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THINGS TO DO<br />
Arts & Culture<br />
ARIZONA HERITAGE CENTER<br />
(480) 929-0292<br />
arizonahistoricalsociety.org/<br />
museum/arizona-heritage-center<br />
This interactive historical museum<br />
features changing and permanent<br />
exhibits spanning more than 100<br />
years of central Arizona history.<br />
The museum includes a WWII<br />
training aircraft, general store, and<br />
a large display of rocks, minerals,<br />
fossils and meteorites.<br />
EISENDRATH CENTER FOR<br />
WATER CONSERVATION<br />
(480) 858-2202<br />
eisendrathhouse.org<br />
The 1930s-era, two-story Pueblo<br />
revival-style adobe contains<br />
furniture and interpretive<br />
educational panels about the<br />
famed Arizona architect Robert<br />
Thomas Evans, and builder Rose<br />
Eisendrath and her family. A focal<br />
point of water conservation, the<br />
house features galleries about<br />
the history of water in Arizona,<br />
sustainability education and best<br />
practices highlighting education<br />
partner Salt River Project.<br />
HALL OF FLAME MUSEUM<br />
OF FIREFIGHTING<br />
(602) 275-3473<br />
hallofflame.org<br />
Dedicated to firefighting<br />
history preservation with<br />
multiple exhibits that showcase<br />
firefighting objects and fire<br />
safety, the museum is also home<br />
to the National Firefighting<br />
Hall of Heroes, a gallery that<br />
recognizes fallen firefighters<br />
who’ve died in the line of duty<br />
and firefighters who’ve received<br />
national awards for heroism.<br />
MURALS<br />
tempetourism.com/blog/<br />
murals-in-tempe-arizona<br />
Colorful street murals<br />
contribute to the unique<br />
personality of Tempe. A selfguided<br />
driving tour is one way<br />
to see the expressive public<br />
art, including Morgan Delaney’s<br />
“Get Together Tempe” featured<br />
at the restaurant/bar Social<br />
Hall and Jake Early’s tribute<br />
to Tempe “Meet Me at Daley<br />
Park” on College Avenue.<br />
Our Tempe public art. Located in Downtown Tempe (Mill Ave. and Rio Salado Pkwy.)<br />
PUEBLO GRANDE MUSEUM<br />
AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARK<br />
(602) 495-0901<br />
phoenix.gov/parks/arts-culturehistory/pueblo-grande<br />
The Pueblo Grande Museum and<br />
Archaeological Park is a pre-<br />
Columbian archaeological ruin of<br />
Hohokam origin with a prehistoric<br />
platform mound and irrigation<br />
canals. The site includes a nearly<br />
one-mile interpretative trail<br />
featuring native plants, replicated<br />
dwellings, an agricultural garden<br />
and rotating exhibits.<br />
TEMPE CENTER FOR THE ARTS<br />
SPONSORED BY NORTHERN<br />
TRUST (GALLERY AT TCA)<br />
(480) 350-5679<br />
tempecenterforthearts.com/<br />
gallery/gallery-at-tca<br />
The Gallery at TCA provides<br />
large-scale rotating exhibitions<br />
that showcase diverse local,<br />
regional and international artists,<br />
and themes dedicated to pop<br />
culture and other topics suitable<br />
for various ages. The Gallery at<br />
TCA has year-round tours and<br />
programs, and admission is free.<br />
TEMPE HISTORY MUSEUM<br />
(480) 350-5100<br />
tempe.gov/museum<br />
The past, present and future<br />
converge at the Tempe History<br />
Museum, which offers a<br />
glimpse into the evolution of<br />
the city through collections,<br />
research services, exhibits<br />
and programs, and curated<br />
gallery space. In addition,<br />
educational programs and<br />
tours for teachers and students<br />
are available.<br />
ASU ART<br />
“AIR APPARENT,”<br />
A SKYSPACE DESIGNED BY<br />
JAMES TURRELL<br />
skyspace.asu.edu<br />
The outdoor structure<br />
designed by artist James<br />
Turrell pays tribute to Hohokam<br />
ramadas. Located on the edge<br />
of the ASU Tempe Campus,<br />
the giant open-air cabana with<br />
seating has a large suspension<br />
roof with an opening to catch<br />
the shifting light created by<br />
sunrises and sunsets.<br />
ASU ART MUSEUM<br />
(480) 965-2787<br />
asuartmuseum.asu.edu<br />
Exhibits, residencies,<br />
collections and programs<br />
focus on perspectives of<br />
regional and emerging artists,<br />
students and the public.<br />
The museum’s two locations<br />
(Nelson Fine Arts Center and<br />
Ceramics Research Center)<br />
showcase contemporary<br />
new media, Latinx and Latin<br />
American, contemporary craft,<br />
historic and contemporary<br />
prints, and historic art of the<br />
Americas.<br />
ASU ART MUSEUM<br />
CERAMICS RESEARCH<br />
CENTER<br />
(480) 727-8170<br />
asuartmuseum.asu.edu/visit/<br />
ceramics-research-center<br />
Housed in the ASU Art<br />
Museum Brickyard,<br />
the Ceramics Research<br />
Center contains an extensive<br />
ceramics collection of<br />
more than 3,000 pieces,<br />
including the country’s largest<br />
compilation of 20th century<br />
and contemporary British and<br />
American ceramics. Rotating<br />
exhibits and significant<br />
archival research materials are<br />
also featured.<br />
ASU PUBLIC ART<br />
Public art is a permanent<br />
fixture of campus life at ASU,<br />
with multiple sculptures,<br />
murals and fountains inspired<br />
by different perspectives<br />
created over decades.<br />
Notable installations include<br />
the recent “Point Cloud” by<br />
light sculpturist Leo Villareal<br />
at the main entrance of ASU’s<br />
Art Museum, and “Prickly/<br />
Prickly/Prickly/Prickly/Spiny,”<br />
five hand-carved limestone<br />
columns designed by artists<br />
Andrea Myklebust and<br />
Stanton Sears.<br />
GALLERY 100<br />
(480) 965-8521<br />
art.asu.edu/galleries-andfacilities/gallery-100<br />
Housed in Mirabella at the ASU<br />
annex, Gallery 100 hosts weekly<br />
public receptions featuring<br />
student group exhibitions in<br />
ceramics, drawing, intermedia,<br />
painting, photography,<br />
printmaking, textiles and<br />
sculpture. Each semester, the<br />
gallery also presents a 2-D and<br />
3-D showcase.<br />
GALLERY OF DESIGN<br />
(480) 965-3536<br />
design.asu.edu/about/facilities/<br />
gallery-of-design<br />
The gallery, located on the first<br />
level of ASU’s Design South<br />
Building, focuses on exhibitions<br />
that spotlight architecture,<br />
industrial design, interior design,<br />
landscape architecture and<br />
visual communication design.<br />
The work of top students, faculty<br />
research and design projects<br />
are featured each semester in<br />
rotating exhibits.<br />
GALLERY OF SCIENTIFIC<br />
EXPLORATION AND<br />
MARSTON 3-D THEATER<br />
(480) 965-5081<br />
sese.asu.edu<br />
Travel through history, science<br />
and exploration via digital<br />
media, public lectures, visible<br />
laboratories, astronomy shows<br />
and interactive displays,<br />
including high-definition<br />
monitors capturing Earth’s<br />
activity by satellite.<br />
HARRY WOOD GALLERY<br />
(480) 965-8521<br />
art.asu.edu/galleries-andfacilities/harry-wood-gallery<br />
Named after Emeritus<br />
Professor Harry Wood, the<br />
art space features students’<br />
thesis exhibitions and annual<br />
exhibitions, such as the Nathan<br />
Cummings Summer Travel<br />
Award Exhibition, New Graduate<br />
Exhibition, Winter BFA Exhibition<br />
and Summer MFA Exhibition.<br />
HERBERGER INSTITUTE FOR<br />
DESIGN AND THE ARTS<br />
(480) 727-4757<br />
herbergerinstitute.asu.edu<br />
A creative incubator, the institute<br />
is the largest comprehensive<br />
design and arts school in the<br />
country, offering degrees in<br />
architecture, art, dance, design,<br />
digital culture, film, theatre<br />
and music. It is also home to<br />
the ASU Art Museum featuring<br />
contemporary work from artists<br />
around the world.<br />
INNOVATION GALLERY<br />
(480) 965-6215<br />
shesc.asu.edu/innovation-gallery<br />
Housed on the ASU Tempe<br />
Campus in the School of Human<br />
Evolution and Social Change<br />
building, the space offers<br />
free, informative exhibits and<br />
research programming including<br />
interactive works by faculty and<br />
graduate students.<br />
LUNAR EXPLORATION<br />
MUSEUM & NASA’S LUNAR<br />
RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER<br />
CAMERA OPERATIONS<br />
CENTER (LROC) VISITOR<br />
GALLERY<br />
lroc.asu.edu/tours<br />
Launch into space at the museum<br />
and gallery that offers a window<br />
into lunar exploration. Learn<br />
about America’s space program,<br />
the scientists who pushed lunar<br />
boundaries, and explore the moon<br />
through real-time imagery, history,<br />
videos and interactive kiosk.<br />
MARS SPACE FLIGHT FACILITY<br />
(480) 965-1790<br />
mars.asu.edu<br />
As part of the School of Earth and<br />
Space Exploration, scientists and<br />
researchers are using spacecraft<br />
instruments on Mars to explore<br />
the geology and mineralogy of the<br />
Red Planet at this research facility,<br />
housed in the Moeur Building on<br />
the ASU Tempe Campus.<br />
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