City of Phoenix issued the following announcement on July 16.
Pueblo Grande Museum and Archaeological Park will reopen on July 20, 2021 at 75% capacity! After a year of being closed due to COVID-19 restrictions, we would like to welcome our guests to join us in our newly renovated and air-conditioned galleries! We encourage you to come early if you would like to enjoy a stroll through the ancient village site of Pueblo Grande. Explore our galleries to learn about the ancestral O’odham, the science of archaeology, and the history of this special place.
The Museum will reopen with a beautiful new exhibition, Rights and Resilience: Celebrating Native American Women. This powerful exhibition is devoted solely to Native American women who fight for their people, their place, and their heritage. Rights and Resilience will be on view in the newly renovated Community Gallery and will be open to the public until September 19th, 2021. Despite warfare, cultural assimilation, and persecution these resilient women inspire fresh perspectives and thoughtful conversations and embody continuity. Rights and Resilience exhibit features ethnographic objects and several powerful artworks from contemporary artists. This exhibition also presents a virtual program, which features a special visitor and indigenous women’s rights advocate, Rosetta Walker, who stopped by the show and spoke with Exhibit Designer Kim Nishihara about the powerful messages included in the exhibit. You can watch the interview on the museum’s YouTube Channel here. Come see the exhibition before it leaves in September! Exhibit entry is included with general museum admission.
We also have an archaeological park and trail to explore! This fun outdoor trail is fully wheelchair accessible and great fun for the whole family. Due to the rise in heat this summer, we encourage you to bring water and a hat!
For more information about Pueblo Grande Museum's exhibits, visit PuebloGrande.com or call 602-495-0901.
GUIDELINES FOR YOUR VISIT
Stay Home if You’re Sick
If you are showing COVID-19 symptoms, please stay home. This is critical to the health and safety of our staff and communities.
Wear a Face Mask if You Are Not Vaccinated
Per city guidelines, masks are required for anyone who is not fully vaccinated. We have masks available for those who need them.
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Pueblo Grande Museum is located on a 1,000-year-old archaeological site once inhabited by the Ancestral Sonoran Desert People (Hohokam) located just minutes from downtown Phoenix next to Sky Harbor International Airport. This National Historic Landmark and Phoenix Point of Pride is the largest preserved archaeological site within Phoenix. Visitors can walk a 2/3-mile trail through a prehistoric archaeological village site to see a partially excavated platform mound, ballcourt and replica pit houses.
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