Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum - Phoenix Museum

  • Address: 1502 West Washington Street,Phoenix, AZ 85007-3210
  • Phone: +1 602 255 3795
  • Email:
  • Website:www.admmr.state.az.us
Average Rating
3.5
 5+ reviews
from 3 sources
Yahoo! Travel
4.5
 2+ reviews
Frommers
0.0
 1+ reviews
Yelp
4.0
 2+ reviews

Estimated Price: From $2

Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum
1502 West Washington Street
Phoenix, AZ 85007-3210

Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum Details

Descriptions from Across the Web

  • Housed in the historic Shriner's Auditorium (now Polly Rosenbaum ... more on Museum Stuff
  • The early adventurers and investors who came to Arizona in droves ... more on Arizona For Dummies - Edie Jarolim
  • Countless minerals and mining tools ... more on tripadvisor.com
  • The Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum hosts over 23,000 school children and 18,000 other ... more on gocitykids.com
  • Over 3,000 worldwide specimens are on exhibit. Highlighting the collection are the Arizona's colorful copper minerals. Spectacular individual specimens include ... more on visitphoenix.com

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5.0
Rocks and more rocks

This place looks a bit strange on the outside but it was great ... By baaha76 from Washington DC, a user of Yahoo! Travel. Read full review on Yahoo! Travel

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4.0
Rock & Gems galore!

We visited the Mining & Mineral Museum in downtown Phoenix in December 2005 with our 6 yr old son. It's just the right size museum to hold the interest ... TX3travelers, a user of Tripadvisor. Read full review on tripadvisor

4.0
Carina M. 's review

I'm a huge nerd -- I love crystals. When ... a user of yelp.com. Read full review on Yelp

5.0
From Fulgurites Through Copper

(January 04, 2008 00:00)

What an incredible museum! And it's only $2.00 for an adult but kids are free. Parking is free. Fulgurites are when lightning hits ... By Liz Anderson from Phoenix, AZ, a user of Yahoo! Travel. Read full review on Yahoo! Travel

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4.0
Nice collection

Worth the $2 admission price. There is a large collection of interesting minerals here. Each specimen is labeled as to type of mineral and where ... Outdoorpartner, a user of Tripadvisor. Read full review on tripadvisor

Directions

Bus: 1 or DASH downtown shuttle

Hours

8a-5p M-F, 11a-4p Sa

Miscellaneous

  • Admission: Admission is free. Donations are gratefully accepted! All proceeds from the gift shop and donations go to support the Museum's education program (for which there is no other funding). -- M-F 8:00 am to 5:00 pm Saturday 11:00 am - 4:00 pm Closed Sundays &
  • Collections: The collection includes over 19,000 minerals, rocks, fossils and artifacts. Included are mineral specimens, lapidary material, faceted stones, rocks, mining related artifacts, and a Tognini sculpture. Representative ore samples are archived as reference f

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