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December 2023 by Lacy K.
Tour the AZ Capital Museum, Senate, and House of Representatives The historic Capitol building housed the Arizona Territorial and State Legislature until 1960 and Executive Offices until 1974. The building was then restored and rededicated as the Arizona Capitol Museum, officially opening in 1979. Tour on your own or take a guided tour (to learn fun facts like how the statue on top was picked because it was the cheapest in the Sears catalog at the time). See different rotating art and history exhibits throughout the year. Learn the timeline of Arizona becoming a state. See artifacts recovered from the USS Arizona. (My favorite was the wine bottle and glasses given by President Gerald Ford to the last remaining survivors to toast their fallen comrades) Check out the original office of the governor and portraits of governors past. Have fun watching the model railroads running all through a variety of Arizona scenes. See the beautiful tile state seal and find out how it came to be. (And how it was made by artists in another state, after just reading a description, and learn what they left out). Finish by browsing the gift shop for items with the state seal, postcards, books, and more. Also, be sure to step inside the Senate and House of Representatives to see where our local government meets. You can stand in the public gallery and see the chambers (even while currently being renovated).Be sure to walk through the Wesley Bolin Plaza that is home to multiple memorials dedicated to different ways and figures
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August 2023 by Jessica W.
Go see this amazing, free experience! It was full of information! Our family really enjoyed this experience. The scavenger hunt for the kiddos helped keep them engaged during our time there.
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June 2023 by Sarah Hartman
Fun gift shop in the Arizona Capitol with state themed gifts. Staff were friendly and prices were reasonable.
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March 2023 by Ike I.
From the interior to the exterior it's a very nice facility and well maintained, this place has a lot of monuments and memorials, since I visited in March it's was not too hot at all just comfortable during the day.
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March 2023 by Sara M.
I was excited to find this one!A stranger on the internet suggested we visit when the weather didn't cooperate for our hike.It was a bit hard to find (INSIDE the State Capital building) and parking was anywhere that didn't say reserved.You enter and go through security (which I appreciated) and then there are FOUR floors of artifacts, stories and pictures. We encountered so many nice volunteers willing to help us see it all!We got through the first 2 floors (about an hour each) before our stomachs told us it was time to go.The first floor had an exhibit on MLK and his visit to ASU back in the 60s, very interesting!The second floor was my favorite since it had an entire room dedicated to a model train and diagram of the state.The men who put this together are very talented and passionate, wanting to share their knowledge of the state's history. We definitely learned a thing or two!I feel like we've seen MOST, if not all the museums in the greater PHX area but like the others, this did not disappoint.
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January 2023 by Alicia N.
We dropped by for a quick visit since we had a little time between stops. Informative little museum with exhibits on four different floors. We worked our way from the top to the bottom, not stopping too long in any one exhibit. If you have the time and want to read everything in detail, you could easily kill a few hours here. That being said, if you want to speed through and just take a quick look at the exhibits, you could do it in an hour. We ran out of time and didn't get to see everything on the first floor. There are two ways to get inside, one requiring you to go through a search and metal detector, the other not. We chose to go to the entrance to without, but I got frustrated a bit because you have to walk around to the other side from the parking lot, and we kept getting turned around with all of the fencing that was up for the some construction that was going on. Parking was free and in a lot, not hard to find.
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January 2023 by Dante Mitchell
Great gifts on Arizona History.
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January 2023 by Kris Bollingmo
Makes me proud to be an Arizonan!
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February 2022 by Lee D.
1/12/22If you like history, especially government history, this is a must visit.Volunteers are also building a small model train display here in an entire room.Quality/Quantity -Excellent.What a great relaxing way to spend a day.Atmosphere -Huge park with monuments.Museum several floors of history and way too much info.And a room of very enthusiastic volunteers building a model train displayExhibits - too many to name, easier if you just went on their websiteMonday - Friday: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm / Saturday: 10:00 am - 2:00 pm (September - May) / Closed State HolidaysThey also host events here, again check out their websiteService - N/A, self serviceWell at least till we got to the model train room where the volunteers spent an hour with us sharing all their knowledge.Price - Free, donations appreciatedOwner Suggestion - Thanks for all you do!
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January 2020 by ginny hiott
We went here on our family trip in Arizona and we were looking for something 1) indoors 2) affordable this hit both spots! The guide person inside was super helpful and they have a scavenger hunt game for the younger kids to help keep them engaged while touring the museum it was perfect!
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January 2020 by Phoenix Wombat (#PHXWombat)
Great place to visit and learn a about Arizona's history.
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January 2020 by Bryien Anderson
Great place to go too and visit.
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January 2020 by Julie Heineking
I enjoyed the silver service from the Arizona
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January 2019 by Melody
It's a nice free museum to take your kids or out of town friends and family. Nothing has really changed since I first visited on school field trips as a kid. I think a little more effort can be made to make it more interactive. Overall, it's and interesting place with plenty to share about the political and territorial history of the state.
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January 2019 by Michael Robinson
Really nice little shop.
