# List of museums in Arizona

This list of museums in Arizona encompasses museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included. The list also includes public non-profit art galleries, and national, state and local parks that feature visitor centers with exhibits.
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## Museums

| Name | Location | County | Region | Area of study | Website/Summary |
| Acadia Ranch Museum | Oracle | Pinal | Southern | History – Local | website, operated by the Oracle Historical Society, exhibits include local cattle ranch, health resort and mining histories, prehistoric artifacts |
| Adobe Mountain Desert Railroad Park | Glendale | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Railroad | Includes equipment, model railroad layout, photographs and memorabilia, miniature railway rides by the Maricopa Live Steamers; operated by the Sahuaro Central Railroad Heritage Preservation Society, located in Adobe Dam Regional Park |
| Ak-Chin Him-Dak Eco-Museum | Maricopa | Pinal | Phoenix area | Ethnic – Native American | Includes tribal crafts and history of the Ak-Chin Indian Community |
| Amerind Museum | Dragoon | Cochise | Southern | Ethnic – Native American | Native American archaeology, art, history and culture; Fulton-Hayden Memorial Art Gallery features paintings by 20th century Anglo and Native American artists |
| Apache County Historical Society Museum | St. Johns | Apache | Northeast | History – Local | website |
| Arizona Capitol Museum | Phoenix | Maricopa | Phoenix area | History | Arizona state history, heritage and culture |
| Arizona Copper Art Museum | Clarkdale | Yavapai | Central | Art | website |
| Arizona Doll & Toy Museum | Glendale | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Toy | Facebook site |
| Arizona Historical Foundation | Tempe | Maricopa | Phoenix area | History | website, located in the Hayden Library at Arizona State University, changing exhibits of historic documents, photographs and printed materials from its collections |
| Arizona Historical Society Museum at Papago Park | Tempe | Maricopa | Phoenix area | History – Local | Central Arizona’s history with special emphasis on the 20th Century |
| Arizona Historical Society Pioneer Museum | Flagstaff | Coconino | North Central | History – Local | Flagstaff and northern Arizona history |
| Arizona Historical Society Downtown History Museum | Tucson | Pima | Southern | History – Local | Exhibits include early Tucson businesses and home displays, including a drugstore, police and fire department, and a barbershop |
| Arizona History Museum | Tucson | Pima | Southern | History – Local | Operated by the Arizona Historical Society, southern Arizona history from Spanish colonial through territorial eras |
| Arizona Military Museum | Phoenix | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Military | website, located at Papago Park Military Reservation, operated by the Arizona National Guard Historical Society, Arizona's military history |
| Arizona Museum of Natural History | Mesa | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Natural history | Dinosaurs, Native Americans, ancient cultures of Mexico and the Hohokam, Mars |
| Arizona Railway Museum | Chandler | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Railroad | Closed in summer, collection railroad rolling stock and artifacts |
| Arizona Rangers Museum | Nogales | Santa Cruz | Southern | Military | website, history of the Arizona Rangers, located in the Historic 1904 Courthouse |
| Arizona Science Center | Phoenix | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Science | Located in Historic Heritage Square |
| Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum | Tucson | Pima | Southern | Natural history | Combined zoo, natural history museum and botanical garden, features plants, animals, minerals and fossils of the Sonoran Desert |
| Arizona State Museum | Tucson | Pima | Southern | Ethnic – Native American | Includes Southwest Indian pottery, artifacts, exhibits of religion and culture |
| Arizona State University Art Museum | Tempe | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Art | Contemporary art, new media, ceramics and other crafts, prints, art from Arizona and the Southwest and art of the Americas |
| Arizona Street Railway Museum | Phoenix | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Transportation | Restored trolley cars |
| Arizona Commemorative Air Force Museum | Mesa | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Aviation | website, aircraft include bombers, sub hunters, fighters, attackers, escorts, trainers, gliders, cargo, utility and other |
| Asarco Mineral Discovery Center | Sahuarita | Pima | Southern | Mining | website, Asarco copper mining, mining history of Arizona and the Western United States |
| ASU Galleries | Tempe | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Art | Operated by Arizona State University includes the Step Gallery, Northlight Gallery, Gallery 100, Harry Wood Gallery, Hispanic Research Center Art Gallery |
| ASU West ArtSpace | Glendale | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Art | Operated by Arizona State University, hosts a variety of interdisciplinary and experimental artistic works, from visual to performance and installation art |
| Barbara Anderson Girl Scout Museum | Phoenix | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Scouting | website, tours by appointment, Girl Scout uniforms, handbooks, photos and memorabilia from 1912 on |
| Benson Museum | Benson | Cochise | Southern | History – Local | website, operated by the San Pedro Valley Arts and Historical Society |
| Besh-Ba-Gowah Archaeological Park | Globe | Gila | North Central | Archaeology | Includes partially reconstructed Salado pueblo village with a museum displaying artifacts from excavations on the site |
| Bill and Judy Schaefer Sports Hall of Fame | Tempe | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Hall of fame – Sports | Arizona State University athletes, coaches, teams, memorabilia |
| Bird Cage Theatre | Tombstone | Cochise | Southern | History | 1880s theater, saloon, gambling parlor and brothel |
| Bisbee Mining & Historical Museum | Bisbee | Cochise | Southern | Multiple | website, local history, copper mining |
| Bonelli House | Kingman | Mohave | West Coast | Historic house | Early 20th century period house, operated by the Mohave County Historical Society |
| Buckeye Valley Museum | Buckeye | Maricopa | Phoenix area | History – Local | |
| Bullion Plaza Cultural Center & Museum | Miami | Gila | North Central | History – Local | website |
| Butterfly Lodge Museum | Greer | Apache | Northeast | Historic house | website, 1913 hunting lodge cabin, home to author James Willard Schultz and artist son Hart Merriam Schultz |
| Camp Verde Historical Society Museum | Camp Verde | Yavapai | North Central | History – Local | information |
| Canyon de Chelly National Monument | Navajo Nation | Apache | Northeast | Archaeology | Ancient pueblo ruin and museum with artifacts |
| Casa Grande Ruins National Monument | Coolidge | Pinal | Phoenix area | Multiple | Includes ruins of multiple Hohokam structures built in the 13th century, visitor center exhibits about the Hohokam and artifacts |
| Casa Malpais | Springerville | Apache | Northeast | Archaeology | Ancient pueblo ruin and museum with artifacts |
| Castle Dome Mines Museum and Ghost Town | Castle Dome Landing | Yuma | West Coast | Open-air | Historic lead-mining town and museum |
| Cave Creek Museum | Cave Creek | Maricopa | Phoenix area | History – Local | website, exhibits include pioneers, mining, Hohokam artifacts |
| Center for Creative Photography | Tucson | Pima | Southern | Art | Part of the University of Arizona, photography |
| Center for Meteorite Studies | Tempe | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Geology | Part of Arizona State University, collection of meteorites on display |
| Chandler Center for the Arts | Chandler | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Art | Includes the Vision Gallery and art exhibits in the Exhibition Hall |
| Chandler Museum | Chandler | Maricopa | Phoenix area | History – Local | Located in the McCullough-Price House, changing exhibits on culture, history and art, also Tumbleweed Ranch featuring a 1917 home, a historic grocery store and farm equipment |
| Children's Museum of Phoenix | Phoenix | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Children's | website |
| Clarkdale Historical Society and Museum | Clarkdale | Yavapai | North Central | History – Local | website |
| Clemenceau Heritage Museum | Cottonwood | Yavapai | North Central | History – Local | Operated by the Verde Historical Society |
| Cocopah Museum and Cultural Center | Somerton | Yuma | Southwest | Native American | website, recognized federal repository, features objects and depictions of Cocopah history and culture |
| Colossal Cave Mountain Park | Vail | Pima | Southern | History / Geology | Includes La Posta Quemada Ranch Museum, Civilian Conservation Corps Museum |
| Copper Queen Mine | Bisbee | Cochise | Southern | Mining | Underground tours of the mine |
| Cowbelles Museum | Nogales | Santa Cruz | Southern | History | information, contributions of women in ranching, located in the Historic 1904 Courthouse |
| Cutler-Plotkin Jewish Heritage Center | Phoenix | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Jewish | Former synagogue, hosts changing exhibits of Jewish art, history and culture |
| Deer Valley Petroglyph Preserve | Phoenix | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Archaeology | Located in Deer Valley Road, part of Arizona State University, features Native American rock art and a petroglyph trail in the desert |
| DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun Historic District | Tucson | Pima | Southern | Art | Art gallery and artistic manifestation and architectural constructed of Ettore DeGrazia |
| Desert Caballeros Western Museum | Wickenburg | Maricopa | Phoenix area | American West | website, includes Western art, cowboy, pioneer and Native American artifacts, gems and minerals, period store and home displays, history dioramas |
| Dinnerware Artspace | Tucson | Pima | Southern | Art | Contemporary art gallery |
| Discovery Park Campus | Safford | Graham | Southeast | Science | website, part of Eastern Arizona College, includes an observatory, exhibits about space, the solar system and astronomy |
| Fort Apache Historic Park | Fort Apache | Navajo | Northeast | Native American | Includes cultural center, museum, walking tour of the historic district and nearby Kinishba Ruins |
| Fort Bowie National Historic Site | Bowie | Cochise | Southern | Military | Includes ruins of Fort Bowie, visitor center exhibits about the fort and the conflict between the Chiricahua Apache and the U.S. military |
| Fort Grant Historical Museum | Willcox | Graham | Southeast | Military | History of the former 19th-century fort and current prison |
| Fort Huachuca Museum | Fort Huachuca | Cochise | Southern | Military | History of the US Army in the Southwest, located at Fort Huachuca |
| Fort Lowell Museum | Tucson | Pima | Southern | Military | Operated by the Arizona Historical Society, military life on the Arizona frontier |
| Fort Verde State Historic Park | Camp Verde | Yavapai | North Central | Multiple | Includes three 1880s period historic house museums, exhibits about the fort, military life, Indian Scouts and Indian Wars era |
| Fort Whipple Museum | Prescott | Yavapai | North Central | Medical | Medical and military artifacts of the fort and military hospital |
| Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory | Amado | Santa Cruz | Southern | Science | Visitor center exhibits about astronomy and astrophysics, natural science, and cultural history, tours of the observatory |
| Gadsden-Pacific Division Toy Train Operating Museum | Tucson | Pima | Southern | Railroad | website, model train layouts and equipment |
| Gilbert Historical Museum | Gilbert | Maricopa | Phoenix area | History – Local | website |
| Gleeson Jail | Gleeson | Cochise | Southern | Prison | Restored early 20th-century jail |
| Glendale Police Museum | Glendale | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Law enforcement | website, located in the City of Glendale Public Safety Building lobby |
| Grace Museum of America | Cave Creek | Maricopa | Phoenix area | History | Open by appointment only, America's transition from pioneer to modern life |
| Grand Canyon National Park | Grand Canyon Village | Coconino | North Central | Multiple | Includes changing art exhibits in the Kolb Studio, pioneer history exhibits at the Verkamp's Visitor Center, geology exhibits at the Yavapai Observation Station, Native American exhibits at the Tusayan Ruins and Museum |
| Hall of Flame Fire Museum | Phoenix | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Firefighting | Firefighting equipment, apparatus, patches, helmets, uniforms, memorabilia |
| Heard Museum | Phoenix | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Ethnic – Native American | Ancient and contemporary Native American jewelry, baskets, kachina dolls, ceramics, clothing and art |
| Henry Hauser Museum | Sierra Vista | Cochise | Southern | History – Local | website, operated by the Sierra Vista Historical Society |
| Hilltop Gallery | Nogales | Santa Cruz | Southern | Art | website, community art gallery |
| Historic Fairbank Schoolhouse | Fairbank | Cochise | Southern | School | Restored one room schoolhouse, exhibits about the ghost town |
| Historic Route 66 Museum | Kingman | Mohave | West Coast | Transportation | Evolution of travel along the 35th parallel that became Route 66, located in a restored power plant |
| History of Pharmacy Museum | Tucson | Pima | Southern | Medical | website, part of the University of Arizona College of Pharmacy, includes bottles, original drug containers, drug store fixtures and historic artifacts |
| Homolovi State Park | Winslow | Navajo | Northeast | Archaeology | Artifacts from over 300 Ancestral Puebloan archaeological sites |
| Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site | Ganado | Apache | Northeast | Historic house | Historic trading post and family homestead with barn, bunkhouse, guest hogan, historic farm equipment and animals |
| Huhugam Heritage Center | Chandler | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Ethnic – Native American | website, history and culture of the Gila River Indian Community |
| Huhugam Ki Museum | Scottsdale | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Ethnic – Native American | website, history and culture of the O'odham (Pima) and Piipaash (Maricopa) |
| I.d.e.a. Museum | Mesa | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Children's | Focus is on fine art and creativity, formerly the Arizona Museum for Youth |
| Innovation Gallery | Tempe | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Anthropology | Part of Arizona State University, changing exhibits of culture, part of the ASU Center for Archaeology and Society, formerly the ASU Museum of Anthropology |
| International Wildlife Museum | Tucson | Pima | Southern | Natural history | website, dioramas of insects, mammals and bird from around the world |
| Jerome State Historic Park | Jerome | Yavapai | North Central | History – Local | Exhibits include local history and copper mining |
| Jewish History Museum | Tucson | Pima | Southern | Jewish | Houses in a historic synagogue, history of the Jewish community in Arizona |
| John Bell Railroad Museum | Clarkdale | Yavapai | North Central | Railroad | Located in the depot of the Verde Canyon Railroad, a heritage railroad |
| Kannally Ranch House | Oracle | Pinal | Southern Arizona | Historic house | Part of Oracle State Park, 1930s adobe ranch home |
| Kitt Peak National Observatory | Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation | Pima | Southern | Science | Astronomy |
| Lake Havasu Museum of History | Lake Havasu City | Mohave | West Coast | History – Local | website |
| La Pilita Museum | Tucson | Pima | Southern | History – Local | website |
| Lauridsen Aviation Museum | Buckeye Airfield | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Aviation | Vintage and World War II aircraft |
| L. Ron Hubbard House at Camelback | Phoenix | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Biographical | website, house where L. Ron Hubbard developed the theories of Scientology |
| Martin Auto Museum | Phoenix | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Automobile | website, numerous historic automobiles, 100+ years worth of automobile history |
| Maynard Dixon Museum | Tucson | Pima | Southern | Art | website, works by artist Maynard Dixon, including original oils, watercolors, drawings and poetry |
| Manistee Ranch | Glendale | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Historic house | Operated by the Glendale Arizona Historical Society |
| McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park | Scottsdale | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Railroad | Includes a 15" gauge railroad, a Magma Arizona Railroad locomotive, a railroad museum, three model railroad clubs and a 7.5" gauge live steam railroad |
| McFarland State Historic Park | Florence | Pinal | Phoenix area | History | Historic courthouse and jail, exhibits about Arizona's Territorial history and law and order |
| Mesa Arts Center | Mesa | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Art | Includes Mesa Contemporary Arts, which houses five art galleries |
| Mesa Historical Museum | Mesa | Maricopa | Phoenix area | History – Local | Operated by the Mesa Historical Society, exhibits primarily on Mesa history and Spring Training in Arizona, housed in a historic 1913 school building |
| Meteor Crater | Winslow | Coconino | Northeast | Natural history | Visitor center exhibits about space, meteorites and asteroids, the solar system, and the Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet |
| Mills Collection | Thatcher | Graham | Southeast | Archaeology | website, part of Eastern Arizona College, collection of ancient Native American pottery, arrowheads, jewelry and artifacts on public display |
| Mine Museum | Jerome | Yavapai | North Central | History – Local | website, operated by the Jerome Historical Society |
| Mini Time Machine | Tucson | Pima | Southern | Doll | website, over 300 antique and contemporary dollhouses and roomboxes |
| Modified Arts | Phoenix | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Art | Contemporary art gallery, music venue and performance space |
| Mohave Museum of History and Arts | Kingman | Mohave | West Coast | History – Local | website, also changing exhibits of local art, collections online |
| Montezuma Castle National Monument | Camp Verde | Yavapai | North Central | Ethnic – Native American | Preserved cliff dwellings built by the pre-Columbian Sinagua people around 700 AD and a museum about the builders |
| Muheim Heritage House Museum | Bisbee | Cochise | Southern | Historic house | website, operated by the Bisbee Mining and Historical Museum, early 20th century period home |
| Museum of Casa Grande | Casa Grande | Pinal | Phoenix area | Multiple | website, complex includes local history museum with exhibits of railroads, agriculture, mining, a schoolhouse, a stone church, a barn and vintage fire engines, operated by the Casa Grande Valley Historical Society |
| Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson | Tucson | Pima | Southern | Art | |
| Museum of Northern Arizona | Flagstaff | Coconino | North Central | Ethnic – Native American | Also natural history displays |
| Museum of the Horse Soldier | Tucson | Pima | Southern | Military – United States | Museum dedicated to the United States Horse Mounted Services |
| Musical Instrument Museum | Phoenix | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Music | Musical instruments from around the world |
| Mystery Castle | Phoenix | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Historic house | 1930s 18-room, three story castle |
| Navajo County Historical Society Museum | Holbrook | Navajo | Northeast | History – Local | website, located in the former county courthouse |
| Navajo Interactive Museum | Tuba City | Coconino | North Central | Ethnic – Native American | website |
| Navajo Nation Museum | Window Rock | Apache | Northeast | Ethnic – Native American | History and culture of the Navajo Nation |
| Navajo National Monument | | Navajo | Northeast | Ethnic – Native American | Three intact cliff dwellings of the Ancestral Puebloan people |
| Old Gila County Jail | Globe | Gila | North Central | Prison | Historic jail |
| Old Trails Museum | Winslow | Navajo | Northeast | History – Local | website, operated by the Winslow Historical Society |
| Petersen House Museum | Tempe | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Historic house | Late 19th century Victorian period house |
| Petrified Forest National Park | | Navajo | Northeast | Natural history | Includes dinosaur and fossil exhibits in the Rainbow Forest Museum, and exhibits in the Painted Desert Inn Museum |
| Phippen Museum | Prescott | Yavapai | North Central | Art | website, American Western art including works by George Phippen and Solon Borglum |
| Phoenix Airport Museum | Phoenix | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Art | website, includes permanent pieces and changing exhibits in the terminals of Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport |
| Phoenix Art Museum | Phoenix | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Art | Collection includes American, Asian, European, Latin American, Western American, modern and contemporary art, and fashion design |
| Phoenix Police Museum | Phoenix | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Law enforcement | website |
| Pima Air & Space Museum | Tucson | Pima | Southern | Aerospace | Includes over 275 commercial and military aircraft and spacecraft |
| Pima County Sports Hall of Fame | Tucson | Pima | Southern | Hall of fame – Sports | website, Arizona sports history |
| Pima County Sports Hall of Fame | Tucson | Pima | Southern | Hall of fame – Sports | website, Arizona sports history |
| Pinal Geology and Mineral Museum | Coolidge | Pinal | Phoenix area | Geology | website, worldwide collection featuring Arizona and Pinal County geology |
| Pine-Strawberry Museum | Pine | Gila | North Central | History – Local | website, includes prehistoric and pioneer artifacts, period antiques and room displays |
| Pinetop-Lakeside Historical Society Museum | Pinetop-Lakeside | Navajo | Northeast | History – Local | website |
| Pioneer Living History Museum | Phoenix | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Living history | 19th century Old West town |
| Pimeria Alta Historical Society and Museum | Nogales | Santa Cruz | Southern | History – local | website, located in the Historic 1904 Courthouse |
| Pipe Spring National Monument | Kaibab | Mohave | North Central | Multiple | Includes exhibits about the Kaibab Paiute Indians, Mormons, pioneer, natural history, historic fort tours |
| Planes of Fame | Valle | Coconino | North Central | Aerospace | Features rare and one-of-a-kind classic aircraft |
| Postal History Foundation | Tucson | Pima | Southern | Philatelic | website, includes turn-of-the-century frontier post office and postal exhibits |
| Powell Museum | Page | Coconino | North Central | History – Local | website, includes exhibits on explorations of John Wesley Powell |
| Pueblo Grande Museum Archaeological Park | Phoenix | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Archaeology | 1,500-year-old Hohokam village ruins and excavated artifacts |
| Rex Allen Arizona Cowboy Museum and Willcox Cowboy Hall of Fame | Willcox | Cochise | Southern | Biographical | Memorabilia of Western actor and singer Rex Allen |
| Rim Country Museum | Payson | Gila | North Central | History – Local | website, operated by the Northern Gila County Historical Society, complex includes museum and Zane Grey cabin |
| Riordan Mansion State Historic Park | Flagstaff | Coconino | North Central | Historic house | 1904 Arts and Crafts style mansion |
| River of Time Museum | Fountain Hills | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Multiple | website, Yavapai culture, archaeology, geology, mining, pioneers, Fort McDowell, Roosevelt Dam |
| Rosson House | Phoenix | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Historic house | Victorian period house, located in Historic Heritage Square |
| Sahuaro Ranch Park Historical Area | Glendale | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Farm | Late 19th century fruit ranch with 13 original buildings, a rose garden, barnyard and orchards |
| Sanguinetti House Museum | Yuma | Yuma | West Coast | History – Local | website. operated by the Arizona Historical Society, history of the Lower Colorado River from the 1540s to the present |
| Scottsdale Historical Museum | Scottsdale | Maricopa | Phoenix area | History – local | website, prehistory, history, and cultural heritage of Scottsdale and the Southwest |
| Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art | Scottsdale | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Art | Contemporary and modern art, architecture, and design |
| Sedona Heritage Museum | Sedona | Yavapai | North Central | History – Local | website |
| Sharlot Hall Museum | Prescott | Yavapai | North Central | Open-air | Includes several 19th-century period buildings and homes and a history museum |
| Shemer Art Center | Phoenix | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Art | Arts education center and contemporary arts museum of Arizona art |
| Show Low Museum | Show Low | Navajo | Northeast | History – Local | website, operated by the Show Low Historical Society |
| Sirrine House | Mesa | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Historic house | website, 1896 Victorian period house, open for special events |
| Slaughter Ranch | Douglas | Cochise | Southern | Historic house | Complex includes adobe ranch house, ice house, wash house, granary, commissary, and car shed |
| Smoki Museum | Prescott | Yavapai | North Central | Ethnic – Native American | Artifacts, art and culture of the indigenous cultures of the Southwest |
| Sosa-Carrillo-Fremont House | Tucson | Pima | Southern | Historic house | Late 19th-century adobe house, open by appointment the Arizona Historical Society |
| Southern Arizona Transportation Museum | Tucson | Pima | Southern | Railroad | Located in a depot, includes a steam locomotive, railroad and Arizona transportation history exhibits |
| Southwest Museum of Engineering, Communications and Computation | Glendale | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Technology | website, mostly a research facility, call before visiting, technological devices related to communications and computation |
| St. Michaels Museum | St. Michaels | Apache | Northeast | Ethnic – Native American | Navajo culture of the early 20th century, located in the 1898 St. Michaels Mission of Francison Friars |
| Stinson Pioneer Museum | Snowflake | Navajo | Northeast | History – Local | information |
| Sunnyslope Historical Society Museum | Phoenix | Maricopa | Phoenix area | History – Local | website |
| Superstition Mountain Museum | Apache Junction | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Multiple | website, complex includes reproductions of 19th century businesses, mining, area rock specimens, displays about area natural history, Native American, and military history. |
| Sylvia Plotkin Judaica Museum | Scottsdale | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Jewish | website, Jewish culture, history and art, operated by Congregation Beth Israel |
| Taliesin West | Scottsdale | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Historic house | Architect Frank Lloyd Wright's winter home and school |
| Taylor Pioneer Museum | Taylor | Navajo | Northeast | History – Local | information, information |
| Tempe Center for the Arts | Tempe | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Art | Includes the Gallery at TCA, a free public visual art gallery |
| Tempe History Museum | Tempe | Maricopa | Phoenix area | History – Local | website, city history, community art gallery |
| Titan Missile Museum | Sahuarita | Pima | Southern | Military | Former ICBM missile site and missile exhibits |
| Tohono Chul | Casas Adobes | Pima | Southern | Natural history | Botanical garden with collections of the Sonoran Desert and changing art exhibits illustrating the connections between nature, art and culture in the Southwest |
| Tohono O'odham Nation Cultural Center & Museum | Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation | Pima | Southern | Ethnic – Native American | information, history and culture of the Tohono O'odham |
| Tombstone Courthouse State Historic Park | Tombstone | Cochise | Southern | History | Restored 1880s courthouse |
| Tonto National Monument | | Gila | North Central | Ethnic – Native American | Includes 13th to 15th century Salado culture cliff dwellings and visitor center museum |
| Tovrea Castle | Phoenix | Maricopa | Phoenix area | Historic house | Rococo-style 3-story building in a city park that features cacti |
| Trail Dust Town | Tucson | Pima | Southern | Multiple | Includes the Museum of the Horse Soldier, Trail Dust Town Railroad |
| Tubac Center for the Arts | Tubac | Santa Cruz | Southern | Art | website, includes exhibit gallery |
| Tubac Presidio State Historic Park | Tubac | Santa Cruz | Southern | History | Includes ruins of the Tubac Presidio, furnished 1885 schoolhouse, museum about the area's historic periods |
| Tucson Desert Art Museum | Tucson | Pima | Southern | Art/History | website, The Museum has one of the Southwest’s premier collections of Navajo and Hopi pre-1940s textiles and a diverse range of historical artifacts, classic and contemporary Southwestern paintings |
| Tucson Gay Museum | Tucson | Pima | Arizona | Gay Lesbian LGBTQ+ History | All Virtual |
| Tucson Museum of Art | Tucson | Pima | Southern | Art | Collection includes art of American West, the Americas, modern and contemporary art |
| Tucson Rodeo Parade Museum | Tucson | Pima | Southern | History | website, includes cowboy gear, rodeo memorabilia, horse-drawn vehicles |
| Tumacácori National Historical Park | Nogales | Santa Cruz | Southern | History | Ruins of three Spanish mission communities and a museum, consists of 360 acres (1.5 km2) in three separate units |
| Tuzigoot National Monument | Clarkdale | Yavapai | North Central | Archaeology | Pueblo ruins and visitor center museum |
| Tyson's Well Stage Station Museum | Quartzsite | La Paz | West Coast | History – Local | website, operated by the Quartzsite Historical Society, includes history and equipment for mining for gold, lead and mercury, minerals |
| University of Arizona Mineral Museum | Tucson | Pima | Southern | Geology | Minerals, meteorites, mining |
| University of Arizona Museum of Art | Tucson | Pima | Southern | Art | Emphasis on European and American fine art from the Renaissance to the present |
| University of Arizona Poetry Center | Tucson | Pima | Southern | Literary | Exhibits from its collections in Contemporary American poetry from the 1950s to the present, collection also includes rare books, limited-edition and artist books, chapbooks, broadsides, photographs, and audiovisual recordings |
| US Army Intelligence Museum | Fort Huachuca | Cochise | Southern | Military | Evolution of the intelligence art within the U.S. Army, located at Fort Huachuca |
| Verde Valley Archaeology Center | Camp Verde | Yavapai | Central | Archaeology | website |
| Walnut Canyon National Monument | Flagstaff | Coconino | North Central | Archaeology | Includes cliff dwelling rooms constructed by the Sinagua people and visitor center museum |
| Wupatki National Monument | Flagstaff | Coconino | North Central | Ethnic – Native American | Includes Ancient Pueblo People ruins and visitor center museum |
| Wells Fargo Museum | Phoenix | Maricopa | Phoenix area | History | American West history and the Wells Fargo Company, includes a 19th-century stagecoach, art gallery of N.C. Wyeth’s western-themed work |
| Wellton Museum | Wellton | Yuma | Southwest | History – Local | Details the history of Wellton. Paintings, dolls, old cars, Native-related and agriculture-related items are found here. |
| Western Spirit: Scottsdale’s Museum of the West | Scottsdale | Maricopa | Phoenix area | History | Art, culture and history of 19 states in the American West |
| White Mountain Apache Cultural Center & Museum | Whiteriver | Navajo | Northeast | Ethnic – Native American | website, history and culture of the Apache, located in Fort Apache Indian Reservation |
| World's Smallest Museum | Superior | Pinal | Phoenix area | History | Includes antique household items, tools, movie equipment, mining artifacts, political memorabilia |
| Yuma Quartermaster Depot State Historic Park | Yuma | Yuma | West Coast | Military | Former United States Army logistics facility |
| Yuma Territorial Prison | Yuma | Yuma | West Coast | Prison | Historic prison |

## Defunct museums

* American Museum of Nursing, Tempe
* Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum, Phoenix, closed in 2011
* Bead Museum, Glendale, closed in 2011, collections donated to the Mingei International Museum in San Diego, California
* Champlin Fighter Museum, Mesa, closed in 2003, collections now at Museum of Flight in Tukwila, Washington
* Fleisher Museum, Scottsdale, closed in 2002
* Graham County Historical Society Museum, Thatcher, Facebook site, closed in 2012 when building torn down, seeking new location
* Halle Heart Children's Museum, Tempe
* Heard Museum North, Scottsdale, closed in 2014
* Heard Museum West, Surprise, closed in 2009
* Peoria Arizona Historical Society Museum, also known as Peoria Central School Museum, closed in 2017 due to a dispute over control.
* Phoenix Museum of History, Phoenix, closed in 2009
* West Valley Art Museum, Surprise, building closed in 2009 but hosting exhibits in Peoria, website