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- ↑ "Q&AZ: Will Phoenix ever bring back its city history museum?". 2021-10-23. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
- ↑ "A Little History of the Phoenix Museum of History". Downtown Voices Coalition. 2010-08-26. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
- ↑ Dickman, Rebecca E. "What We Can Learn from Closed Museums". Informal Learning Review. 137: 17.
- ↑ Luebke, Cathy (2009-10-12). "Arizona Science Center signs deal with Phoenix Museum of History" . Retrieved 2022-01-19.
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