Visit These Valley Museums For Free On Museum Day 2021

Phoenix AZ

06 September, 2021

12:33 AM

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PHOENIX, AZ — After a long year of coronavirus closures and other restrictions, gather your family or your best group of friends to enjoy a day of free admission at Arizona Heritage Center in Tempe and several others in the Phoenix metro area and across the state. Smithsonian Magazine's 17th annual Museum Day will take place Sept. 18 at select museums in the Valley and in other cities across the country. This year's theme, "Experience America," celebrates "the return to, and resurgence of, our country's diverse cultural experiences," following closures due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a news release. The following museums in the Phoenix metro area are participating in this year's Museum Day: Arizona Heritage Center at Papago Park (Tempe)Hours: 10 a.m.-2 p.m.Get Ticket CAF Airbase Arizona Flying Museum (Mesa)Hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m.Get Ticket Mesa Historical MuseumHours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m.Get Ticket Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary ArtHours: 11 a.m.-5 p.m.Get Ticket Tempe History Museum (always free)Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m.Get Ticket The following museums across the state are participating in Museum Day: Arizona History Museum (Tucson)Hours: 10 a.m.-2 p.m.Get Ticket Bisbee Mining and Historical MuseumHours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m.Get Ticket Cave Creek MuseumHours: 1-4:30 p.m.Get Ticket DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun Museum (Tucson)Hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m.Get Ticket Desert Caballeros Western Museum (Wickenburg)Hours: 11 a.m.-3 p.m.Get Ticket Homolovi State Park and Observatory (Winslow)Hours: 8 a.m.-5 p.m.Get Ticket Rim Country Museum and Zane Grey Cabin (Payson)Hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m.Get Ticket Sedona Heritage MuseumHours: 11 a.m.-3 p.m.Get Ticket The Museum of Casa GrandeHours: 12-4 p.m.Get Ticket Tubac Presidio State Historic ParkHours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.Get Ticket Tucson Desert Art MuseumHours: 10 a.m.-2 p.m.Get Ticket The purpose of Museum Day, according to a release, is to promote equal access to the wide array of museums in the United States, especially among children and underrepresented communities. Museum-goers can head to the Museum Day website to download their ticket. Each ticket grants the ticket holder and one guest free, timed access to any participating museum. One ticket is permitted per email address. See the full list of participating museums at SmithsonianMag.com.