Arizona State Museum

Join us on April 21 for our next free Zoom program: "Acts of Visual Resistance," a talk by artist Chris Pappan April 21, 2026 6:00-7:00 p.m. Arizona time FREE Details and registraton link here: statemuseum.arizona.edu/events/chris-p…

We’ve got new batch of donated items to peruse in our online Benefit Sale. New items uploaded daily. Shop now: statemuseum.arizona.edu/benefit-sale

ASM Master Classes are deep dives into areas of active research by ASM faculty. Join us to learn something new or broaden your understanding. Your next opportunity is a unique look at 19th Century Mexico with Dr. Michael Brescia: statemuseum.arizona.edu/events/biograp…

Mark your calendar for April 15 -- you won’t want to miss INDIGENOUS COMEDY LIVE at Club Congress in Tucson. Tickets available online now. We’re hoping for a sell-out crowd! Proceeds benefit Arizona State Museum’s Public Programs Fund. statemuseum.arizona.edu/events/comedy

We're looking forward to another beautiful day at the Tucson Festival of Books! Stop by the ASM tent (281) to meet artist Tom Farris (Otoe-Missouria/Cherokee), make and take some artwork, and enjoy our pop-up exhibit, "Tricksters and Truthtellers." See you there!

Join us tomorrow, March 13, for two opportunities to meet and interact with Oklahoma artist Tom Farris. Both require preregistration so sign up now! Print-making workshop: statemuseum.arizona.edu/events/visual-… Free, in-person talk: statemuseum.arizona.edu/events/tom-far…

ASM's "It’s Up 2 You!" exhibit is now featured at UA's Coit Museum of Pharmacy & Health Sciences. "It's Up 2 You!" is an exhibit and digital comic book about healthy choices for healthy living, created by ASM's Lisa Falk with artist/educator Ryan Huna Smith (Chemehuevi/Navajo).

Oklahoma multimedia artist Tom Farris will be in Tucson this month to lead an art-making workshop, give a public talk, and welcome visitors to ASM’s pop-up exhibit at the Tucson Festival of Books. Join us! statemuseum.arizona.edu/events/visual-… statemuseum.arizona.edu/events/tom-far…

Congrats to Dr. Kathryn MacFarland on her latest peer-reviewed publication, "Lessons Learned So Far: Professional Development and Training Opportunities in Archaeological Repositories," in Journal of Arizona Archaeology 11(2): 149-162. aac.wildapricot.org/JAZA

If you missed this week's live program with Yup'ik artist Jennifer Angaiak Wood, catch the recording on our YouTube channel: youtu.be/5iSZqT-UTew?si…

REMINDER: Join us on Thursday! Zoom registration here: arizona.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

The work of Oklahoma multimedia artist Tom Farris is featured in our exhibit, "Tricksters and Truthtellers." The artist will be in Tucson next month to lead an art-making workshop, give a public talk, and welcome visitors to ASM’s pop-up exhibit at the Tucson Festival of Books.

GIVING DAY is today and for the next 24 hours at the University of Arizona. A gift of any size will help us toward our $200,000 goal to modernize and upgrade the storage conditions for ASM’s Southwestern Textiles Collection. Learn more here: statemuseum.arizona.edu/textiles-colle…

Dr. Jim Watson, ASM assoc. director and curator of bioarchaeology, is in Mexico City this week at the National Museum of Anthropology. He is there to examine the teeth of preceramic foragers in order to reconstruct how local environments impacted adaptation through diet.

ASM is out in the Community! This weekend we’re at the Tohono O’odham Nation Rodeo in Sells. Grab the family and come see our new pop-up exhibit, “Tricksters and Truthtellers: Different Ways of Seeing,” and enjoy some great rodeo-ing at the same time.

Join us in two weeks for our next FREE Zoom talk: “Exploring Yup'ik Art Traditions from a Contemporary Perspective,” a presentation by Jennifer Angaiak Wood (Yup’ik/Irish/Italian) February 19, 2026 6-7PM Arizona time Details and Zoom registration here: statemuseum.arizona.edu/events/explori…

ASM is hiring! Assistant Manager, Archaeological Records Office This is a full-time (1.0 FTE) position. Job description, salary, benefits, and application here: arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/careers…

Here’s a fun news story about the work of our friend and colleague Homer Thiel, and the book he authored entitled, "Saloons of Tucson, Arizona Territory." kjzz.org/the-show/2026-…

Today we installed a new exhibit at Old Main. Objects previously exhibited there were replaced with nine Puebloan ceramics from the extensive Jeanne Heyerick Collection. The installation process includes cleaning the cases and installing new temperature and humidity trackers.

Culture and cocktails continue through our partnership with Whiskey Del Bac. Mark your calendar and join us on February 24 for an informative talk about the use of devil’s claw. Details and RSVP here: statemuseum.arizona.edu/events/devils-…