Housed in a warehouse building and sponsored by the National Historical Fire Foundation the museum features five large exhibit galleries of restored and vintage firefighting equipment and history from 1725 to 1969. Hall of Flame Museum of Firefighting 6101 East Van Buren Street Phoenix AZ 85008 60 The Hall of Flame Museum of Firefighting is the world’s largest museum dedicated to firefighters. Staged gunfights on the weekends complete the picture of life in the Old West. Visitors can explore shops and historic buildings tour the Mammoth Gold Mine pan for gold and ride the state’s only operating narrow-gauge railroad for a short tour of the area.
Goldfield Ghost Town & Mine Tours 4650 North Mammoth Mine Road Apache Junction AZ 85219 48 Revisit the boomtown days of Goldfield during the 1890s when a gold strike made Goldfield a lively mining town. The trail allows for interesting views of rock formations desert flora animal life and an abandoned P-Bar Ranch campsite next to the Apconstructed dam wall. Twenty-nine Sonoran Desert plants are identified along the half mile meandering trail that has been constructed on the desert slopes. The Garden is 8 acres with elevation from 1696 to 1800 feet. The Fountain Hills Botanical Garden was founded by Jane Haynes in 1975 as a wildlife preserve and garden. Fountain Hills Botanical Garden Fountain Hills Blvd. Rare desert plants endangered desert plants and threatened desert plant species are on display. Walk along one of the four trails that cross these gardens dedicated to the flora of the Southwest and explore a new world of desert beauty. Desert Botanical Garden Papago Park 1201 North Galvin Parkway Phoenix AZ 85008 48 The Desert Botanical Garden reveals that the Sonoran Desert is home to its own kind of Eden with native trees succulents cacti grasses shrubs and flowers. Deer Valley Rock Art Center 3711 West Deer Valley Road Phoenix AZ 85308 62 Managed by the Arizona State University School of Human Evolution and Social Change visitors are allowed public access to the Hedgpeth Hills site that is home to more than 1500 ancient petroglyphs made by the Hohokam and Patayan who were the first inhabitants here. Arizona State Capitol Museum and Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza 1700 West Washington Street Phoenix AZ 85007 60 Ĭheck out the old home of the Arizona Legislature and view memorials to veterans of different wars as well as the extraordinary murals depicting Arizona’s history and its progress from a U.S. The center’s planetarium has undergone major renovation and has a new seamless dome while the IMAX theatre with its giant screen is the perfect setting for the latest 3D movie. Phoenix AZ 85004 60 More than 300 hands-on exhibits are waiting to be explored in this popular four-story museum designed by Antoine Predock.
Museums and Attractions Arizona Science Center 600 East Washington St. Before visiting the museums and attractions listed call ahead for hours and fees. The following is a list of must-sees of Phoenix museums and attractions. Historic districts, art galleries, botanical gardens and zoos provide hours (and even days) of fun and learning in Phoenix. Arizona is filled with fascinating museums and exciting attractions.
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