Art and Culture in Phoenix
Herd Museum
From museums to musicals, a visit to Greater Phoenix is a showcase of the budding arts and culture scene. Phoenix Art MuseumFor art-loving visitors, Greater Phoenix offers a vast number of enchanting and unique museums.
The world-class Phoenix Art Museum boasts more than 17,000 pieces in various collections. In Copper Square-Downtown Phoenix, discover Phoenix's beginnings at the Museum of History or visit the distinctive Museo Chicano for an overview of historic and contemporary Mexican art. On the first Friday evening of each month, familiarize yourself with Phoenix's many emerging artists and innovative art galleries at artLink's First Friday Art Walk.
Heard MuseumTo explore Arizona's Native American cultures from past to present, visit Phoenix's informative Heard Museum, with its fabulous collection of art and artifacts. Or stop by the Pueblo Grande Museum and Archaeological Park which features intriguing archaeological sites including a prehistoric ruin. Located just outside the city, the Pioneer Arizona Living History Museum offers a glimpse of the past's rugged pioneering life. Visitors find powwows, Indian markets and Territorial Day celebrations as well as Jeep tours to ancient villages and sites equally fascinating.
Other intriguing places include the Arizona Science Center, where you can explore the future as well as the past with hands-on exhibits. The Bead Museum offers a unique historical perspective with a collection exceeding 100,000 items. There are even museums devoted to dolls and toys, and mining and minerals.
The Greater Phoenix Area is also home to an impressive roster of performing arts companies and theaters. The sound of music soars to new levels of beauty at the Arizona Opera and Phoenix Symphony while Ballet Arizona continues to delight audiences with exciting dance productions. National touring groups and resident companies grace the Herberger and Orpheum Theaters, as well as the Gammage Auditorium.
Whether you seek history or novelty, you'll find that the arts and cultural scenes suit your taste in Greater Phoenix
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