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List of museums in Arizona
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This list of museums in Arizona encompasses museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included. The list also includes public non-profit art galleries, and national, state and local parks that feature visitor centers with exhibits.
Museums
| Name | Location | County | Region | Area of study | Website/Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acadia Ranch Museum | Oracle | Pinal | Southern | History – Local | website, operated by the Oracle Historical Society, exhibits include local cattle ranch, health resort and mining histories, prehistoric artifacts |
| Adobe Mountain Desert Railroad Park | Glendale | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Railroad | Includes equipment, model railroad layout, photographs and memorabilia, miniature railway rides by the Maricopa Live Steamers; operated by the Sahuaro Central Railroad Heritage Preservation Society, located in Adobe Dam Regional Park[1] |
| Ak-Chin Him-Dak Eco-Museum | Maricopa | Pinal | Phoenix area | Ethnic – Native American | Includes tribal crafts and history of the Ak-Chin Indian Community[2] |
| Amerind Museum | Dragoon | Cochise | Southern | Ethnic – Native American | Native American archaeology, art, history and culture; Fulton-Hayden Memorial Art Gallery features paintings by 20th century Anglo and Native American artists |
| Apache County Historical Society Museum | St. Johns | Apache | Northeast | History – Local | website |
| Arizona Capitol Museum | Phoenix | Maricopa | Phoenix area | History | Arizona state history, heritage and culture |
| Arizona Copper Art Museum | Clarkdale | Yavapai | Central | Art | website |
| Arizona Doll & Toy Museum | Glendale | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Toy | Facebook site |
| Arizona Historical Foundation | Tempe | Maricopa | Phoenix area | History | website, located in the Hayden Library at Arizona State University, changing exhibits of historic documents, photographs and printed materials from its collections |
| Arizona Historical Society Museum at Papago Park | Tempe | Maricopa | Phoenix area | History – Local | Central Arizona’s history with special emphasis on the 20th Century |
| Arizona Historical Society Pioneer Museum | Flagstaff | Coconino | North Central | History – Local | Flagstaff and northern Arizona history |
| Arizona Historical Society Downtown History Museum | Tucson | Pima | Southern | History – Local | Exhibits include early Tucson businesses and home displays, including a drugstore, police and fire department, and a barbershop |
| Arizona History Museum | Tucson | Pima | Southern | History – Local | Operated by the Arizona Historical Society, southern Arizona history from Spanish colonial through territorial eras |
| Arizona Military Museum | Phoenix | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Military | website, located at Papago Park Military Reservation, operated by the Arizona National Guard Historical Society, Arizona's military history |
| Arizona Museum of Natural History | Mesa | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Natural history | Dinosaurs, Native Americans, ancient cultures of Mexico and the Hohokam, Mars |
| Arizona Railway Museum | Chandler | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Railroad | Closed in summer, collection railroad rolling stock and artifacts |
| Arizona Rangers Museum | Nogales | Santa Cruz | Southern | Military | website, history of the Arizona Rangers, located in the Historic 1904 Courthouse |
| Arizona Science Center | Phoenix | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Science | Located in Historic Heritage Square |
| Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum | Tucson | Pima | Southern | Natural history | Combined zoo, natural history museum and botanical garden, features plants, animals, minerals and fossils of the Sonoran Desert |
| Arizona State Museum | Tucson | Pima | Southern | Ethnic – Native American | Includes Southwest Indian pottery, artifacts, exhibits of religion and culture |
| Arizona State University Art Museum | Tempe | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Art | Contemporary art, new media, ceramics and other crafts, prints, art from Arizona and the Southwest and art of the Americas |
| Arizona Street Railway Museum | Phoenix | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Transportation | Restored trolley cars |
| Arizona Commemorative Air Force Museum | Mesa | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Aviation | website, aircraft include bombers, sub hunters, fighters, attackers, escorts, trainers, gliders, cargo, utility and other |
| Asarco Mineral Discovery Center | Sahuarita | Pima | Southern | Mining | website, Asarco copper mining, mining history of Arizona and the Western United States |
| ASU Galleries | Tempe | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Art | Operated by Arizona State University includes the Step Gallery, Northlight Gallery, Gallery 100, Harry Wood Gallery, Hispanic Research Center Art Gallery[3] |
| ASU West ArtSpace | Glendale | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Art | Operated by Arizona State University, hosts a variety of interdisciplinary and experimental artistic works, from visual to performance and installation art[3] |
| Barbara Anderson Girl Scout Museum | Phoenix | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Scouting | website, tours by appointment, Girl Scout uniforms, handbooks, photos and memorabilia from 1912 on |
| Benson Museum | Benson | Cochise | Southern | History – Local | website, operated by the San Pedro Valley Arts and Historical Society |
| Besh-Ba-Gowah Archaeological Park | Globe | Gila | North Central | Archaeology | Includes partially reconstructed Salado pueblo village with a museum displaying artifacts from excavations on the site |
| Bill and Judy Schaefer Sports Hall of Fame | Tempe | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Hall of fame – Sports | Arizona State University athletes, coaches, teams, memorabilia[3] |
| Bird Cage Theatre | Tombstone | Cochise | Southern | History | 1880s theater, saloon, gambling parlor and brothel |
| Bisbee Mining & Historical Museum | Bisbee | Cochise | Southern | Multiple | website, local history, copper mining |
| Bonelli House | Kingman | Mohave | West Coast | Historic house | Early 20th century period house, operated by the Mohave County Historical Society |
| Buckeye Valley Museum | Buckeye | Maricopa | Phoenix area | History – Local | [4] |
| Bullion Plaza Cultural Center & Museum | Miami | Gila | North Central | History – Local | website |
| Butterfly Lodge Museum | Greer | Apache | Northeast | Historic house | website, 1913 hunting lodge cabin, home to author James Willard Schultz and artist son Hart Merriam Schultz |
| Camp Verde Historical Society Museum | Camp Verde | Yavapai | North Central | History – Local | information |
| Canyon de Chelly National Monument | Navajo Nation | Apache | Northeast | Archaeology | Ancient pueblo ruin and museum with artifacts |
| Casa Grande Ruins National Monument | Coolidge | Pinal | Phoenix area | Multiple | Includes ruins of multiple Hohokam structures built in the 13th century, visitor center exhibits about the Hohokam and artifacts |
| Casa Malpais | Springerville | Apache | Northeast | Archaeology | Ancient pueblo ruin and museum with artifacts |
| Castle Dome Mines Museum and Ghost Town | Castle Dome Landing | Yuma | West Coast | Open-air | Historic lead-mining town and museum |
| Cave Creek Museum | Cave Creek | Maricopa | Phoenix area | History – Local | website, exhibits include pioneers, mining, Hohokam artifacts |
| Center for Creative Photography | Tucson | Pima | Southern | Art | Part of the University of Arizona, photography |
| Center for Meteorite Studies | Tempe | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Geology | Part of Arizona State University, collection of meteorites on display |
| Chandler Center for the Arts | Chandler | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Art | Includes the Vision Gallery and art exhibits in the Exhibition Hall |
| Chandler Museum | Chandler | Maricopa | Phoenix area | History – Local | Located in the McCullough-Price House, changing exhibits on culture, history and art, also Tumbleweed Ranch featuring a 1917 home, a historic grocery store and farm equipment |
| Children's Museum of Phoenix | Phoenix | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Children's | website |
| Clarkdale Historical Society and Museum | Clarkdale | Yavapai | North Central | History – Local | website |
| Clemenceau Heritage Museum | Cottonwood | Yavapai | North Central | History – Local | Operated by the Verde Historical Society |
| Cocopah Museum and Cultural Center | Somerton | Yuma | Southwest | Native American | website, recognized federal repository, features objects and depictions of Cocopah history and culture |
| Colossal Cave Mountain Park | Vail | Pima | Southern | History / Geology | Includes La Posta Quemada Ranch Museum, Civilian Conservation Corps Museum |
| Copper Queen Mine | Bisbee | Cochise | Southern | Mining | Underground tours of the mine |
| Cowbelles Museum | Nogales | Santa Cruz | Southern | History | information, contributions of women in ranching, located in the Historic 1904 Courthouse |
| Cutler-Plotkin Jewish Heritage Center | Phoenix | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Jewish | Former synagogue, hosts changing exhibits of Jewish art, history and culture |
| Deer Valley Petroglyph Preserve | Phoenix | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Archaeology | Located in Deer Valley Road, part of Arizona State University, features Native American rock art and a petroglyph trail in the desert |
| DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun Historic District | Tucson | Pima | Southern | Art | Art gallery and artistic manifestation and architectural constructed of Ettore DeGrazia |
| Desert Caballeros Western Museum | Wickenburg | Maricopa | Phoenix area | American West | website, includes Western art, cowboy, pioneer and Native American artifacts, gems and minerals, period store and home displays, history dioramas |
| Dinnerware Artspace | Tucson | Pima | Southern | Art | Contemporary art gallery |
| Discovery Park Campus | Safford | Graham | Southeast | Science | website, part of Eastern Arizona College, includes an observatory, exhibits about space, the solar system and astronomy |
| Fort Apache Historic Park | Fort Apache | Navajo | Northeast | Native American | Includes cultural center, museum, walking tour of the historic district and nearby Kinishba Ruins |
| Fort Bowie National Historic Site | Bowie | Cochise | Southern | Military | Includes ruins of Fort Bowie, visitor center exhibits about the fort and the conflict between the Chiricahua Apache and the U.S. military |
| Fort Grant Historical Museum | Willcox | Graham | Southeast | Military | History of the former 19th-century fort and current prison |
| Fort Huachuca Museum | Fort Huachuca | Cochise | Southern | Military | History of the US Army in the Southwest, located at Fort Huachuca |
| Fort Lowell Museum | Tucson | Pima | Southern | Military | Operated by the Arizona Historical Society, military life on the Arizona frontier |
| Fort Verde State Historic Park | Camp Verde | Yavapai | North Central | Multiple | Includes three 1880s period historic house museums, exhibits about the fort, military life, Indian Scouts and Indian Wars era |
| Fort Whipple Museum | Prescott | Yavapai | North Central | Medical | Medical and military artifacts of the fort and military hospital |
| Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory | Amado | Santa Cruz | Southern | Science | Visitor center exhibits about astronomy and astrophysics, natural science, and cultural history, tours of the observatory |
| Gadsden-Pacific Division Toy Train Operating Museum | Tucson | Pima | Southern | Railroad | website, model train layouts and equipment |
| Gilbert Historical Museum | Gilbert | Maricopa | Phoenix area | History – Local | website |
| Gleeson Jail | Gleeson | Cochise | Southern | Prison | Restored early 20th-century jail |
| Glendale Police Museum | Glendale | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Law enforcement | website, located in the City of Glendale Public Safety Building lobby |
| Grace Museum of America | Cave Creek | Maricopa | Phoenix area | History | Open by appointment only, America's transition from pioneer to modern life |
| Grand Canyon National Park | Grand Canyon Village | Coconino | North Central | Multiple | Includes changing art exhibits in the Kolb Studio, pioneer history exhibits at the Verkamp's Visitor Center, geology exhibits at the Yavapai Observation Station, Native American exhibits at the Tusayan Ruins and Museum |
| Hall of Flame Fire Museum | Phoenix | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Firefighting | Firefighting equipment, apparatus, patches, helmets, uniforms, memorabilia |
| Heard Museum | Phoenix | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Ethnic – Native American | Ancient and contemporary Native American jewelry, baskets, kachina dolls, ceramics, clothing and art |
| Henry Hauser Museum | Sierra Vista | Cochise | Southern | History – Local | website, operated by the Sierra Vista Historical Society |
| Hilltop Gallery | Nogales | Santa Cruz | Southern | Art | website, community art gallery |
| Historic Fairbank Schoolhouse | Fairbank | Cochise | Southern | School | Restored one room schoolhouse, exhibits about the ghost town[5] |
| Historic Route 66 Museum | Kingman | Mohave | West Coast | Transportation | Evolution of travel along the 35th parallel that became Route 66, located in a restored power plant |
| History of Pharmacy Museum | Tucson | Pima | Southern | Medical | website, part of the University of Arizona College of Pharmacy, includes bottles, original drug containers, drug store fixtures and historic artifacts |
| Homolovi State Park | Winslow | Navajo | Northeast | Archaeology | Artifacts from over 300 Ancestral Puebloan archaeological sites |
| Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site | Ganado | Apache | Northeast | Historic house | Historic trading post and family homestead with barn, bunkhouse, guest hogan, historic farm equipment and animals |
| Huhugam Heritage Center | Chandler | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Ethnic – Native American | website, history and culture of the Gila River Indian Community |
| Huhugam Ki Museum | Scottsdale | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Ethnic – Native American | website, history and culture of the O'odham (Pima) and Piipaash (Maricopa) |
| I.d.e.a. Museum | Mesa | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Children's | Focus is on fine art and creativity, formerly the Arizona Museum for Youth |
| Innovation Gallery | Tempe | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Anthropology | Part of Arizona State University, changing exhibits of culture, part of the ASU Center for Archaeology and Society, formerly the ASU Museum of Anthropology[6][3] |
| International Wildlife Museum | Tucson | Pima | Southern | Natural history | website, dioramas of insects, mammals and bird from around the world |
| Jerome State Historic Park | Jerome | Yavapai | North Central | History – Local | Exhibits include local history and copper mining |
| Jewish History Museum | Tucson | Pima | Southern | Jewish | Houses in a historic synagogue, history of the Jewish community in Arizona |
| John Bell Railroad Museum | Clarkdale | Yavapai | North Central | Railroad | Located in the depot of the Verde Canyon Railroad, a heritage railroad |
| Kannally Ranch House | Oracle | Pinal | Southern Arizona | Historic house | Part of Oracle State Park, 1930s adobe ranch home |
| Kitt Peak National Observatory | Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation | Pima | Southern | Science | Astronomy |
| Lake Havasu Museum of History | Lake Havasu City | Mohave | West Coast | History – Local | website |
| La Pilita Museum | Tucson | Pima | Southern | History – Local | website |
| Lauridsen Aviation Museum | Buckeye Airfield | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Aviation | Vintage and World War II aircraft[7] |
| L. Ron Hubbard House at Camelback | Phoenix | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Biographical | website, house where L. Ron Hubbard developed the theories of Scientology |
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