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gallery, and craft work shops,
where Soleri’s workers make and
sell their trademark windbells
and cast bronzes.
Some 20 miles (32 km) from
downtown Phoenix, the huge
Musical Instrument Museum
celebrates world music, and
complements an astonishing
array of instruments with
entertaining video footage of
performers in action.
South of the Cosanti
The unique Taliesin West, designed to blend with the desert landscape Foundation is the Camelback
Mountain, named for its
humped shape. One of
MONTE VISTA ROAD 0 yards 500 marks, the mountain is a granite
Heard 0 meters 500
Museum Phoenix’s most distinctive land­
and sandstone outcrop formed
by prehistoric volcanic forces. A
steep climb, covering 1,200 ft
PALM LANE McDOWELL ROAD (366 m) in the space of just over
TH IR D S TR E E T
AVERADO STREET
Phoenix Art a mile, leads to the summit.
Museum SCOTTSDALE More glimpses of the area’s
WILLETTA STREET 12km (7miles) Native American past can be
Papago Park
McDOWELL ROAD 10 found at the Pueblo Grande
Museum. Located next to
the ruins of a 1,500­year­old
PORTLAND STREET
WILLETTA STREET MORELAND STREET S E V E N T H S T R E E T Hohokam settlement, it is
dedicated to the study and
N O R T H C E N T R A L AV E N U E
THIRD AVE
GARFIELD ST FIFTH STREET understanding of the people
who lived there from the 8th
FIFTH AVE
to the 14th centuries. Full­scale
SIXTH STREET
SECOND STREET
PORTLAND STREET FIRST STREET International Airport Hohokam homes can be viewed
PIERCE ST
R OO SE VE LT ST RE ET
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10 MC KINLEY ST Sky Harbor reproductions of original adobe
8 km (5 miles)
along the museum trail, as well
Greyhound station
MC KINLEY STREET FI R ST AV E NUE FILMORE ST TH IR D S TR EE T Rosson 6 km (4 miles) as some of the ancient artifacts
TAYLOR ST
such as cooking utensils and
House
Heritage
FILMORE STREET S ECO N D AVEN UE Arizona Square pottery. Many of these pieces
come from the Archaeological
Park, site of the settlement,
V A N B U R E N S T R E E T DOWNTOWN Science Center varied program of educational
originally excavated in 1887.
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NINTH AVE
The museum operates a
FOURTH AVE
S E V E N T H A V E N U E
FIFTH AVE
MONROE STREET
SIXTH AVE
GRAND AVE
work shops and activities,
W E S T W A S H I N G T O N S T R E E T
to promote its mission of
WOODLAND AVE for both adults and children,
enhancing an understanding
ADAMS STREET J E F FE RS ON STR E E T of the Hohokam culture.
M ADI S O N S TR E ET
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Sights at a Glance
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Arizona State 1 Arizona State Capitol Museum
Capitol Museum
2 Heritage Square
3 Rosson House
4 Arizona Science Center
5 Phoenix Art Museum
6 Heard Museum
Innovative design of the Cosanti Foundation gift shop, Scottsdale
For keys to symbols see back flap
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