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Tempe Historical Museum

The Tempe Historical Museum was founded by the Tempe Historical Society, which opened a 4,800-square foot exhibit hall in the east wing of the Tempe Public Library building in 1972. In 1984, the Museum became a division of the City of Tempe's Community Services Department. In the following year, a bond issue was approved, and work began on converting the entire 36,000-square foot library building into a new museum. The new Tempe Historical Museum, with an 8,000-square foot exhibit gallery, opened to the public on June 15, 1991. The Museum also operates the Petersen House Museum, a restored Queen Anne Victorian house that is used to interpret daily life in Tempe around the turn of the century.

The vision of the Museum is, "The Tempe Historical Museum is a center where the community comes together to celebrate Tempe's past and ponder the future." Permanent and changing exhibits, educational programs, and research projects generally focus on some aspect of Tempe's history within the context of state and national events. The Museum currently has seven full-time staff members, and more than a hundred regular volunteers contribute a considerable amount of staff support in all areas of the Museum's operation.

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  Tempe Historical Museum

  809 East Southern Avenue
  Tempe, 85282

  Phone: (480)350-5100

  Fax: (480)350-5150

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  • Event Name: Robot Mania
    "very interesting"
    Review posted by: anika from rimrock,AZ, Mar 24, 2008
    

    this even sounds extremely interesting and it was interesting when I went

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    this even sounds extremely interesting and it was interesting when I went

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• Past Events

  09/18/08	3rd Thirstday Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month Tempe Historical Museum
  06/18/08- 07/23/08	Wild Wednesdays Tempe Historical Museum
  05/18/08	Celebrate International Museum Day in Tempe Tempe Historical Museum
  05/18/08	International Museum Day Tempe Historical Museum
  03/27/08	Cesar Chavez Holiday Event Tempe City Hall Gallery
  03/20/08	Arizona Women's Heritage Trail: Marking Their Sites Tempe Historical Museum
  03/13/08	Refugee Film Series - 'The Refugee All Stars' Tempe Historical Museum
  03/13/08	Hohokam Rock Art Tour Tempe Historical Museum
  03/12/08	In Their Own Words: Diaries of 19th Century Women Tempe Historical Museum
  03/06/08	Refugee Film Series - 'Saigon, U.S.A.' Tempe Historical Museum
  02/28/08	Refugee Film Series - 'Sentenced Home' Tempe Historical Museum
  02/21/08	Refugee Film Series - 'Don't Fence Me In: Major Mary and the Karen Refugees from Burma' Tempe Historical Museum
  02/13/08	Shady Women and Respectability in Territorial Arizona Tempe Historical Museum
  02/01/08- 05/07/08	Robot Mania Tempe Main Post Office
  12/01/07- 01/05/08	A Danish Christmas at the Petersen House Tempe Historical Museum
  11/05/07- 04/04/08	Art With a Cause Tempe City Hall Gallery
  08/24/07- 10/17/07	My Favorite Year Tempe Main Post Office
  04/01/07- 05/01/08	Tempe Police: Their Own Story Tempe Historical Museum
  03/15/07	Hohokam Rock Art Tour Tempe Historical Museum
  03/13/07	Spring Sensation Tempe Historical Museum
  02/15/07	Third Thirstday Night Cafe Tempe Historical Museum
  02/14/07	Tempe Historical Society Speakers' Program - Dr. Jay Cravath Tempe Historical Museum
  12/02/06	Gingerbread Fantasia Tempe Historical Museum
  10/26/06- 11/16/06	Southeast Asian Refugee Film Series Tempe Historical Museum
  10/19/06	3rd Thirstday Night Café -- Santos Vega: Mexican American History and Culture in Transition Tempe Historical Museum
  10/08/06	Family History Album Display Tempe Historical Museum
  09/21/06	Third Thirstday Night Cafe: Update on Hayden Flour Mill Archaeology Tempe Historical Museum
  06/28/06- 07/26/06	Wild Wednesdays Tempe Historical Museum
  05/06/06	A Night to Preserve Tempe Historical Museum
  04/20/06	3rd Thirstday Night Cafe - Teens Cafe Tempe Historical Museum
  04/12/06	Speakers' Program Tempe Historical Museum
  04/04/06- 04/25/06	Southeast Asian Film Series Tempe Historical Museum
  03/16/06	3rd Thirstday Night Cafe - Leandro Soto Tempe Historical Museum
  03/08/06	Speakers' Program Tempe Historical Museum
  02/16/06	Third Thirstday Night Cafe Tempe Historical Museum
  02/08/06	Speakers' Program Tempe Historical Museum
  01/19/06	Third Thirstday Night Cafe Tempe Historical Museum
  01/11/06	Speakers' Program Tempe Historical Museum
  12/03/05- 12/30/05	Christmas in Tempe as it used to be
  12/03/05	Gingerbread Fantasia Tempe Historical Museum
  12/03/05- 12/30/05	Christmas in Tempe - As It Used To Be Petersen House Museum
  12/03/05- 12/31/05	Museum Holiday Decorations Tempe Historical Museum
  12/03/05- 12/31/05	Petersen House Holiday Showcase Petersen House Museum
  11/17/05	Third Thirstay Night Cafe Tempe Historical Museum
  10/20/05	Third Thirstday Night Cafe Tempe Historical Museum
  06/15/05- 07/27/05	Wild Wednesdays Tempe Historical Museum
  06/01/05- 08/04/05	Time & Again: The Photographs of Allen Dutton Tempe Historical Museum
  06/01/05- 09/01/05	Scrapbooks for History Tempe Historical Museum
  05/19/05- 01/05/06	Behind the Camera: Picturing Mill Avenue Tempe Historical Museum
  05/19/05	3rd Thursday Night Café with photographer Larry Mishler Mill Tempe Historical Museum
  04/13/05	Tempe Historical Society Speakers - The Changing U.S. Demography Tempe Historical Museum
  03/17/05	Rock Art Tour Tempe Historical Museum
  03/17/05	Third Thirstday Night Cafe - William Dunmire Tempe Historical Museum
  03/09/05	Tempe Historical Society Speakers - They Came Before Columbus Tempe Historical Museum
  02/17/05	Third Thirstday Night Cafe - Matthew C. Whitaker Tempe Historical Museum
  02/09/05	Tempe Historical Society Speakers - Asian Americans in Arizona Tempe Historical Museum
  01/20/05	Third Thirstday Night Cafe - John R. Balfour Tempe Historical Museum
  09/01/04- 01/28/05	The Bug Line Tempe Historical Museum
  01/01/04- 01/01/06	Main Gallery - The Story of Tempe Tempe Historical Museum