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~ In the State of Arizona (35 total) ~

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ARIZONA
Amerind Foundation Museum, Dragoon, AZ
The Amerind Foundation Museum is dedicated to the study and interpretation of Native American culture and lifeways. The Amerind, founded in 1937, concentrates its research into topics pertinent to American Southwestern studies. [565:-0.0-.00]-0
Archaeological Research Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
ARI maintains collections from archaeological projects conducted in central Arizona.. Collections catalogs, photos and research data are available through on-line, searchable databases. In addition, virtual exhibits and publications are offered on archaeological topics from a wide range of geographic and chronological settings. [424:-0.0-.00]-0
Arizona Capitol Museum, Phoenix, AZ
The Arizona Capitol Museum brings history to life through exhibits, special events and tours. Over 20 exhibits tell Arizonas story from territorial days to the present. Located in the 1901 Capitol Building, admission and parking are free. Collection items include the Silver Service from the USS Arizona and native american baskets collected by Edward S. Curtis. Artifacts related to Arizonas state and territorial government comprise the majority of the collection [1735:-1.0-.07]-0
Arizona Historical Society, Tucson, AZ
The Arizona Historical Society has the world's largest collection of Arizona history artifacts, documents, and photographs. Feel free to ask us about research, educational programs, and tours. The Arizona Historical Society actively seeks, collects and accepts donations of artifacts, objects, photographs, manuscripts, oral histories, archival materials, personal papers, books and periodicals, ephemera and art that represent and interpret the hi [1680:-0.1-.07]-0
Arizona Museum for Youth, Mesa, AZ
An art museum you can really 'kid' around in! Fine art is combined with hands-on activities in an environment that stimulates creative expression! The Arizona Museum for Youth offers children the excitement provided by fine arts. Visual and tactile stimulation is combined in an evironment designed for learning and creative expression. [978:-0.0-.00]-0
Arizona Science Center, Phoenix, AZ [12:-0.0-.00]-0
Arizona Science Center, Phoenix, AZ [59:-0.0-.00]-0
Arizona State Museum - University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Over 100 years old, the Arizona State Museum, located on the University of Arizona campus, collects, displays and interprets objects and information about the native peoples of the SW U.S. and NW Mexico. [505:-0.0-.00]-0
Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
The Museum that presented"Bill Viola: Buried Secrets"at the 1995 Venice Biennale, the first institution West of the Mississippi to represent the United States at this U.S. Pavilion. [366:-0.0-.00]-0
Arizona Street Railway Museum/dba Phoenix Trolley Museum, Phoenix, AZ
The Arizona Street Railway Museum, Home of the Phoenix Trolley, is located next to the beautiful Margaret Hance Deck Park and is being constructed as an operating museum which will allow visitors to step back in time and experience some early Phoenix his Museum contains two original Phoenix Street Railway streetcars Manufactured in 1928 and run continuosly until 1948. Also displays of streetcar technology and operational diaorama and movies. Static display of 1906 Mining Car Engine [1590:-0.1-.06]-0
AZ Sonoran Desert Museum, Tucson, AZ
The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is a world-renowned zoo, natural history museum and botanical garden, all in one place! In a nutshell The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is a world-renowned zoo, natural history museum and botanical garden, all in one place! Exhibits re-create the natural landscape of the Sonoran Desert Region so realistically you find yourself eye-to-eye wit [1677:-0.1-.07]-0
Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ
One of the world's great photography museums with changing exhibitions, public programs, a research center, library, archives and collections numbering more than 50,000 works. [1098:-0.0-.00]-0
Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ
The Center for Creative Photography collects, preserves, and makes accessible the collections and archives of photographers who have made significant contributions to the art and history of the medium. It encourages and supports research, organizes exhibitions, maintains strong library holdings, and engages in a variety of programs designed to educate, enlighten, and inform students as well as local, national, and international audiences in contemporary photography, photographic history, an... [1162:-0.1-.04]-0
Crismon Farm Heritage Museum, , AZ [275:-0.0-.00]-0
Deer Valley Rock Art Center, Phoenix, AZ
Hedgpeth Hills petroglyph site, with intorduction to rock art. [622:-0.0-.00]-0
Flandrau Science Center, Tucson, AZ
Flandrau reopened on Oct. 5, 2006 with a selection of community favorites in the planetarium theater, new displays in the UA Mineral Museum and a slate of new, prototype exhibits called the Design Garage. At the Design Garage, visitors are invited to test Flandrau Science Center is extending its hours of operation due to greater than anticipated community response to its reopening this month. Flandrau is adding daytime hours from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursdays and Fridays, and adding evening hours from 6 to [1679:-0.1-.07]-0
Fleischer Museum of American and Russian Impressionism, Scottsdale, AZ
The paintings in the Fleischer collection are American Impressionism, California School and Russian and Soviet Realism tempered by Impressionism. The genres are varied and include landscapes, architecural subjects, and still lifes. [256:-0.0-.00]-0
Golden Era Museum, Coolidge, AZ
The Fred and Elaine Goulden toy collection now open to the public. Several thousand toys and dolls from 1890's cast iron to 1950-60s modern. [489:-0.0-.00]-0
International Wildlife Museum, Tucson, AZ
Mammals, birds, insects, from around the world. Hands-on exhibits, interactive computers, pre-historic mammals. Tucson's Interactive Natural History Museum. [387:-0.0-.00]-0
Mesa Historical Museum, Mesa, AZ
The Mesa Historical Museum is dedicated to preserving the history of Mesa, Arizona. "Searching For Mesa: Finding Ourselves in Our History" is a permanent exhibition centered on telling a broad history of Mesa, Arizona, through more than 200 historic photographs and artifacts. Other exhibitions include "Thanks for Tuning [1821:-1.1-.08]-0
Mohave Museum of History and Arts, Kingman, AZ
Founded in 1960, the Mohave Museum of History and Arts is dedicated to preserving and presenting the heritage of Northwestern Arizona. [828:-0.0-.00]-0
Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson, AZ
MOCA is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization. As a museum, we strive to display a range of work that engages with global trends in contemporary art. Our mission is to provide a forum for the development and exchange of ideas about the art of our time. 5{he work of contemporary artists (roughly since circa 1970). We exhibit artists from all around the world, and, of course, from Tucson. We mount eight to twelve temporary exhibitions each year, some solo exhibitions and some thematic group exhi [1359:-0.1-.04]-0
Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, AZ
Established in 1928 to interpret and conserve the natural and human heritage of northern Arizona and the Colorado Plateau. [1079:-0.0-.00]-0
Pecos Rio Grande Museum of Early Man, Arivaca, AZ
Coming soon point making tools, then fire making tools. Most item are from the Archaic period in west Texas. 2000BP -10000BP. [314:-0.0-.00]-0
Phippen Museum, Prescott, AZ
Focus is on art of the American West, both past and contemporary. [1073:-0.0-.00]-0
Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
The largest art museum in the Southwest, Phoenix Art Museum features special exhibitions and permanent collections in American, European, Asian, Contemporary, Western American and Latin American art, Fashion Design and Thorne Miniature Rooms of historic interiors. Also featured are the interactive ArtWorks Gallery for children, The Museum Store and Art Museum Cafe. [761:-0.0-.00]-0
Phoenix Trolley Museum, Phoenix, AZ
Home of the only remaining operating Phoenix Streetcar. Two other streetcars under restoration Carbarn open via appointment only-see websit. [1275:-0.1-.04]-0
Pueblo Grande Museum and Archaeological Park, Phoenix, AZ
Features a prehistoric Hohokam ruin and exhibits on Hohokam culture and archaeology. [710:-0.0-.00]-0
Rim Country Museum, Payson, AZ
Cultural heritage of the Central Arizona Highlands (Rim Country) from the earliest peoples all the way through to the pioneer period. [587:-0.1-.04]-0
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMOCA), Scottsdale, AZ
A museum dedicated to Contemporary Art in the heart of downtown Scottsdale. [714:-0.0-.00]-0
Sharlot Hall Museum, Prescott, AZ
Largest museum in central Arizona. Dedicated to providing educational adventures in human and natural history. [699:-0.0-.00]-0
Southwest Museum of Engineering, Communications and Computation (SMECC), Glendale, AZ
Southwest Museum of Engineering, Communications and Computation. Our Mission: Preserving Engineering, Communications and Computation History We seek the three dimensional artifacts, the papers and thoughts of those who pioneered the technology. [ General Electric ] [ Broadcasting and Communications ] [ Museum / Library ] [ Microscope History ] [ Winfield Salisbury ] [ Emergency Technology ] [ RADAR ] [ proximity fuze ] [ RCA Inc. ] [ Telecommunications ] [ Solid State ] [ Motorola/ Galvin ] [ [1599:-0.2-.06]-0
Tempe Historical Museum, , AZ
Includes online exhibits, a tour of our research holdings, and a guide to local historic buildings. [306:-0.0-.00]-0
Titan Missile Museum, Tucson/Green Valley, AZ
Technology and history museum, registered National Historic Landmark. established in 1984 and formally opened in 1986. The Museums is a preserved Titan II ICBM Missile Silo, with a 10,000 square foot visitor centre, with exhibit gallery, archive of the Ti The Titan Missile Museum is the only publicly accessible Titan II missile site in the nation. When you visit the Titan Missile Museum, you travel through time to stand on the front line of the Cold War. Experience a simulated missile launch, go into the u [1453:-0.4-.05]-0
University of Arizona Museum of Art, , AZ
Includes a Permanent Gallery Exhibition. [233:-0.0-.00]-0

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