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plants, herbs and flowers. Over five acres are covered with a collection of gardens including an herb garden, cactus garden, wildflower garden and an iris garden, among others. Also, visitors can check out the city’s only tropical butterfly greenhouse or take a private guided tour.

display. In addition to the main museum building is the John K. Goodman Pavilion, devoted to Western American and related art.

The Titan Missile Museum 1580 W. Duval Mine Rd., Sahuarita 85629 520-625-7736; www.titanmissilemuseum.org Experience a simulated launch at the Titan Missile Museum, the world’s only ballistic missile complex that has been preserved as a museum. Guided tours of the facility, which is the only publicly accessible Titan II missile site in the nation, are conducted daily. Visitors have opportunities to see the three-ton blast doors, the eight-foot thick silo walls and an actual Titan II missile in the launch duct. Tohono Chul Park 7366 N. Paseo del Norte; Tucson 85704 520-742-6455; www.tohonochulpark.org Tohono Chul Park is another site where cacti and other succulents can be observed in a natural desert environment. This private park features ramadas, various gardens, a stream and nature trails. There is also an exhibition hall, museum and a garden bistro. Guided tours are offered. Tucson Botanical Gardens 2150 N. Alvernon Way, Tucson 85712 520-326-9686; www.tucsonbotanical.org

University of Arizona Gem & Mineral Museum

1601 E. University Blvd., Tucson 85719 520-621-7827; www.uamineralmuseum.org

Tucson Children’s Museum 200 S. 6th Ave., Tucson 85701 520-792-9985; www. childrensmuseumtucson.org

Located on the campus of The University of Arizona, the Gem & Mineral Museum is well known for exhibits that emphasize the vast variety of Arizona’s minerals and meteorites plus its displays of fine gem stones and fossils from around the world.

It’s hands-on learning at the Tucson Chil- dren’s Museum, with activities and programs focused on the arts, math, science, health and technology. Check out the interactive exhibits, which includes everything from a vet’s office to the Gravity exhibit illustrating the laws of motion, can be found here. The Tankersley Imaginarium Art Studio and Discovery Garden play area add to the fun along with special programs. Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block 140 N. Main Ave., Tucson 85701 520-624-2333; www.tucsonmuseumofart.org Tucson Museum of Art & Historic Block visi- tors can check out pre-Columbian artifacts and Western American art along with Spanish Colonial, Asian and Modern and Contem- porary art. Visiting exhibitions are also on

University of Arizona Museum of Art & Archive of Visual Arts 1031 N. Olive Rd., Tucson 85721 520-621-7567; www.artmuseum.arizona.edu

The University of Arizona Museum of Art houses the Samuel H. Kress Collec- tion of more than 3,000 European paintings from the 14th through the 17th century, including the 26-panel altarpiece of the Cathedral of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain, by Fernando Gallego and Maestro Bartolomé. The museum’s 20th-century collection of art and sculpture features models by Jacques Lipchitz and works by Henry Moore and Andrew Wyeth. Visiting exhibits are also on view. l

Tucson Botanical Gardens is home to more than 500 different native desert

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