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Defining the Arizona Experience

History and Strength For over 45 years, the Mesa Historical Museum has been a primary heritage destination in Arizona. As the most visited history museum in the Phoenix area, it has earned a reputation as local destination with a long history of preservation and innovative programs. The museum holds a place of distinction among peers nationally. We received the American Association of State and Local History’s 2008 Award of Merit in the nation’s most prestigious competition for recognition of achievement in state and local history.

Looking to the Future! What does the thriving history museum of tomorrow look like? We think we know. We’ve been in the story-telling business for a long time. The difference is we’ve moved past the idea of static exhibits that hold stories about distant times. The future of history is fun, interactive, and connects yesterday to today’s Arizona. And it draws people!

• The history museum of tomorrow looks like “Play Ball! The Cactus League Experience.” It gives recognition to Mesa, the Valley, and Arizona for the impact we have had and currently play in our nation’s favorite pastime. It travels to wherever people gather and want to reminisce over this shared cultural experience.
• The history museum of tomorrow looks like “Mesa Takes Flight” It celebrates over 70 years of flight in Mesa with new partnerships across Mesa and a Centennial Year initiative featuring three new exhibitions at MHM and several new aviation themed projects across Mesa.
• “The Annual Ghost Tour and Home Tour” The history museum of tomorrow looks a lot like the downtown Mesa Ghost Tour and annual Historic Home Tour. It’s a moveable feast of discovery and teased imaginations.

The Mesa Historical Museum developed these experiences, but there’s so much more of the shared Arizona experience to celebrate, to learn from, and to build upon. New programs at the Mesa Historical Museum will:

• Use our heritage resources to excite pride in the community
• Develop a continuity for telling Arizona stories that make our community better
• Help the Mesa Historical Museum along with their partners, sustain and expand current heritage experiences at both the museum and throughout the community
• Create new regional, state, and national partnerships to challenge the ways that we think about and present Arizona stories in the future

We Invite You to Help Define the Arizona History Experience! As the Valley’s only private non-profit history museum, we are building on success and laying the groundwork for more exhibits that tell Arizona’s story and provide a knot-hole look on Arizona’s future. We cannot make this exciting transformation into a history museum of the future without you! In fact, to build on success and create experiences that trace our past and engage us in the future, we need your financial support . . . your ideas . . . your recommendations. Send your ideas to info@mesahistoricalmuseum.org.

The Impact Your Gift Can Make! An investment in the Mesa Historical Museum is an investment in heritage you can build on! Your support will help us:
• Tell Arizona’s stories;
• Serve our expanding audience, and;
• Become active participants in strengthening and building our community

Your Benefits!

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The Mesa Historical Museum is recognized by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) organization (ID # 23-7212637). Gifts made to the museum are tax deductible to fullest extent of the law. As with all tax deductions, we recommend you check with your tax and/or legal counsel to determine your best giving advantage.