Smithsonian magazine sponsors Museum Day Live! — a day of free admission at participating local museums and cultural institutions nationwide — on Saturday, Sept. 23.
More than 30 Arizona museums are participating, including Cave Creek Museum, Pueblo Grande Museum, Desert Botanical Garden, Halle Heart Children’s Museum, i.d.e.a. Museum and Arizona Museum of Natural History.
Download and print free admission tickets in advance at smithsonianmag.com/museumday
Arizona museums taking part include:
• Cave Creek Museum in Cave Creek
• Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix
• Pueblo Grande Museum in Phoenix
• i.d.e.a. Museum in Mesa
• Arizona Museum of Natural History in Mesa
• Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art in Scottsdale
• Halle Heart Children’s Museum in Tempe
• Boyce Thompson Arboretum near Superior
• Superstition Mountain Museum in Apache Junction
• Jerome State Historic Park in Jerome
• Arizona Capitol Museum in Phoenix
• DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun in Tucson
• Arizona History Museum/Arizona Historical Society in Tucson
• Tubac Center of the Arts in Tubac