Science

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History

Botanical Garden

General, History, Science, Specialized

General, Specialized

The new Musical Instrument Museum (MIM), the first truly global museum of its kind, broke ground on February 6, 2008 for its 190,000-square-foot facility on 20 acres of land on the north side of Phoenix, Arizona. Offices during the building of the museum are located in Tempe, Arizona and Minneapolis, Minnesota. Scheduled to open in 2010, this new museum will celebrate the universal language of music by exhibiting instruments from every country in the world

Art

History

Art

Anthropology, Archaeology, Botanical Garden, Culture, Nature Centers, Park, University

Deer Valley Rock Art Center is an archaeology museum and 47-acre Sonoran Desert preserve. Voted a Phoenix Point of Pride and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Center has the largest concentration of Native American petroglyphs in the Phoenix Valley. Visitors hike a handicap accessible quarter-mile trail to view over 1,500 carved symbols on rock made between 500 and 7,000 years ago. The museum provides preservation, connection and respect for cultural heritage sites and desert environments and it is managed by one of the top archaeology programs in the country ? the School of Human Evolution and Social Change, in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University.

Art

History

Children's, Nature Centers, Park, Science, Zoo

The Phoenix Zoo is home to more than 1,300 animals including 200 endangered species and participates in 37 Species Survival Plans (SSPs) to breed and maintain endangered species populations in captivity.

History, Historic House, Library

We offer the Rosson House as a glimpse of a specific moment in time. When in the house we want the visitor to feel like the family is just out of view. The room exhibits are set in a living history format with costumed interpreters leading the tours.

History