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.

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NameLocationCountyRegionArea of studyWebsite/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 PinalPhoenix areaEthnic – Native American Includes tribal crafts and history of the Ak-Chin Indian Community [2]
Amerind Museum Dragoon Cochise SouthernEthnic – Native AmericanNative 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 MaricopaPhoenix areaHistoryArizona state history, heritage and culture
Arizona Copper Art Museum Clarkdale YavapaiCentralArt website
Arizona Doll & Toy Museum GlendaleMaricopaPhoenix area Toy Facebook site
Arizona Historical Foundation Tempe MaricopaPhoenix areaHistory 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 TempeMaricopaPhoenix areaHistory – LocalCentral Arizona’s history with special emphasis on the 20th Century
Arizona Historical Society Pioneer Museum Flagstaff Coconino North Central History – LocalFlagstaff and northern Arizona history
Arizona Historical Society Downtown History Museum Tucson Pima SouthernHistory – LocalExhibits include early Tucson businesses and home displays, including a drugstore, police and fire department, and a barbershop
Arizona History Museum TucsonPimaSouthernHistory – LocalOperated by the Arizona Historical Society, southern Arizona history from Spanish colonial through territorial eras
Arizona Military MuseumPhoenixMaricopaPhoenix areaMilitary website, located at Papago Park Military Reservation, operated by the Arizona National Guard Historical Society, Arizona's military history
Arizona Museum of Natural History MesaMaricopaPhoenix area Natural history Dinosaurs, Native Americans, ancient cultures of Mexico and the Hohokam, Mars
Arizona Railway Museum Chandler MaricopaPhoenix area Railroad Closed in summer, collection railroad rolling stock and artifacts
Arizona Rangers Museum Nogales Santa CruzSouthernMilitary website, history of the Arizona Rangers, located in the Historic 1904 Courthouse
Arizona Science Center PhoenixMaricopaPhoenix area Science Located in Historic Heritage Square
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Tucson PimaSouthernNatural historyCombined zoo, natural history museum and botanical garden, features plants, animals, minerals and fossils of the Sonoran Desert
Arizona State Museum TucsonPimaSouthernEthnic – Native AmericanIncludes Southwest Indian pottery, artifacts, exhibits of religion and culture
Arizona State University Art Museum TempeMaricopaPhoenix 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 PhoenixMaricopaPhoenix areaTransportationRestored trolley cars
Arizona Commemorative Air Force Museum MesaMaricopaPhoenix area Aviation website, aircraft include bombers, sub hunters, fighters, attackers, escorts, trainers, gliders, cargo, utility and other
Asarco Mineral Discovery Center Sahuarita PimaSouthernMining website, Asarco copper mining, mining history of Arizona and the Western United States
ASU GalleriesTempeMaricopaPhoenix areaArtOperated by Arizona State University includes the Step Gallery, Northlight Gallery, Gallery 100, Harry Wood Gallery, Hispanic Research Center Art Gallery [3]
ASU West ArtSpaceGlendaleMaricopaPhoenix areaArtOperated 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 MuseumPhoenixMaricopaPhoenix areaScouting website, tours by appointment, Girl Scout uniforms, handbooks, photos and memorabilia from 1912 on
Benson Museum Benson CochiseSouthernHistory – Local website, operated by the San Pedro Valley Arts and Historical Society
Besh-Ba-Gowah Archaeological Park Globe Gila North Central ArchaeologyIncludes partially reconstructed Salado pueblo village with a museum displaying artifacts from excavations on the site
Bill and Judy Schaefer Sports Hall of FameTempeMaricopaPhoenix area Hall of fame – SportsArizona State University athletes, coaches, teams, memorabilia [3]
Bird Cage Theatre Tombstone CochiseSouthernHistory1880s theater, saloon, gambling parlor and brothel
Bisbee Mining & Historical Museum Bisbee CochiseSouthernMultiple 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 MaricopaPhoenix areaHistory – Local [4]
Bullion Plaza Cultural Center & Museum Miami GilaNorth CentralHistory – Local website
Butterfly Lodge Museum Greer ApacheNortheastHistoric 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 CentralHistory – Local information
Canyon de Chelly National Monument Navajo Nation ApacheNortheastArchaeologyAncient pueblo ruin and museum with artifacts
Casa Grande Ruins National Monument Coolidge Pinal Phoenix areaMultipleIncludes ruins of multiple Hohokam structures built in the 13th century, visitor center exhibits about the Hohokam and artifacts
Casa Malpais Springerville ApacheNortheastArchaeologyAncient pueblo ruin and museum with artifacts
Castle Dome Mines Museum and Ghost Town Castle Dome Landing Yuma West CoastOpen-airHistoric lead-mining town and museum
Cave Creek Museum Cave Creek MaricopaPhoenix areaHistory – Local website, exhibits include pioneers, mining, Hohokam artifacts
Center for Creative Photography TucsonPimaSouthernArtPart of the University of Arizona, photography
Center for Meteorite Studies TempeMaricopaPhoenix areaGeologyPart of Arizona State University, collection of meteorites on display
Chandler Center for the Arts Chandler MaricopaPhoenix areaArtIncludes the Vision Gallery and art exhibits in the Exhibition Hall
Chandler Museum Chandler MaricopaPhoenix areaHistory – LocalLocated 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 PhoenixMaricopaPhoenix area Children's website
Clarkdale Historical Society and Museum Clarkdale Yavapai North Central History – Local website
Clemenceau Heritage Museum Cottonwood YavapaiNorth CentralHistory – LocalOperated by the Verde Historical Society
Cocopah Museum and Cultural Center SomertonYumaSouthwestNative American website, recognized federal repository, features objects and depictions of Cocopah history and culture
Colossal Cave Mountain Park Vail PimaSouthernHistory / GeologyIncludes La Posta Quemada Ranch Museum, Civilian Conservation Corps Museum
Copper Queen Mine Bisbee CochiseSouthernMiningUnderground tours of the mine
Cowbelles MuseumNogalesSanta CruzSouthernHistory information, contributions of women in ranching, located in the Historic 1904 Courthouse
Cutler-Plotkin Jewish Heritage Center PhoenixMaricopaPhoenix areaJewishFormer synagogue, hosts changing exhibits of Jewish art, history and culture
Deer Valley Petroglyph Preserve PhoenixMaricopaPhoenix areaArchaeologyLocated 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 TucsonPimaSouthernArtArt gallery and artistic manifestation and architectural constructed of Ettore DeGrazia
Desert Caballeros Western Museum Wickenburg MaricopaPhoenix areaAmerican West website, includes Western art, cowboy, pioneer and Native American artifacts, gems and minerals, period store and home displays, history dioramas
Dinnerware Artspace TucsonPimaSouthernArtContemporary art gallery
Discovery Park Campus Safford Graham SoutheastScience website, part of Eastern Arizona College, includes an observatory, exhibits about space, the solar system and astronomy
Fort Apache Historic Park Fort Apache Navajo NortheastNative AmericanIncludes cultural center, museum, walking tour of the historic district and nearby Kinishba Ruins
Fort Bowie National Historic Site Bowie CochiseSouthernMilitaryIncludes 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 SoutheastMilitaryHistory of the former 19th-century fort and current prison
Fort Huachuca Museum Fort Huachuca CochiseSouthernMilitaryHistory of the US Army in the Southwest, located at Fort Huachuca
Fort Lowell Museum TucsonPimaSouthernMilitaryOperated by the Arizona Historical Society, military life on the Arizona frontier
Fort Verde State Historic Park Camp Verde YavapaiNorth CentralMultipleIncludes three 1880s period historic house museums, exhibits about the fort, military life, Indian Scouts and Indian Wars era
Fort Whipple Museum Prescott YavapaiNorth CentralMedicalMedical and military artifacts of the fort and military hospital
Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory Amado Santa Cruz SouthernScienceVisitor center exhibits about astronomy and astrophysics, natural science, and cultural history, tours of the observatory
Gadsden-Pacific Division Toy Train Operating MuseumTucsonPimaSouthernRailroad website, model train layouts and equipment
Gilbert Historical Museum Gilbert MaricopaPhoenix areaHistory – Local website
Gleeson Jail Gleeson CochiseSouthernPrisonRestored early 20th-century jail
Glendale Police MuseumGlendaleMaricopaPhoenix areaLaw enforcement website, located in the City of Glendale Public Safety Building lobby
Grace Museum of America Cave Creek MaricopaPhoenix areaHistoryOpen by appointment only, America's transition from pioneer to modern life
Grand Canyon National Park Grand Canyon Village CoconinoNorth CentralMultipleIncludes 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 PhoenixMaricopaPhoenix areaFirefightingFirefighting equipment, apparatus, patches, helmets, uniforms, memorabilia
Heard Museum PhoenixMaricopaPhoenix areaEthnic – Native AmericanAncient and contemporary Native American jewelry, baskets, kachina dolls, ceramics, clothing and art
Henry Hauser Museum Sierra Vista CochiseSouthernHistory – Local website, operated by the Sierra Vista Historical Society
Hilltop GalleryNogalesSanta CruzSouthernArt website, community art gallery
Historic Fairbank Schoolhouse Fairbank CochiseSouthernSchoolRestored one room schoolhouse, exhibits about the ghost town [5]
Historic Route 66 Museum Kingman MohaveWest CoastTransportationEvolution of travel along the 35th parallel that became Route 66, located in a restored power plant
History of Pharmacy Museum TucsonPimaSouthernMedical 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 NortheastArchaeologyArtifacts from over 300 Ancestral Puebloan archaeological sites
Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site Ganado ApacheNortheastHistoric houseHistoric trading post and family homestead with barn, bunkhouse, guest hogan, historic farm equipment and animals
Huhugam Heritage Center Chandler MaricopaPhoenix areaEthnic – Native American website, history and culture of the Gila River Indian Community
Huhugam Ki Museum ScottsdaleMaricopaPhoenix areaEthnic – Native American website, history and culture of the O'odham (Pima) and Piipaash (Maricopa)
I.d.e.a. Museum Mesa MaricopaPhoenix area Children's Focus is on fine art and creativity, formerly the Arizona Museum for Youth
Innovation GalleryTempeMaricopaPhoenix areaAnthropologyPart 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 TucsonPimaSouthernNatural history website, dioramas of insects, mammals and bird from around the world
Jerome State Historic Park Jerome YavapaiNorth CentralHistory – LocalExhibits include local history and copper mining
Jewish History Museum TucsonPimaSouthernJewishHouses in a historic synagogue, history of the Jewish community in Arizona
John Bell Railroad Museum Clarkdale YavapaiNorth CentralRailroadLocated in the depot of the Verde Canyon Railroad, a heritage railroad
Kannally Ranch House Oracle PinalSouthern ArizonaHistoric housePart of Oracle State Park, 1930s adobe ranch home
Kitt Peak National Observatory Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation PimaSouthernScienceAstronomy
Lake Havasu Museum of History Lake Havasu City MohaveWest CoastHistory – Local website
La Pilita MuseumTucsonPimaSouthernHistory – Local website
Lauridsen Aviation Museum Buckeye Airfield MaricopaPhoenix areaAviationVintage and World War II aircraft [7]
L. Ron Hubbard House at CamelbackPhoenixMaricopaPhoenix areaBiographical website, house where L. Ron Hubbard developed the theories of Scientology
Martin Auto Museum PhoenixMaricopaPhoenix areaAutomobile website, numerous historic automobiles, 100+ years worth of automobile history
Maynard Dixon Museum TucsonPimaSouthernArt website, works by artist Maynard Dixon, including original oils, watercolors, drawings and poetry
Manistee Ranch GlendaleMaricopaPhoenix areaHistoric houseOperated by the Glendale Arizona Historical Society
McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park ScottsdaleMaricopaPhoenix areaRailroadIncludes a 15" gauge railroad, a Magma Arizona Railroad locomotive, a railroad museum, three model railroad clubs and a 7.5" gauge live steam railroad
McFarland State Historic Park Florence PinalPhoenix areaHistoryHistoric courthouse and jail, exhibits about Arizona's Territorial history and law and order
Mesa Arts Center MesaMaricopaPhoenix areaArtIncludes Mesa Contemporary Arts, which houses five art galleries
Mesa Historical Museum MesaMaricopaPhoenix areaHistory – LocalOperated by the Mesa Historical Society, exhibits primarily on Mesa history and Spring Training in Arizona, housed in a historic 1913 school building
Meteor Crater Winslow CoconinoNortheastNatural historyVisitor center exhibits about space, meteorites and asteroids, the solar system, and the Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet
Mills Collection Thatcher GrahamSoutheastArchaeology website, part of Eastern Arizona College, collection of ancient Native American pottery, arrowheads, jewelry and artifacts on public display
Mine Museum Jerome YavapaiNorth CentralHistory – Local website, operated by the Jerome Historical Society
Mini Time Machine TucsonPimaSouthernDoll website, over 300 antique and contemporary dollhouses and roomboxes
Modified ArtsPhoenixMaricopaPhoenix areaArtContemporary art gallery, music venue and performance space
Mohave Museum of History and Arts Kingman MohaveWest CoastHistory – Local website, also changing exhibits of local art, collections online
Montezuma Castle National Monument Camp Verde YavapaiNorth CentralEthnic – Native AmericanPreserved cliff dwellings built by the pre-Columbian Sinagua people around 700 AD and a museum about the builders
Muheim Heritage House Museum Bisbee CochiseSouthernHistoric house website, operated by the Bisbee Mining and Historical Museum, early 20th century period home
Museum of Casa Grande Casa Grande PinalPhoenix areaMultiple website, complex includes local history museum with exhibits of railroads, agriculture, mining, a schoolhouse, a stone church, a barn and vintage fire engines, operated by the Casa Grande Valley Historical Society
Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson TucsonPimaSouthernArt
Museum of Northern Arizona FlagstaffCoconinoNorth CentralEthnic – Native AmericanAlso natural history displays
Museum of the Horse Soldier TucsonPimaSouthernMilitary – United StatesMuseum dedicated to the United States Horse Mounted Services
Musical Instrument Museum PhoenixMaricopaPhoenix areaMusicMusical instruments from around the world
Mystery Castle PhoenixMaricopaPhoenix areaHistoric house1930s 18-room, three story castle
Navajo County Historical Society Museum Holbrook NavajoNortheastHistory – Local website, located in the former county courthouse
Navajo Interactive Museum Tuba City CoconinoNorth CentralEthnic – Native American website
Navajo Nation Museum Window Rock ApacheNortheastEthnic – Native AmericanHistory and culture of the Navajo Nation [8] [9]
Navajo National Monument NavajoNortheastEthnic – Native AmericanThree intact cliff dwellings of the Ancestral Puebloan people
Old Gila County Jail Globe Gila North Central PrisonHistoric jail
Old Trails Museum Winslow NavajoNortheastHistory – Local website, operated by the Winslow Historical Society
Petersen House Museum TempeMaricopaPhoenix areaHistoric houseLate 19th century Victorian period house
Petrified Forest National Park NavajoNortheastNatural historyIncludes dinosaur and fossil exhibits in the Rainbow Forest Museum, and exhibits in the Painted Desert Inn Museum
Phippen Museum Prescott YavapaiNorth Central Art website, American Western art including works by George Phippen and Solon Borglum
Phoenix Airport MuseumPhoenixMaricopaPhoenix areaArt website, includes permanent pieces and changing exhibits in the terminals of Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport
Phoenix Art Museum PhoenixMaricopaPhoenix areaArtCollection includes American, Asian, European, Latin American, Western American, modern and contemporary art, and fashion design
Phoenix Police Museum PhoenixMaricopaPhoenix areaLaw enforcement website
Pima Air & Space Museum TucsonPimaSouthern Aerospace Includes over 275 commercial and military aircraft and spacecraft
Pima County Sports Hall of FameTucsonPimaSouthern Hall of fame – Sports website, Arizona sports history
Pima County Sports Hall of FameTucsonPimaSouthern Hall of fame – Sports website, Arizona sports history
Pinal Geology and Mineral Museum Coolidge PinalPhoenix areaGeology website, worldwide collection featuring Arizona and Pinal County geology
Pine-Strawberry Museum Pine GilaNorth CentralHistory – Local website, includes prehistoric and pioneer artifacts, period antiques and room displays
Pinetop-Lakeside Historical Society Museum Pinetop-Lakeside NavajoNortheastHistory – Local website
Pioneer Living History Museum PhoenixMaricopaPhoenix area Living history 19th century Old West town
Pimeria Alta Historical Society and MuseumNogalesSanta CruzSouthernHistory – local website, located in the Historic 1904 Courthouse
Pipe Spring National Monument Kaibab MohaveNorth CentralMultipleIncludes exhibits about the Kaibab Paiute Indians, Mormons, pioneer, natural history, historic fort tours
Planes of Fame Valle CoconinoNorth Central Aerospace Features rare and one-of-a-kind classic aircraft
Postal History Foundation TucsonPimaSouthernPhilatelic website, includes turn-of-the-century frontier post office and postal exhibits
Powell Museum Page CoconinoNorth CentralHistory – Local website, includes exhibits on explorations of John Wesley Powell
Pueblo Grande Museum Archaeological Park PhoenixMaricopaPhoenix areaArchaeology1,500-year-old Hohokam village ruins and excavated artifacts
Rex Allen Arizona Cowboy Museum and Willcox Cowboy Hall of Fame Willcox CochiseSouthernBiographicalMemorabilia of Western actor and singer Rex Allen
Rim Country Museum Payson GilaNorth CentralHistory – Local website, operated by the Northern Gila County Historical Society, complex includes museum and Zane Grey cabin
Riordan Mansion State Historic Park FlagstaffCoconinoNorth CentralHistoric house1904 Arts and Crafts style mansion
River of Time Museum Fountain Hills MaricopaPhoenix areaMultiple website, Yavapai culture, archaeology, geology, mining, pioneers, Fort McDowell, Roosevelt Dam
Rosson House PhoenixMaricopaPhoenix areaHistoric houseVictorian period house, located in Historic Heritage Square
Sahuaro Ranch Park Historical Area GlendaleMaricopaPhoenix areaFarmLate 19th century fruit ranch with 13 original buildings, a rose garden, barnyard and orchards
Sanguinetti House Museum Yuma Yuma West CoastHistory – Local website. operated by the Arizona Historical Society, history of the Lower Colorado River from the 1540s to the present
Scottsdale Historical MuseumScottsdaleMaricopaPhoenix areaHistory – local website, prehistory, history, and cultural heritage of Scottsdale and the Southwest
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art ScottsdaleMaricopaPhoenix area Art Contemporary and modern art, architecture, and design
Sedona Heritage Museum Sedona YavapaiNorth CentralHistory – Local website
Sharlot Hall Museum Prescott YavapaiNorth CentralOpen-airIncludes several 19th-century period buildings and homes and a history museum
Shemer Art Center PhoenixMaricopaPhoenix areaArtArts education center and contemporary arts museum of Arizona art
Show Low Museum Show Low NavajoNortheastHistory – Local website, operated by the Show Low Historical Society
Sirrine House MesaMaricopaPhoenix areaHistoric house website, 1896 Victorian period house, open for special events
Slaughter Ranch Douglas CochiseSouthernHistoric houseComplex includes adobe ranch house, ice house, wash house, granary, commissary, and car shed
Smoki Museum Prescott YavapaiNorth CentralEthnic – Native AmericanArtifacts, art and culture of the indigenous cultures of the Southwest
Sosa-Carrillo-Fremont House TucsonPimaSouthernHistoric houseLate 19th-century adobe house, open by appointment the Arizona Historical Society
Southern Arizona Transportation Museum TucsonPimaSouthernRailroadLocated in a depot, includes a steam locomotive, railroad and Arizona transportation history exhibits
Southwest Museum of Engineering, Communications and ComputationGlendaleMaricopaPhoenix areaTechnology website, mostly a research facility, call before visiting, technological devices related to communications and computation
St. Michaels Museum St. Michaels ApacheNortheastEthnic – Native AmericanNavajo culture of the early 20th century, located in the 1898 St. Michaels Mission of Francison Friars [10]
Stinson Pioneer Museum Snowflake NavajoNortheastHistory – Local information
Sunnyslope Historical Society MuseumPhoenixMaricopaPhoenix areaHistory – Local website
Superstition Mountain Museum Apache JunctionMaricopaPhoenix areaMultiple website, complex includes reproductions of 19th century businesses, mining, area rock specimens, displays about area natural history, Native American, and military history.
Sylvia Plotkin Judaica MuseumScottsdaleMaricopaPhoenix areaJewish website, Jewish culture, history and art, operated by Congregation Beth Israel
Taliesin West ScottsdaleMaricopaPhoenix areaHistoric houseArchitect Frank Lloyd Wright's winter home and school
Taylor Pioneer Museum Taylor NavajoNortheastHistory – Local information, information
Tempe Center for the Arts TempeMaricopaPhoenix areaArtIncludes the Gallery at TCA, a free public visual art gallery
Tempe History Museum TempeMaricopaPhoenix areaHistory – Local website, city history, community art gallery
Titan Missile Museum Sahuarita PimaSouthernMilitaryFormer ICBM missile site and missile exhibits
Tohono Chul Casas Adobes PimaSouthernNatural historyBotanical garden with collections of the Sonoran Desert and changing art exhibits illustrating the connections between nature, art and culture in the Southwest
Tohono O'odham Nation Cultural Center & Museum Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation PimaSouthernEthnic – Native American information, history and culture of the Tohono O'odham
Tombstone Courthouse State Historic Park Tombstone CochiseSouthernHistoryRestored 1880s courthouse
Tonto National Monument GilaNorth CentralEthnic – Native AmericanIncludes 13th to 15th century Salado culture cliff dwellings and visitor center museum
Tovrea Castle PhoenixMaricopaPhoenix areaHistoric houseRococo-style 3-story building in a city park that features cacti
Trail Dust Town TucsonPimaSouthernMultipleIncludes the Museum of the Horse Soldier, Trail Dust Town Railroad
Tubac Center for the Arts Tubac Santa CruzSouthernArt website, includes exhibit gallery
Tubac Presidio State Historic Park TubacSanta CruzSouthernHistoryIncludes ruins of the Tubac Presidio, furnished 1885 schoolhouse, museum about the area's historic periods
Tucson Desert Art MuseumTucsonPimaSouthernArt/History website, The Museum has one of the Southwest’s premier collections of Navajo and Hopi pre-1940s textiles and a diverse range of historical artifacts, classic and contemporary Southwestern paintings
Tucson Gay Museum TucsonPimaArizonaGay Lesbian LGBTQ+ HistoryAll Virtual
Tucson Museum of Art TucsonPimaSouthernArtCollection includes art of American West, the Americas, modern and contemporary art
Tucson Rodeo Parade Museum TucsonPimaSouthernHistory website, includes cowboy gear, rodeo memorabilia, horse-drawn vehicles
Tumacácori National Historical Park Nogales Santa CruzSouthernHistoryRuins of three Spanish mission communities and a museum, consists of 360 acres (1.5 km2) in three separate units
Tuzigoot National Monument Clarkdale YavapaiNorth CentralArchaeologyPueblo ruins and visitor center museum
Tyson's Well Stage Station Museum Quartzsite La Paz West CoastHistory – Local website, operated by the Quartzsite Historical Society, includes history and equipment for mining for gold, lead and mercury, minerals
University of Arizona Mineral Museum TucsonPimaSouthernGeologyMinerals, meteorites, mining
University of Arizona Museum of Art TucsonPimaSouthernArtEmphasis on European and American fine art from the Renaissance to the present
University of Arizona Poetry Center TucsonPimaSouthernLiteraryExhibits from its collections in Contemporary American poetry from the 1950s to the present, collection also includes rare books, limited-edition and artist books, chapbooks, broadsides, photographs, and audiovisual recordings
US Army Intelligence Museum Fort Huachuca CochiseSouthernMilitaryEvolution of the intelligence art within the U.S. Army, located at Fort Huachuca
Verde Valley Archaeology Center Camp Verde YavapaiCentralArchaeology website
Walnut Canyon National Monument FlagstaffCoconinoNorth CentralArchaeologyIncludes cliff dwelling rooms constructed by the Sinagua people and visitor center museum
Wupatki National Monument FlagstaffCoconinoNorth CentralEthnic – Native AmericanIncludes Ancient Pueblo People ruins and visitor center museum
Wells Fargo Museum PhoenixMaricopaPhoenix areaHistoryAmerican West history and the Wells Fargo Company, includes a 19th-century stagecoach, art gallery of N.C. Wyeth’s western-themed work
Wellton MuseumWelltonYumaSouthwestHistory – LocalDetails the history of Wellton. Paintings, dolls, old cars, Native-related and agriculture-related items are found here.
Western Spirit: Scottsdale’s Museum of the West ScottsdaleMaricopaPhoenix areaHistoryArt, culture and history of 19 states in the American West
White Mountain Apache Cultural Center & Museum Whiteriver NavajoNortheastEthnic – Native American website, history and culture of the Apache, located in Fort Apache Indian Reservation
World's Smallest Museum Superior PinalPhoenix areaHistoryIncludes antique household items, tools, movie equipment, mining artifacts, political memorabilia [11]
Yuma Quartermaster Depot State Historic Park Yuma Yuma West CoastMilitaryFormer United States Army logistics facility
Yuma Territorial Prison YumaYumaWest Coast Prison Historic prison

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