Playthings of the Past: Winter Fun
Exhibit Opening:
November 28, 2008 10:00am. - 4:00pm.
Exhibit run:
November 28, 2008 - February 28, 2009

Explore the playful side of winters past.  Treat family and guests to the Pioneer Museum's 18th annual Playthings of the Past exhibit during the holidays. Discover a fond memory among the skis, sleds, skates and winter apparel of the past or find a favorite car, truck, doll, game or other plaything from your past. Either way this exhibit provides a nostalgic glimpse of 19th and 20th century Northern Arizona play.

The Arizona Story Textbook Event
January 22, 2009 5:30pm. - 7:30pm.

Find out more about Arizona’s newest 4th grade Social Studies Program, meet the authors and find out more about The Arizona Story’s layout, and hear testimonials from teachers using the textbook.

Additional information is downloadable in PDF Format.

or contact Megan Gately by email or call (480) 929-0292 ext 137

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Second Annual Arizona Historical Photographs Fair
January 24, 2009 11:00am. - 3:00pm.

WHAT'S IN YOUR ATTIC?
The Museum at Papago Park is now accepting submissions from the public of photographs that tell stories of Arizona history. These photos will be reviewed in five categories (People, Landscapes, Lifestyles, Events, and Buildings) and the winners will be displayed at the museum during the Fair on January 24.

The Fair will also include speakers, workshops, and fun activities for the whole family.
Additional information is downloadable in PDF Format.

Are You Related to Arizona Pioneers?

The Sanguinetti House Museum is searching for relatives of these people:

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Events listed below call for additional information. Reservations are required unless noted otherwise.

A Talk on Camp Calhoun and Fort Yuma:
January 7, 2009 10:30am

In the Sanguinetti House Museum Garden
240 S Madison Ave
Dress Warmly it is outside.

AHS members free, non-members $3.00.
No reservations needed.

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A Talk on Steamboats on the Colorado River:
January 21, 2009 10:30am

In the Sanguinetti House Museum Garden
240 S Madison Ave
Dress Warmly it is outside.

AHS members free, non-members $3.00.
No reservations needed.

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Fortuna Mine Tour:
January 24, 2009 All Day Trip

Bring your own vehicle - High clearance required. Bring your own food and drink, wear good hiking gear.

AHS members free, non-members $7.00.
Must call 928-782-1841 or email RIO Colorado Museum to sign up and get details.

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A Talk on Patrolling the Arizona Border:
February 4, 2009 10:30am

In the Sanguinetti House Museum Garden
240 S Madison Ave
Dress Warmly it is outside.

AHS members free, non-members $3.00.
No reservations needed.

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Laguna Dam Tour:
February 7, 2009 All Day Trip

Bring your own vehicle - High clearance required. Bring your own food and drink, wear good hiking gear.

AHS members free, non-members $7.00.
Must call 928-782-1841 or email RIO Colorado Museum to sign up and get details.

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Yuma Crossing Day:
February 14, 2009 10:00am - 2:00pm

At the Sanguinetti House Museum.
240 S Madison Ave.

Historic craft demonstrations, vignettes or exhibits about Yuma’s past.  Museum and gift shop open 10am to 4pm.  Free to all.

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A Talk on Yuma Teacher, Mary Elizabeth Post:
February18, 2009 10:30am

In the Sanguinetti House Museum Garden
240 S Madison Ave
Dress Warmly it is outside.

AHS members free, non-members $3.00.
No reservations needed.

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American Girl MineTour:
February 28, 2009 All Day Trip

Bring your own vehicle and wear good hiking gear.
Food and drink will be provided.

Ccost to be determined.
Must call 928-782-1841 or email RIO Colorado Museum to sign up and get details.

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A Talk:
March 4, 2009 10:30am

In the Sanguinetti House Museum Garden
240 S Madison Ave
Dress Warmly it is outside.

AHS members free, non-members $3.00.
No reservations needed.

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Gadsden Tour:
March 7, 2009 All Day Trip

Bring your own vehicle - High clearance required. Bring your own food and drink, wear good hiking gear.

AHS members free, non-members $7.00.
Must call 928-782-1841 or email RIO Colorado Museum to sign up and get details.

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A Party for the Garden:
March 8, 2009 2:00pm - 4:30pm

At the Sanguinetti House Museum.
240 S Madison Ave.

Single Tickets are $25.00, children ages 6-16 are $10.00, children under 6 are free.

Food and Music part of ticket price. Also available, a cake walk, a plant sale booth, and a silent auction.

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A Talk on Yuma Wedding Chapels:
March 18, 2009 10:30am

In the Sanguinetti House Museum Garden
240 S Madison Ave
Dress Warmly it is outside.

AHS members free, non-members $3.00.
No reservations needed.

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Monkey Farm Tour:
March 7, 2009 All Day Trip

Bring your own vehicle, bring your own food and drink, wear good hiking gear.

AHS members free, non-members $7.00.
Must call 928-782-1841 or email RIO Colorado Museum to sign up and get details.

Congratulations to our AHS executive director, Dr. Anne Woosley, who has been elected to the Council of the American Association of State and Local History (AASLH), beginning September 2008.  The Council, which governs AASLH, is elected by the members of the Association to serve four-year terms.

AASLH serves and supports the field of state and local history, providing services and leadership to thousands of institutional and individual members.  It is the national organization dedicated to state and local history.

From its headquarters in Nashville, Tennessee, AASLH serves a membership, which directly reflects the demographics of the field itself -- small, volunteer led and, often, volunteer staffed organizations with small budgets and limited staff resources to membership organizations and their agents as large as Colonial Williamsburg and the Smithsonian Institution. The Association works hard to represent the field in all of its diversity.

AASLH offers programs and services to meet members' needs and progressively advance the goals and standards of the field.  Programs and services are available to professionals, organizations, and volunteers in the field of state and local history. 

The museum store carries period toy replicas, unique period doll dress patterns, limited edition Beale Wagon Road T-shirts, and books about Flagstaff and northern Arizona history. There are previously owned books as well as local railroad history books sold only at this shop.
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The museum shop offers a marvelous assortment of books, AHS memorabilia, T-shirts, and scenic Arizona postcards.
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The Arizona Mercantile offers a wide variety of merchandise.
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• Navajo and Zuni jewelry
• Unique glass-bead jewelry
• Glassware creations of local artisans.
• A diverse selection of books
• High-quality replicas of the 19th and 20th century photographs exclusive to the museum collection.
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 Store hours:
11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Mon. - Thurs.
11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Fri. & Sat.

Please call (520) 617-1167 for more information.

The Adobe Annex Museum Shop maintains the same hours as the museum (10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday - Saturday) and is located at 248 S. Madison Avenue. Gifts reflect the early 1900's items, with an emphasis on local Indian crafts, prints and drawings. The shop carries the best selection of Arizona and Yuma history books in town. YCHS publications available for purchase include:

• Early Yuma: A Graphic History of Life on the American Nile by Rosalie Crowe and Sidney Brinkerhoff, 1995 ($19.95)
• Prison Centennial 1876-1976 by Clifford Trafzer and Steve George, 1978 ($4.00)
• Lost Mines and Prospector's Lore by Bill Keiser, adapted by Pauline Sandholt, 1978 ($8.00)
• A Wooden Road Through the Hollow of God's Hand by Johnny Rube, 1997 ($18.95)
• Yuma-Frontier Crossing of the Far Southwest by Clifford Trafzer, 1980 ($9.95)
• When the Colorado River Quit the Ocean by Alton Duke, 1980 ($14.95)
• The Yuma Crossing: A short History by Clifford Trafzer, ($5.00)
• San Ysidro Ranch Archaeological Project by Janus Associates, Inc., 1983 ($20.00), abridged copy ($15.00)
• Raymond Marshall Priest-The Yuma Project by Ramona Vorbeck, 1989 ($14.95)
• Growing Up on the Reclamation Grounds by Bellamy Priest Abbott and Raymona Priest Vorbeck, 1987 ($12.50)
• Prisoners in Petticoats-The Women of the Yuma Territorial Prison by Elizabeth Klungness, 1993 ($14.95)
• Yuma Crossing by Douglas Martin, 1995 ($9.95)
• Great Registers of Yuma County: 1898 ($7.00), 1902 ($8.00), 1910 ($12.50)
• Yuma Arizona: Sunshine Capitol of the United States by Yuma County Chamber of Commerce 1927, ($20.00)
• A Transcription of Major Samuel P. Heintzelman's Journal: January 1851-31 December 1853, Transcribed by Creola Blackwell, 1989 ($45.00)
• Yuma During the Era of the American Revolution by Cliff Trafzer, 1975 ($5.00)