Historic Sites
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Ak Chin Him Dak Eco Museum Maricopa, Arizona
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The heritage museum displays artifacts and objects that document the Ak-Chin tribe's way... |
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Arizona Capitol Museum Phoenix, Arizona
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More than 20 exhibits tell Arizona's story from territorial days to the present. |
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Arizona Historical Society & Museum Tucson, Arizona
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One of their earliest actions was to create the means for documenting the past and... |
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Bead Museum Glendale, Arizona
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The Bead Museum serves the public through exhibitions and programs designed to heighten... |
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Bisbee Mining & Historical Museum Bisbee, Arizona
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Bisbee's storied past is recorded, reflected, and retold in this museum like no other; it... |
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Buckeye Valley Museum Buckeye, Arizona
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In 1877, the founder of the settlement that was to become the Town of Buckeye led a party... |
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Casa Grande Valley Historical Society & Museum Casa Grande, Arizona
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This southern Arizona museum offers tours, lectures, workshops and children's programs.... |
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Chandler Museum & Historical Society Chandler, Arizona
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The Chandler Historical Society was founded in 1969 as a non-profit corporation in order... |
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Clemenceau Heritage Museum Camp Verde, Arizona
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In addition to photographs, artwork and other printed material, the museum houses a... |
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Del Webb Sun Cities Museum Sun City, Arizona
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The Sun Cities Area Historical Society/Del Webb Sun Cities Museum is dedicated to the... |
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Gilbert Historical Society & Museum Gilbert, Arizona
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In 1977, the old elementary school at Gilbert and Elliot Roads was abandoned for... |
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Graham County Historical Society And Museum Thatcher, Arizona
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Some history buffs have called this museum the "finest small-town museum" in... |
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Henry F Hauser Museum Sierra Vista, Arizona
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Anyone planning to tour local Arizona museums might want to check this one out. The... |
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Jerome Historical Society & Mine Museum Jerome, Arizona
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Once the fourth largest city in the Arizona Territory, Jerome boasted a population of... |
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John Wesley Powell Memorial Museum Page, Arizona
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Other exhibits focus on the geology of the canyons cut by the Colorado and the history... |
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Lake Havasu City Historical Society & Museum Lake Havasu City, Arizona
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Visitors will learn from the past and recognize the need to preserve the historical... |
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Mesa Historical Museum Mesa, Arizona
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The history of Mesa dates back two thousand years to the Hohokam Indians. The Hohokam,... |
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Old Trails Museum Winslow, Arizona
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The original mosaic tile floor, marble counter tops and steel vault are all still... |
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Oracle Historical Society & Museum Oracle, Arizona
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Founded in 1977, the society preserves historical artifacts and properties, educates,... |
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Phoenix Police Museum Phoenix, Arizona
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The Phoenix Police Department celebrated its 125th anniversary on May 3, 2006. The... |
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Pimeria Alta Museum Nogales, Arizona
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Fray Marcos de Niza first entered the Santa Cruz Valley in 1539, well before the first... |
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Pine Strawberry Historical Society & Museum Pine, Arizona
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The community of Pine was settled in 1879 by Mormon pioneers, who endured many hardships... |
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Pueblo Grande Museum And Archaeological Park Phoenix, Arizona
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Pueblo Grande Museum is located at a 1,500 year-old Hohokam village ruins in modern day... |
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Rosson House Museum & Historic Heritage Square Phoenix, Arizona
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The mission: To preserve and interpret the Rosson House Museum through collections for... |
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Sedona Historical Society & Heritage Museum Sedona, Arizona
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The main museum building was the farm home of Walter and Ruth Jordan. Its first room... |
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Sharlot Hall Museum Prescott, Arizona
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The museum center houses the reception center; the Museum Archives and Library; a lecture... |
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Show Low Historical Society Museum Show Low, Arizona
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Show Low had its beginning as a ranch claimed by Marion Clark and Corydon Cooley. A creek... |
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Smoki Museum Prescott, Arizona
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For generations, American Indian tribes have sought to live in harmony with the beautiful... |
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Tempe Historical Museum Tempe, Arizona
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The main exhibit hall tells the story of Tempe from its prehistoric beginnings to its... |
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White Mountain Apache Cultural Center & Museum Whiteriver, Arizona
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The Cultural Center serves as a repository for the Tribe's cultural heritage through the... |
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Why do we need a national nonprofit membership society for American history?
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“Save America’s Treasures” has been totally eliminated—the largest Federal program supporting preservation of such treasures as the original Star Spangled Banner and George Washington’s tent.
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65% of Americans don’t know what happened at the Constitutional Convention, according to a recent survey by Newsweek.
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The “Teaching American History” grants—the largest Federal program supporting history education—have been completely eliminated.
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Visits to the Top 20 Civil War battlefields have dropped in half from 1970 to 2009 according to official National Park Service statistics.
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40% of Americans can’t identify whom we fought in World War II, according to a recent survey by Newsweek.
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A quarter of Americans believe Congress shares power over U.S. foreign policy with the United Nations, according to a recent Annenberg survey.
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“There is little that is more important for an American citizen to know than the history and traditions of his country,” John F. Kennedy wrote in American Heritage.
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The “We the People Program,” which touched some 30 million students and 90,000 teachers over 25 years, has been completely eliminated.
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Two-thirds of Americans could not correctly name Yorktown as the last major military action of the American Revolution, according to a recent national Gallup survey.
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The National Heritage Areas and Scenic Byways program, the only major Federal program encouraging visits to historic places, has been completely eliminated in Congressional committee.
