Heard Museum

The Heard Museum is a private, not-for-profit museum in Phoenix, Arizona, United States, dedicated to the advancement of American Indian art. It presents the stories of American Indian people from a first-person perspective, as well as exhibitions of traditional and contemporary art by American Indian artists and artists influenced by American Indian art.

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Type: Museum
Description: art and culture museum in Phoenix, Arizona
Also known as: “Heard Museum of Anthropology and Primitive Art” and “The Heard Museum”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Encanto/Central Avenue station and Phoenix Towers.

Encanto/Central Avenue station

Railway station

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Encanto/Central Avenue station, also known as Heard Museum, is a light rail station on the B Line of the Valley Metro Rail & Streetcar system in Uptown Phoenix, Arizona, United States. Encanto/Central Avenue station is situated 920 feet northwest of Heard Museum.

Phoenix Towers

Apartment building

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The Phoenix Towers were designed by Ralph C. Harris and built by Del E. Webb in Modern Movement style. The buildings, completed in 1957, are located a mile and a half north of downtown Phoenix at the corner of Central Avenue and Monte Vista Road.

McDowell/Central Avenue station

Railway station

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McDowell/Central Avenue station, also known as Cultural District, is a light rail station on the B Line of the Valley Metro Rail & Streetcar system in Uptown Phoenix, Arizona, United States. McDowell/Central Avenue station is situated 2,500 feet south of Heard Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Willo and Encanto.

Willo

Neighborhood

Willo, Arizona, commonly known as the Willo Historic District, is a community neighborhood within Phoenix, Arizona. The Willo Historic District was originally one of downtown Phoenix’s first historic suburbs planned in the 1920s.

Encanto

Suburb

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Encanto Village is one of the 15 Urban villages that make up the City of Phoenix, in Arizona. The village, centered along Central Avenue, is home to the popular Midtown and Melrose Districts, as well as many historic neighborhoods, including Encanto, its namesake.