Phoenix Tourist Attractions

Arizona Theatre Company/Phoenix
222 E. Monroe, Phoenix, AZ 85003. Phone: (602) 256-6899. Performance times vary. Includes Audio Described and ASL interpreted performances. The Southwest's leading professional theatre company. Season runs September-May. Produces a diverse mix of contemporary, classical, drama, comedy and musicals.

Arizona Theatre Company/Tucson
330 S. Scott Ave, Tucson, AZ 85702. Phone: (520) 884-8210. Includes Audio Described and ASL interpreted performances. The Southwest's leading professional theatre company. Season September-May. Produces a diverse mix of contemporary, classical, drama, comedy and musicals.

Chandler Center for the Arts
250 N. Arizona Avenue, Chandler, AZ 85224. Phone: (602) 782-2680. The Arts Center hosts a variety of national and local performers on three indoor stages. Visual arts, featuring professional and educational shows, are displayed in the Exhibition Hall. Call the Arts Center for information about upcoming shows and exhibits.

Consanti Art Studio
6433 Doubletree Ranch Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85260. Phone: (480) 443-7695. Open daily 9 AM -5 PM. Paolo Soleri studios where his bronze and ceramic windmills are made and sold. Unique architectural structures blended with desert landscaping. Tours by reservations.

Deer Valley Rock Art Center
3711 W. Deer Valley Road, Phoenix, AZ 85080. Phone: (623) 582-8007. Museum, nature and interpretive trails and rock sites with over 1,500 petroglyphs. Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for students and seniors and free for children 5 and under. Hours vary. Closed Mondays.

DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun
6300 N. Swan Road, Tucson, AZ 85718. Phone: (800) 545-2185 or (520) 299-9191. Free admission. Open daily from 10 AM - 3:45 PM. The 40,000-square-foot gallery features work by Arizona artist Ted DeGrazia. Exhibits include oils, watercolors, bronzes, ceramics, lithographs and jewelry.

Desert Caballeros Western Museum
21 N. Frontier Street, Wickenburg, AZ 85390. Phone: (928) 684-2272. Open daily. Museum of western art and history featuring the largest collection of authentic cowboy gear in the Southwest. Tours available by reservation.

Herberger Theater Center
222 E. Monroe Street, Phoenix, AZ 85004. Phone: (602) 254-7399. Call for performance times and admission. The theater hosts approximately 450 productions each year, and is home to the Actors Theatre, Center Dance Ensemble, Arizona Theatre Company, Childsplay and more.

Heard Museum
2301 N. Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85004. Phone: (602) 252-8848. Open daily 9:30 AM - 5 PM. World-renowned museum devoted to Native American art and culture. The museum houses an extensive collection of historic and contemporary art and historical exhibits. Special performances by dancers and artists.

Mohave Museum of History and Arts
400 W. Beale Street, Kingman, AZ 86401. Phone: (928) 753-3195. Open daily. The museum is devoted to the history of Mohave County and northwestern Arizona. Displays include 10 dioramas, portraits of U.S. presidents and a wooden 100-year-old Santa Fe caboose. Gift shop with books and Native American crafts.

Museum of the Southwest
1500 N. Circle I Road, Willcox, AZ 85643. Phone: (520) 384-2272. Free admission. Open daily. This 2-story museum and information center is devoted to the history of the Southwest. Displays include 19th century weapons, mineral collections, maps, paintings and Native American artifacts.

Navajo Nation Museum
27002 Highway 264, Window Rock, AZ 86515. Phone: (928) 871-7941. Free admission. Open Mon-Fri. This museum is devoted to Navajo history, culture and arts. Displays include a dinosaur skeleton, Anasazi artifacts and 19th century utensils. Wide variety of Navajo crafts and books.

Orpheum Theatre
203 W. Adams St., Phoenix, AZ. Phone: (602) 262-7272. The Orpheum Theatre is the only theater in the Valley that has been designated historic and remains one of the few surviving venues that was not destroyed during downtown's redevelopment in the 1970s.

Phippen Museum of Western Art
4701 Highway 89 North, Prescott, AZ 86392. Phone: (928) 778-1385. Open daily 10 AM - 4 PM. and Sunday 1 PM- 4 PM. Closed Mondays. Admission is $5 for adults, $4 for seniors and free for children under 12. This museum is devoted to western art and heritage. Art includes work by George Phippen, Ernest Chiriacka, Bill Freeman and others. Also features local artists, lecture series and traveling exhibitions.

Phoenix Art Museum
1625 N. Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85004. Phone: (602) 257-1222. The largest in the Southwest, this museum features over 16,000 works in its collection of American, European, Asian, Latin American, Contemporary, and Western American art and fashion design.

Phoenix Symphony Hall
225 E. Adams Street, Phoenix, AZ 85004. Phone: (602) 495-1999. Box office is open 9:30 AM - 5 PM Mon-Fri. Call for performance times and admission. Phoenix's premier performance venue. It is home to the Phoenix Symphony, Arizona Opera Company and Ballet Arizona.

San Pedro Valley Arts & Historical Museum
180 S. San Pedro Street, Benson, AZ 85602. Phone: (520) 586-3070. Free admission. Donations accepted. Exhibits feature pioneer and Native American artifacts, and Butterfield Stage displays. Art gallery and museum gift shop. Closed during the month of August.

Scottsdale Center for the Arts
7380 East 2nd Street, Scottsdale, AZ 85251. Phone: (480) 994-2787. Features dance, theater, classical, jazz and world music. Galleries open through intermission on performance evenings. Located in the heart of downtown Scottsdale. Open daily. Call for current event listings.

Sedona Arts Theatre Company
15 Art Barn Road, Sedona, AZ 86336. Phone: (928) 282-3809. Call for show information and ticket pricing. Staged performances in the Charles W. Raison Theatre for over 40 years. Acclaimed performances are compared to many national companies.

Shemer Art Center
5005 E. Camelback Road, Phoenix, AZ 85018. Phone: (602) 262-4727. Free admission. The museum regularly displays traditional and contemporary art, and is housed in a historic Spanish-style home. Concerts, sales and lectures are also offered at the center.

Smoki Museum
147 N. Arizona Street, Prescott, AZ 86304. Phone: (928) 445-1230. Free admission. Call for hours. The museum is devoted to ancient Southwest history. Native American artifacts include prehistoric pots, bowls, stone implements, bead work and a collection of Hopi life paintings by Kate Cory.

Taliesin West
12621 Frank Lloyd Wright Blvd., Scottsdale, AZ 85261. Phone: (480) 860-2700. Guided tours with discussion of Wright's architectural concepts. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, the home was the architect's primary residence for 20 years. It's a National Historic Landmark and a mecca to architecture students and Wright devotees from around the world.

Tucson Museum of Art
140 N. Main Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85701. Phone: (520) 624-2333. Open daily. Free admission on the first Sunday of each month. Located near Tucson's oldest district, the museum Houses a collection of pre-Columbian and Western art, as well as special traveling exhibits.

University of Arizona Museum of Art
PO Box 21002, Tucson, AZ 85721. Phone: (520) 621-7567. Admission is free. The UA Museum of Art offers a vista of visual arts, free to the public, through changing exhibitions and a dynamic, growing permanent collection. Located on The University of Arizona campus in Tucson, the Museum is in walking distance from the Center for Creative Photography and the Arizona State Museum. Visitor parking is available at the UA garage on Park Avenue just north of Speedway Boulevard.