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Art, culture, and history museums dot the state of Arizona, offering plenty to see and explore. The state is filled with exceptional museums, big and small.

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Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson

Visit the Phoenix area for the Heard Museum—including both a main museum and two smaller outposts—offering an outstanding collection of Arizona American Indian art, artifacts, crafts, photography, and other cultural and historical exhibits. Just down the road, the Phoenix Art Museum houses more than 17,000 works of classic and modern art, and hosts traveling exhibitions from world-famous artists. Play instruments from around the world at MIM: Musical Instrument Museum, which is the world's only global musical instrument museum.

In Southern Arizona, the Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block exhibits American, Western, and Latin American art, as well as contemporary and modern art.

The award-winning Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is the ideal destination to see desert wildlife up close. See birds of prey whiz by in free flight during the renowned Raptor Free Flight exhibit.

The Pima Air & Space Museum boasts an impressive history and character with more than 300 aircraft across 80 acres.

The Titan Missile Museum, a national historic landmark located in Sahuarita, showcases a well-preserved ICBM missile (sans warhead) from the Cold War era and invites visitors to be a part of launch sequence re-enactment.

Further north, in Prescott, the Phippen Museum showcases the art and heritage of the American West, while Flagstaff culture and art aficionados turn to the Museum of Northern Arizona.

Set aside ample time to visit Arizona's outstanding museums. The state's history, culture, and beauty is captured and told beautifully throughout the museum walls.

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Cocopah Museum and Cultural Center

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Cocopah Museum and Cultural Center

Built in 1996, the Cocopah Museum and Cultural Center features exhibits on history and culture, meeting spaces and a gift shop. The Museum,...

Colorado River Indian Tribes (CRIT) Museum

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Colorado River Indian Tribes (CRIT) Museum

Located in Moovalya Plaza next door to CVS, across from Walmart on Riverside Drive, the CRIT Museum provides a comprehensive history of the...

Colorado River Museum

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Colorado River Museum

Through photographs, dioramas and displays, the museum encompasses the history of the Bullhead City area from steamboats on the Colorado...

Copper Art Museum

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Copper Art Museum

Arizona's Copper Art Museum traces its roots back to 1919 and an antique shop in Northern Minnesota, whose collection grew so big a more...

Desert Caballeros Western Museum

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Desert Caballeros Western Museum

A dream come true for all ages, our exhibitions and free guidePORT audio tours tell the fascinating stories of the American West! At the...

Earth and Space Expedition Center

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Earth and Space Expedition Center

At the Earth and Space Expedition Center, we believe that space exploration is not just for scientists and astronauts, but for everyone to...

Explore Navajo Interactive Museum

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Explore Navajo Interactive Museum

The Museum was created with the help of leading Navajo scholars, museum personnel and the Navajo artistic community to provide a vibrant...

Fort Huachuca Historical Museum

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Fort Huachuca Historical Museum

Fort Huachuca was established in 1877 as a temporary camp near the Huachuca Mountains, and today it houses the U.S. Army Intelligence...

Fort Lowell Museum

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Fort Lowell Museum

Fort Lowell was a United States Army post active from 1873 to 1891. The Fort Lowell Museum interprets the purpose and history of the fort...

Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin West

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Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin West

Discover Frank Lloyd Wright's desert laboratory, Taliesin West. Scottsdale's only National Historic Landmark is also a UNESCO World...

Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory

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Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory

The Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory is the largest field installation of the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian.Located...

Global Arts Gallery

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Global Arts Gallery

From around the corner, or around the world, find eye-catching objects d’art and home furnishings—many of which have a fascinating story...

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From the abundance of Saguaro cactuses and unique wildlife in the Sonoran Desert to the high country and forests of the White Mountains to the breathtaking Grand Canyon, Arizona’s regions are full of experiences that don’t disappoint.