Looking for something memorable to do this week?
Travel back in time a couple hundred years at the Presidio Museum, which is holding blacksmithing demonstrations on Wednesday, Dec. 28.
Visitors can also fire the bellows of the blacksmith’s fire and watch as metal materials, such as nails and hooks, are made.
Docents will also give customized tours of the presidio grounds, which feature an authentic Native American pit house, the soldier’s quarters, and an original Sonoran row house.
This time of year the presidio draws a greater international visitors and people escaping colder climates throughout the U.S., said April Bourie, the presidio’s marketing and sales director.
And while Tucsonans are more likely to show the presidio to relatives visiting during the holidays, too many year-round residents don’t even know the Presidio exists, she said.
People are also reading…
And that’s too bad, she said. “You can really experience history firsthand”
Once people do discover the presidio, they realize there is a lot to see in the area.
Bourie noted that there are also several places within walking distance to have lunch, including La Cocina at Old Town Artisans at 201 N. Court Ave.; El Charro Café at 311 N. Court; and Café a la C’Art at the Tucson Museum of Art, 150 N. Main Ave.
