Heard Museum

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2301 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona 85004(602) 252-8840
Description: Drawing over a quarter million visitors each year, the Heard Museum of Native Cultrues and art is, like the Desert Botanical Gardens and the Phoenix Zoo, an officially designated Phoenix Point of Pride. The goal of the ...Read More
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Great museum to get a sense of native culture

by Kate Chopin

Boston, Massachusetts

January 18, 2012

I'm a museum lover and have a particular fondness for museums that combine culture and art. If you share this interest, the Heard is a terrific - indeed my favorite - museum in Phoenix. The basics - The Heard advertises itself as showcasing ...Read more
Heard Museum

by Travelingon

Milford, Massachusetts

August 30, 2006

Best of IgoUgo The Heard Museum in Phoenix is a beautiful extensive collection of Native American artifacts and artwork. The museum is open daily from 9:30am to 5pm Admission is $10 for adults and $3.00 for children 6 to 12. We took a one hour guided tour(included ...Read more
Heard Museum

by NYwriter86

Chestertown, New York

March 2, 2006

The Heard Museum is one of the most beautiful museums I have ever seen. You enter onto a beautiful patio area with trees, cacti, and a stone fountain with water flowing peacefully over smooth rocks. Inside, the museum is spectacular. There are many ...Read more
Heard Museum

by lgarcia45

McAllen, Texas

April 6, 2005

The Heard is a museum concentrating on Native American art/artifacts (mostly Arizona tribes)derived from the collection of the same said family as well as the late Senator Barry Goldwater. Goldwater had one of the world's largest collections of ...Read more
Heard Museum

by imccallusa

North Chicago, Illinois

July 14, 2004

You cannot conceivably go to Arizona and not visit the Heard Museum. We started our week journey at the museum to acclimatize my son as to some of the different Indian tribes we would see the during the week. Although a lot of the talking displays ...Read more

From journal Payson, AZ



Heard Museum

by APLA-Rover

Guelph, Ontario

February 25, 2003

Great insight into the history and culture of the tribes of Southwestern America. A slide show in the permanent exhibit "Native peoples of the Southwest" is well worth the time to watch. The display on the Indian schools where they tried to ...Read more

From journal Arizona in February

Heard Museum

by diminor1929

Norristown, Pennsylvania

September 2, 2002

Best of IgoUgo The admission is free to anyone who has proof of tribal membership or is a paid member of the museum. The various Southwestern Native American cultures are presented as individual and diverse civilizations, each with its own language, foods, ...Read more
The Heard Museum

by willow

Nicholls, Georgia

November 2, 2000

The Heard Museum features works of art and ethnographic objects from across the continent. The displays include 437 Hopi kachina dolls from the Barry Goldwater collection. I found the modern art displays out of place among the native artifacts but ...Read more

From journal Valley of The Sun