofit auto museum. Open to the public Saturday's, 10-2 until April 30th, and will reopen in October for 4 days, which will be posted at a later date. Admission is $10 per person; Seniors & Military are $8 and children under 12 are free. The museum is wheelchair accessible. It is a very eclectic collection of vehicles that you may not typically find in other museums. That in itself is worth the price of admission. I guarantee that you will see vehicles that you probably have never even seen or heard of!! The '71 Acoma Mini Comtesse; '80 HM Vehicles Free-Way; '63 Tatra 2-603, to name a few. My favorite display is of the Batman vehicles. Holy nostalgic childhood memories, Batman! Seeing them up close was a dream come true. I had tears in my eyes! This is definitely one of Tucson's hidden gems that you should not pass up. The staff are extremely helpful and friendly. Courtney, the Museum Director is very knowledgeable about the vehicles. Don't miss out on this place!

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    Thanks for the review Dee!

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    This is such a gem in Tucson! The cars here are so cool and unique! My daughter absolutely loved it! The cars are so fun to look at!

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    Thank you for the review Steve! Glad you enjoyed your visit.

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    Wonderful and knowledgeable staff. Elegant and sporty cars. Great price value and easy to get to.

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    Thank you for the 5-star review Bob! Glad you liked the museum

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    Thanks Wendy! Glad you enjoyed the museum!

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    Amazing collection with very knowledgeable docents. Well worth the visit. Many rare cars and a beautiful facilities.

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    Thank you for the 5-star review John! Glad you enjoyed your visit!

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    Thank you for the positive feedback and 5-star review!

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    Thank you for the kind review! Glad you enjoyed it.

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    Glad you enjoyed our collection! We think it is pretty special too!

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    This was somewhat unusual. It is a museum dedicated to various sorts of 'miniatures' - small…read moredioramas, dollhouses, architectural models, etc. We checked it out one Friday afternoon. They have their own parking lot, though the sign was hard to spot initially (I had to loop back to get in). I think the admission fee was around $15 per person. The space is divided into several rooms. One is devoted more to fantasy / sci-fi themes. The rest is mostly segmented into a series of rooms with dollhouses and architectural models. Most of these are highly detailed. You may find something based on a place you've been - there was a Chinese structure from Shanghai that we'd coincidentally seen a long time ago, for example. There are also some figure models (historical figures) in one area. My impression was that many of the pieces were donated to the museum after the original owner / collector passed away, and their heirs wanted to do something useful with the items. The museum is a great solution to cases where you suddenly have a refrigerator-sized dollhouse that you are not personally that attached to, and don't want to store it in your own house forever. There was also a special exhibit (which I assume changes regularly) which, at the time, featured miniatures and models made by Ray Harryhausen. There is a gift shop at the entrance which you can browse without paying admission. This is worth checking out once at least, if you find the description remotely interesting. It was certainly unique.

    This is an amazing museum! If you enjoy miniatures, this place is a must-visit…read more Every piece is incredibly detailed and tells its own story. You can really appreciate the artistry and care that goes into each miniature display. The museum itself is beautiful, and the staff provides wonderful customer service, making the whole experience even more enjoyable. Be sure to keep an eye out for their special events as well

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    Really enjoyed our visit to the Arizona State museum on the campus of ASU. This is an anthropology…read moremuseum focusing on Southwest indigenous cultures. Considering the nature of the displays (delicate and a lot of reading), the exhibits may not be that interesting for young children. All exhibits were on the first floor. The museum houses an extensive collection of southwestern indigenous pottery, with over 24,000 pieces spanning 2,000 years. Although most of the pottery collection is kept in a controlled vault to protect from humidity and temperature, there are still many pieces on display and lots of opportunity to learn. There's also a virtual tour option for the pieces in the vault. There's also a wonderful collection on the art of Native American basket making, and according to their website they house the "world's largest and most comprehensive collection". Two temporary exhibits were on Native American jewelry making and a photography exhibit on the Sámi indigenous people in Northern Europe. In the hallway, there was information on the 19th amendment, which although I appreciated, I felt that it was out of place. Overall, I learned a lot during the visit and appreciated that the museum respected the history of past and present indigenous cultures.

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    Grateful to Yelp for inviting us Yelpers to come for the Momentos series at TMA, a celebration of…read moreArizona's Biennial Artists. What a stunning collection of local artists and their art. In addition to the beautiful artwork we could peruse, there was snacks and mangonadas, a DJ, and drinks. One of the museum staff also walked us through an activity to discuss and share our reactions to the art. I loved that she made it feel approachable, even for folks like me who are not art experts. My husband is a big art lover and ended up buying a membership before we left. Can't wait to come back to explore the rest of the collection! Highly recommend stopping by for the Momentos series this summer.

    I loved the art so I give two stars instead of one, but my rating is only so low because of the…read morestaff member who made my group feel unwelcome. It's important to note that our group was visibly made up of women of color, and we are all mostly hispanic and indigenous. For the first hour, we encountered staff members and security who just seemed like they were doing their jobs normally. No staring, no following, just observing and moving within their sections. But as we moved into the last section before the gift shop, we encountered a staff member who left a bad taste in our mouths. He was on his phone and ignoring the other (white) people in his section, but as soon as we walked in he stared really intensely at us and immediately stood up. He spent the next 45 minutes following us from room to room, making intense eye contact with us and keeping his arms crossed. If one of us moved out of his line of sight (I moved behind a pillar briefly) he moved quickly to see what we were doing. I understand he was keeping museum property safe, but we were following proper museum etiquette and nothing we were doing warranted that reaction. We kept our voices lowered, moved slowly, didn't get too close to items, etc. People of color are used to being treated with suspicion in many spaces, so I can assure you we know what it looks like when someone is keeping an eye on us. I thought it was in poor taste, though, to treat us, Mexican and indigenous women, like that, especially when we were in an art gallery viewing art by Latin American and indigenous artists. It gives the wrong impression and made us feel unwelcome when we were there to view and celebrate our own art and culture. I'm not writing this out of spite, but hopefully the museum can make sure their staff members do not continue to treat people of color differently than all people should be treated...especially when they display our art.

    University of Arizona Museum of Art

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    We had seen a documentary a year or so ago about an art theft of a de Kooning painting from this…read moremuseum ("The Thief Collector"). It was interesting so we thought that since we'd be in Tucson anyway, we'd stop by and check out the museum and the semi-recently restored artwork (the thieves died of old age and it was recovered via their estate sale, basically). The museum is located in the middle of the University of Arizona campus. There may be street parking even closer, but we parked in a multi-story public parking deck about 3 blocks away. The deck is behind a 7-11 on the corner. Fees for parking were quite reasonable (we paid less than $3 for almost an hour). Entry to the museum is free. The lady at the reception desk gave us an overview gave directions to the de Kooning when we asked (I'm guessing they get that question a lot). They weren't defensive about it. :) There were 4 main areas / displays when we visited: - the main modern galleries - the main early / medieval galleries (which were being renovated) - an exhibit of local high school art competition winners - a special exhibit of sort of grotesque charcoal nudes of late-middle aged artists We got to see the de Kooning, which is what we came for (though none of us are fans of his art, per se). It was the only work protected with a plexiglass housing (so if you come for theft, steal something else this time...). My favorite here was actually a work by Georgia O'Keefe. There was also a Calder mobile and some works by a Spanish modern artist that my daughter recognized from a class. I'm not a huge fan of medieval art, so it wasn't a huge blow to discover this area was closed. We browsed the high school stuff. Some of it was interesting. We hit the final area before leaving. They even cautioned you about 'representation of the human body', or some such, when you check in. Rather than be snarky, I'll just state that this really wasn't something I was interested in, and leave it at that. Given that this is a university-based art museum, and not some major city's premier art venue, I thought it was decent. I was glad we stopped by.

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