Nov 24 2007
Out-of-the-way Valley museums
The East Valley Tribune has profiled some of the more eclectic Valley museums in today’s Saturday paper.
My favorite museum in the metro area is the Arizona Wing CAF Aircraft museum. About six years ago I stopped in the museum on a Saturday afternoon on my way to the office to catch up on some work.
After about an hour I gave up on work and spent the rest of the day walking the museum with the enthusiastic docent. If you have any interest in aircraft or U.S. military history I’d highly recommend the AZ CAF museum.
Arizona Wing CAF Museum.
2017 N. Greenfield Road, Mesa
Open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m Monday - Sunday
(480) 924-1940
Other out-of the way museums include:
Superstition Mountain Museum
4087 N. Apache Trail, Apache Junction. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
(480) 983-4888 or
Temple Beth Israel.
10460 N. 56th St., Scottsdale. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and Sunday 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.
(480) 951-0323
Arizona Railway Museum.
330 E. Ryan Road, Chandler. Noon to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
(480) 821-1108
African American Multicultural Museum
617 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale.
(480) 314-4400.
FYI, I think it ought to be Temple BETH Israel. :o) And is there some sort of Jewish museum there?