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Arizona Museum For Youth
Categories: Arts & Entertainment Museums Education Specialty Schools Art Schools Museums, Art Schools [Edit]
35 N RobsonMesa, AZ 85201
(480) 644-2467
- Hours:
Tue-Sat 10 am - 4 pm
Sun 12 pm - 4 pm
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
14 reviews for Arizona Museum For Youth
14 reviews in English
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Review from Nicole C.
Mesa, AZ
5/4/2012
My son absolutely ADORES this place! There is plenty to do, they have made some good changes to their layout and also their exhibits and play areas if you haven't been here in a while. A lot of hands on activities for the children, and the adults can participate too. Definitely a nice place to let your children explore their creative side in the East Valley.
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Review from Monica J.
9/8/2011 1 Check-in Here
The hubby and I went here last weekend to see the Peanuts exhibit. He is a big Charles Schulz fan. I had pretty low expectations because 1. It's Mesa and 2. It's a kids museum. Not exactly how a dink wants to spend their weekend. But we actually really enjoyed the exhibit. There were a ton of kids there who seemed to have a lot of fun getting dressed up and playing with the props. The exhibit definitely had more to offer kids than adults. I would have enjoyed seeing more original drafts or signed pictures/copies. But the descriptions of character development and historical anecdotes of Schulz' life were really interesting.
Overall, it looked like this place doesn't have much to offer anyone over the age of five. But because of special exhibits like this one (the Jim Henson one Lisa N. mentioned sounds like it was cool, too), I may return in the future. Especially on a free admission day. -
Review from Camille H.
Phoenix, AZ
2/18/2012
This place is good for about an hour of entertainment, on a good day. The hi light was paper airplane making, something we can easily do at home. My suggestion, spend the $4 more and head to the Children's Museum downtown. It is better by leaps and bounds.
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Review from Marisa S.
12/21/2011 2 Check-ins Here
This place was fantastic. He held our organization's Holiday Party and Silent Auction here. What a great place for kids. My twins had a blast and the space lend itself so perfectly for our party. The staff was very helpful and accommodating. We moved furniture around since we had to use several tables from other rooms for our Silent Auction items. The event was fantastic, unfortunately, I was so busy running around making sure everything went well with the silent auction that I didn't get to enjoy the space with my twins. Good thing I had a sitter help my hubby. I guess I'll have to come back soon.
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Review from J G.
Scottsdale, AZ
1/22/2012
An average activity center for children 5 and under and 5 is pushing it. Far cry from children's museum in downtown Phoenix. For Mesa residents, going here with toddlers would be a great day to escape summer heat for a few hours. Otherwise, it is not worth a trip from any other valley city.
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Review from Natalie W.
Chandler, AZ
3/20/2007
One of our faves from our days living in Mesa. Housed right down the street from the Southwest Museum, so you can visit both in one culture-filled day!
This is truly a hands-on museum where kids -- and adults -- are encouraged to experience art. They offer always-changing exhibits, so you can visit the museum frequently without getting bored, and a nicely renovated gallerey shop.
The Museum for Youth also offers art workshops and classes, from kids six months and up. For the littlest kids there is ArtVille, an imaginative play space where kids can explore a miniature "town," complete with elements of a house (such as Living Room and Kitchen), a Garden, a Studio and a Theater space. -
Review from Lisa N.
Stevenson Ranch, CA
2/11/2008 1 photo
This isn't a review of the museum itself, but of the special exhibit they were hosting - Jim Henson's Fantastic World. I couldn't find somewhere to post a review of jus the exhibit.
The exhibit is traveling around the country for the next few years - and if you are a Henson Fan you should definitely try to see it. Here is a list of where it will be http://www.sites.si.ed...
The exhibit includes original posters, drawings and notebooks, video clips, as well as Muppets. Kids will enjoy seeing the Muppets, adults will enjoy the whole exhibit. At the end was a place for kids to put on a puppet show, make a storyboard and make a face for a Muppet.
It was very interesting to get an insight into the genius Henson was, and how if he didn't use an idea in one place, he would try to get it incorporated into something else.
Its at this museum until March 9th. -
Review from Christine R.
Portland, OR
6/25/2009 8 Check-ins Here
I was told about this place a long time ago and finally went with my son this week. It was awesome! We spent our time in Artville where it's totally kidproof and touchable. It costs an admission fee for kids over 1 so it made sense for us to buy a membership if we planned on coming a few more times. We'll definitely go back!
Update 2011:
We still have a membership here, it's not too busy on the weekdays, which I have off in the summertime. On saturdays it can get kinda crazy - go early if you can. Bring a sweater if you tend to get cold because the A/C is CRANKED.
Watch out for the people who don't pay attention and let their kids go bonkers in Artville. That area is meant for ages 0-4 and occasionally you'll get some bigger kids in there and/or one of those jerkface kids that is a little brat while their parent is in a corner, texting obliviously. you know what i'm talkin' about.
If you're a member, they have early admission days, usually on a thursday...which would be nice if i wasn't working :(. I wish they would do that on a saturday. -
Review from Marsi W.
San Diego, CA
7/18/2008
This museum is fantastic. We recently visited it on vacation. I have a 8 year old and an almost 5-year old. They have a pretend area for younger kids. It is a bit young for my kids, but of course they still loved it. The exhibits in the museum were well thought out with opportunities for children to experiment in all different mediums. For example, one of the two exhibits was called Table Manners. We could read books about table manners, experiment with chopsticks and play food, make table scapes and then draw them, and much more. And then of course, there was the art. They had a nice selection, again in different mediums. Museum was clean, staff was friendly and overall, we will visit again if in town.
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Review from Stephanie B.
Scottsdale, AZ
9/6/2010
I had high expectations for this museum but walked away frustrated that I drive from North Scottsdale to Mesa for a so so experience. There was just not very many hands on activities or things for my 3 year old to do. He did not stay in one room for too long since he was bored. I recommend the Children's Museum of Phoenix over this place.
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Review from Glenn D.
Tacoma, WA
3/2/2010
First off, this is really not a fair review of this place. I don't have kids nor do I like kids but, regardless of that, they had a Spring Training exhibit that was geared more towards adults and I had to go, so that's why I'm writing this review.
It always bugs me when an address is not correct. The address for this place is on Robson but the only thing on that side of the street is a big wall. There is no entrance there. The entrance to this place is on Pepper and it really should be addressed accordingly. Besides that, this building is not really much to look at. Compared to the Phx Children's Museum which is AMAZING, this wasn't much.
The baseball exhibit was decent but lacking. It wasn't laid out in any particular order and it was really missing some important pieces of history. There was almost no mention of spring training in Casa Grande, Tucson, or Yuma. There were very few photographs which is another shame. There is a ton of text to read (which is why I think this is geared towards adults) and some random memorabilia that doesn't have anything to do with the Cactus League.
It was worth the price of admission but I'm not going to be telling anyone else to go see it any time soon. Unless you are a huge baseball fan, it is pretty lame. We have more memorabilia in our house than they had there. -
Review from Ada G.
5/2/2010
This place is pretty cool - it has one area geared towards toddlers with soft building blocks, a playhouse and a little art studio. The other side of the building is for 5+ YO kids. There's a black light room where you can draw on the walls with chalk - we loved that! There's a nice art exhibit from local kids and adults. I liked all the interactive activities - making fish outlines, music makers, etc. It just felt like the toddler side and the rest of the museum didn't belong under the same roof. Also, the exhibits are pretty small - I assumed this would be a half day activity and it took us about an hour to get thru with our 5 year old. I'm glad we went there, but not sure we will be back.
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Review from Bri D.
Seattle, WA
3/4/2010
I usually love museums for kids because I love playing with all the interactive stuff they usually have. This one, eh, not so much. We only went because they were playing host to a Cactus League exhibit and being the big baseball fans that we are, we obviously had to go. Admission was fair, $6.50 I believe, so I suppose it's a pretty good value. The exhibit itself wasn't particularly enlightening and was set up very poorly. Just a hint, chronological order does wonders! In any event, the staff was friendly but the rest of the museum just looked boring. I didn't see anything else that sparked my interest, so we just left after that.
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Review from Melissa T.
Tempe, AZ
Updated - 5/21/2010
Okay, so I didn't realize that the areas change themes every so often. And even though the first time I went I had a good experience. But this time they have "baseball history" has the theme and "music in motion". Both areas seem incomplete and lacking. We went through the whole museum and were left with expecting more. For $6.50, although inexpensive, it was not worth it. They need to have more interactive areas. There are too many areas w/paper & markers, like they were just trying to fill the area. And the Artville area is lacking as well. Since this museum is about ART why not have areas where kids can wear a smock and paint or create with play-doh? *A colorful mural would help the inside entry inside of plain white walls.
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