Mesa Arts & Culture Week

March 4 - 14, 2026

Mesa Arts and Culture Week celebrates the people, stories, and spaces that shape Mesa. Spend the week exploring museums, living history, bold exhibitions, live performances, and public art across the city. Then stay a little longer for special events that bring past and present together in ways that feel distinctly Mesa.

Insider's Guide to Mesa Arts & Culture Week

Come see Dino Mountain, witness a flash flood, pan for gold, and so much more. Opening…
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Arizona Museum of Natural History
Mesa Arts Center is Arizona’s largest arts center and an architecturally distinctive campus in downtown Mesa…
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Mesa Arts Center
The fun, inspiring, and educational hands-on art museum for children and families traveling to Mesa, Arizona…
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idea Museum
S’edav Va’aki Museum (SVM) is situated on an extraordinary archaeological site, where visitors can learn about…
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S’edav Va’aki Museum
Preserving Mesa's Past – Discovering Mesa's FutureHours: Tuesday-Saturday 10am-4pmAdmission: Mesa Historical Museum only: $7 - Adult…
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Mesa Historical Museum
Find yourself in the Old West! The Superstition Mountain & Lost Dutchman Museum is located in…
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Superstition Mountain Lost Dutchman Museum
The Commemorative Air Force Airbase Arizona has 55,000 square-feet of historic war-time aircraft, exhibits, videos, WWII…
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Arizona Commemorative Air Force Museum (AZCAF)

Exhibits you Wont want to Miss

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Rube Goldberg™, The World of Hilarious Invention!

Step inside the wildly inventive world of Rube Goldberg, where simple tasks turn into spectacular chain reactions. Build, tinker, and laugh your way through hands-on contraptions that celebrate creativity and curiosity.

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Arizona Museum of Natural History

Thrive

Uncover the story of Arizona’s first peoples — past and present — in THRIVE: The First People, Yesterday, Today, and Forever. This immersive exhibit, shaped with Indigenous voices, highlights deep desert connections…

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Artfully Absurd

Where imagination runs a little wild. Artfully Absurd celebrates playful thinking, unexpected materials, and creative surprises around every corner.

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Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum

Spring Exhibitions

From sound to fiber to legacy, this season at Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum is dedicated to contemporary craft. Discover bold perspectives, community stories, and hands-on creativity. Always free.

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Alanna Airitam

Alanna Airitam’s work invites viewers to slow down and look closer. Through evocative imagery and rich detail, this exhibition explores beauty, visibility, and belonging.

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Mesa Historical Museum

AZ Baseball Museum

Experience the legacy of baseball in the desert at the Arizona Baseball Museum. Through memorabilia, stories, and interactive displays, this new museum brings Arizona’s Cactus League history to life and celebrates Mesa’s…

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