Arizona Museum of Natural History

Effective 10/5/20: The Museum will be reopening to the public on Nov. 7th. For November and December 2020, the museum will be open 10am-4pm Thurs-Sat and Noon-4pm Sun
During that period, the open hours will be reevaluated, and any changes will be announced on their site

Nestled in the heart of downtown Mesa, this is the premier natural history museum of Arizona. A “must see” for dinosaur lovers, the main attraction is Dinosaur Mountain, with animatronic dinosaurs, a 3-story indoor waterfall and flash flood that happens every 30 minutes. Take a tour through time and have a selfie with a T.rex. If dinosaurs are not your interest then pan for gold, take a stroll through a mock village of our ancestral Sonoran Desert people, or discover civilizations further afield like the Maya or Aztec.