Sightseeing
IconicScottsdale
No admission feeSonoran Desert resort city known for upscale resorts, Old Town galleries, golf, and desert recreation.
Transit: reachable by public transit
Photo: Dru Bloomfield from Scottsdale, Arizona, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.
Museums
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
An accredited Scottsdale museum focused on modern and current art, architecture, and design, housed in a renovated former movie theater.
7374 East Second Street, Scottsdale, AZ 85251 · Scottsdale, AZ
About Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
The Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, known as SMoCA, sits in Old Town Scottsdale and presents changing exhibitions alongside a growing permanent collection of two- and three-dimensional art, architecture, and design by local, national, and international artists. Architect Will Bruder designed its minimalist building, which converts a former movie theater into five galleries. The museum is AAM-accredited and runs programs meant to encourage conversation and shared understanding. Visitors can use a free digital guide through the Bloomberg Connects app. Current shows explore desert landscapes, ecology, and development in the Phoenix area.
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What's around here?
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Rusty Spur Saloon
No admission feeA former saddle shop turned honky-tonk, with live country music and sawdust on the floor every night.
Transit: reachable by public transit
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Discover Salt River Visitor Center
No admission feeThe tourism office of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, in the Pavilions at Talking Stick in Scottsdale.
Transit: reachable by public transit
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Western Spirit: Scottsdale's Museum of the West
$25–$50Smithsonian affiliate museum in Old Town Scottsdale devoted to Western American art, history and culture.
Transit: reachable by public transit
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Udinotti Museum of Figurative Art
Check pricesA nonprofit museum in Arizona devoted to figurative art, founded in 2007 by artist Agnese Udinotti.
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Arizona Heritage Center at Papago Park
Under $25State history museum at Papago Park covering Arizona from the frontier era through statehood.
Transit: reachable by public transit
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