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Taliesin West
Wright's former home and architectural masterpiece is the site of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation and School of Architecture. Tours include the main studio, garden room, theatre, bell tower, a view of the desert camp and cove entrance, and Wright's private dining room.
12621 North Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard, Scottsdale
Tel: (480) 860 2700.
Website: www.franklloydwright.org
Admission charge.
Heard Museum
Spend the day perusing the vast collection of Native American artefacts and art at this Phoenix gem. The focus is on tribes of the southwest and visitors come away with a better understanding of the people and how they lived their lives.
2301 North Central Avenue, Phoenix
Tel: (602) 252 8848.
Website: www.heard.org
Admission charge.
Pueblo Grande Museum and Archaeological Park
The thrust of the museum is an outdoor 5.5km (3-mile) path that winds through ancient Native American Hohokam ruins including a ball and a 9m (30ft) platform mound. By each point of interest, there is signage explaining its importance.
4619 East Washington Street, Phoenix
Tel: (602) 495 5645 or 1 877 706 4408.
Website: www.pueblogrande.com
Admission charge.
Desert Botanical Garden
A huge collection of cacti and other Sonoran Desert plants border the snake-like brick paths around the garden. It is both a learning experience and a place of solitude and tranquillity.
1201 North Galvin Parkway
Tel: (480) 941 1225.
Website: www.dbg.org
Admission charge.
Phoenix Art Museum
This museum boasts over 17,000 works of American, Asian, European, Latin American, modern and contemporary art, and fashion design. Amongst others, Monet, Picasso, Kahlo and O'Keeffe grace the walls.
1625 North Central Avenue (Central Avenue and McDowell Road)
Tel: (602) 257 1222.
Website: www.phxart.org
Admission charge.
Wright's former home and architectural masterpiece is the site of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation and School of Architecture. Tours include the main studio, garden room, theatre, bell tower, a view of the desert camp and cove entrance, and Wright's private dining room.
12621 North Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard, Scottsdale
Tel: (480) 860 2700.
Website: www.franklloydwright.org
Admission charge.
Heard Museum
Spend the day perusing the vast collection of Native American artefacts and art at this Phoenix gem. The focus is on tribes of the southwest and visitors come away with a better understanding of the people and how they lived their lives.
2301 North Central Avenue, Phoenix
Tel: (602) 252 8848.
Website: www.heard.org
Admission charge.
Pueblo Grande Museum and Archaeological Park
The thrust of the museum is an outdoor 5.5km (3-mile) path that winds through ancient Native American Hohokam ruins including a ball and a 9m (30ft) platform mound. By each point of interest, there is signage explaining its importance.
4619 East Washington Street, Phoenix
Tel: (602) 495 5645 or 1 877 706 4408.
Website: www.pueblogrande.com
Admission charge.
Desert Botanical Garden
A huge collection of cacti and other Sonoran Desert plants border the snake-like brick paths around the garden. It is both a learning experience and a place of solitude and tranquillity.
1201 North Galvin Parkway
Tel: (480) 941 1225.
Website: www.dbg.org
Admission charge.
Phoenix Art Museum
This museum boasts over 17,000 works of American, Asian, European, Latin American, modern and contemporary art, and fashion design. Amongst others, Monet, Picasso, Kahlo and O'Keeffe grace the walls.
1625 North Central Avenue (Central Avenue and McDowell Road)
Tel: (602) 257 1222.
Website: www.phxart.org
Admission charge.
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