Gerald M. Gay Tucson's Ignite Sign Art Museum can now add"award-winning" to its title, thanks to a recent nod from the Arizona Preservation Foundation and State Historic Preservation Office.
"It is nice to get recognition for what we are doing here," said Jude Cook, owner of Cook & Company Sign Makers, who opened Ignite with his wife, Monica Hay Cook, in 2018. People are also reading… Over the past decade, only three sign projects have been awarded the honor: Ignite, the Tucson Neon Sign Rehabilitation Project in 2012, and the Neon Sign Park in Casa Grande in 2020.
Ignite Sign Art Museum, 331 S. Olsen Ave., is open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesdays-Saturdays. Admission is $12 with discounts available.