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ツーソン / アメリカ合衆国

ツーソン(Tucson、パパゴ語:Cuk Ṣon)は、アメリカ合衆国のアリゾナ州南東部に位置する内陸の都市。トゥーソンとも呼ぶ。人口は53万1641人(2015年推計)で、近年増加傾向にある。 1539年から1542年にかけて、ヌエバ・エスパーニャから来たスペイン人がこの地を探検した。1692年にはキノ神父が訪れ、1700年に聖ザビエル伝道教会を設立した。スペインは1775年8月18日に要塞を建設し、ツーソンと名づけた。 合衆国は1848年の米墨戦争でアリゾナの大部分を占領し、1853年12月30日の「ガズデン購入」でヒラ川(Gila)流域を領有、1880年の南太平洋鉄道開通により発展した。かつてはアリゾナ州の暫定州都が置かれ、また近郊のトゥームストーンにはOK牧場の決闘で知られるOK牧場があり、フーバーダムの水により初めて人の住むことが可能になったフェニックスより、歴史ははるかに古い。周囲を山に囲まれ、銀や銅を産出する鉱業都市としても知られる。今日ではフェニックスと共にエレクトロニクス産業の中心地として発展しており、メキシコからの人口流入が相次いでいる。また、周囲を山に囲まれ、観光・保養都市としても注目を浴びているほか、アリゾナ大学の所在地であることから、学術都市としても知られている。

Tucson Museum of Art

ツーソン / アメリカ合衆国

The Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block is an art museum and art education institution located in the Presidio District of downtown Tucson, Arizona. The museum comprises 74,000-square-feet of exhibition space over a four-acre city block that includes a contemporary main museum and 19th C. historic homes that have been adapted for reuse as the Museum restaurant, pottery school, and galleries. The Museum concurrently presents eight to nine exhibitions including international and traveling exhibitions, TMA-curated exhibitions, and ongoing exhibitions of permanent collections. TMA's collection of more than 8,000 objects is focused on modern and contemporary art, Latin American, Western and Native American, and Asian art. The Museum has served as a community art education venue since its inception in 1924. Art education has continued as a major function of the Museum through museum staff and a docent organization that carries out education and outreach programs. The Museum's campus of landscaped plazas host community and private events including artisans markets, festivals, live performances, an annual Día de los Muertos event, weddings, high school proms, award ceremonies, and other community events. The Museum hosts Creative Space, an interactive space for children and families. The Museum campus includes Cafe a la C'Art, a full-service restaurant and bakery that was ranked one of the top museum restaurants in the United States by Food & Wine Magazine. and the Museum Store, featuring original art and craft work by local and regional artists and artisans. In 2015, the Tucson Museum of Art was named one of the Top Western Art Museums in the United States by True West magazine.

University of Arizona Museum of Art

ツーソン / アメリカ合衆国

The University of Arizona Museum of Art is an art museum in Tucson, Arizona, operated by the University of Arizona. The museum's permanent collection includes more than 6,000 works of art, including paintings, sculptures, prints and drawings with an emphasis on European and American fine art from the Renaissance to the present. The museum is located on the UA's campus near Park Avenue and Speedway Boulevard. Admission is free to UA students, faculty, and staff with student ID. It is part of "the Museum Neighborhood," a cluster of four museums within walking distance of each other; the other three museums are the Center for Creative Photography, Arizona State Museum, and Arizona Historical Society .