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Arizona Museum of Natural History

The Arizona Museum of Natural History located in , , is the only natural history museum in the greater Phoenix area. It exhibits the natural and cultural history of the .
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  • Opening hours: Tuesday—Friday 10:00 AM—5:00 PM and Saturday 11:00 AM—5:00 PM and Sunday 1:00 PM—5:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: history museum
  • Also known as: “arizonamuseumofnaturalhistory.org” and “Mesa Southwest Museum”
  • Address: 53 North MacDonald, Mesa, AZ 85201

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include I.d.e.a. Museum and Center/Main Street station.

Museum
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The , formerly the Arizona Museum for Youth, is a designed for exhibiting, teaching, and interacting with the fine arts. It changed its name on February 6, 2014, to i.d.e.a, which stands for "imagination, design, experience, art." The i.d.e.a. is situated 720 feet west of Arizona Museum of Natural History.

Railway station
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, also known as City Center, is a station on the A Line of the Valley Metro Rail system in , , United States. The station is located one block east of the intersection of East Main Street and North Center Street and opened on August 22, 2015 as part of the Central Mesa Extension. is situated 1,100 feet southeast of Arizona Museum of Natural History.

Arts center
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The is a performing and visual arts complex in downtown , Arizona. At more than 210,000 square feet square feet, the $95 million facility, completed in 2005, is the largest comprehensive arts campus in the state. is situated 1,400 feet southeast of Arizona Museum of Natural History.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mesa and Lehi.

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, population 518,000, is in Maricopa County. It is 's third-largest city, and is part of the urban complex.

Neighborhood
is a community within . existed prior to the founding of Mesa, and was annexed by its much larger former neighbor in 1970. It is now the northern limit of central Mesa. is situated 3 miles north of Arizona Museum of Natural History.

Hamlet
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is a populated place situated in , , United States. It has an estimated elevation of 1,220 feet above sea level. It is located on the Pima–Maricopa Indian Community. is situated 4 miles northwest of Arizona Museum of Natural History.

Arizona Museum of Natural History

Latitude
33.41669° or 33° 25′ 0″ north
Longitude
-111.83369° or 111° 50′ 1″ west
Elevation
1,240 feet (378 metres)
Open location code
855CC588+MG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 134180156
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Geo­Names ID
8109050
Wiki­data ID
Q4069233
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Spanish—“Arizona Museum of Natural History” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “亞利桑納自然史博物館”
  • Russian: “Аризонский музей естественной истории”
  • Spanish: “Museo de Historia Natural de Arizona”
  • “UAZ”

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