0.1 miles away
i.d.e.a. Museum
A downtown Mesa fine arts museum for children, renamed i.d.e.a. in 2014 and operated by the City of Mesa.
Arizona Museum of Natural History
A museum in Mesa exhibiting the natural and cultural history of the South-West, and the only natural history museum in greater Phoenix.
- Rank in Arizona
- #321of 727 ranked
- Overall score
- Score 41.1 out of 100medium confidence
- Category
- Museum
The Arizona Museum of Natural History, originally the Mesa Southwest Museum, is in Mesa, Arizona. It exhibits the natural and cultural history of the south-western United States, and is the only natural history museum in the greater Phoenix area.
Where it is
Arizona Museum of Natural History is a museum near Mesa, in Maricopa County. It is one of the museums in this database, and appears in the statewide ranking of Arizona attractions.
How this ranking was reached
No official visitor count is published for Arizona Museum of Natural History, so its score rests on public interest and tourism significance, and is capped below the level a measured attraction can reach. That is why the medium confidence above is not higher. The weighting is explained in full on the methodology page, and every axis is broken out under Facts and sources at the foot of this page.
Note on the data: No official visitor count is published for this attraction.
Sources
- Public interest: Wikimedia pageviews (en.wikipedia, human traffic), 2024
- Coordinates and designations: Wikivoyage(opens in a new tab)
- County: U.S. Census geography via FCC Area API, resolved from coordinates
- Official site: http://arizonamuseumofnaturalhistory.org/(opens in a new tab)
Record last verified 2026-08-12.
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Facts and sources
Place
- Category
- Museum
- Destination
- Mesa
- County
- Maricopa County
- State
- Arizona
Visitation
- Annual visits
- Not published
Ranking
- Overall score
- 41.1 / 100
- Visitation score
- No published count
- Popularity score
- 24.5
- Significance score
- 55.0
- Confidence
- medium
Visiting
- Official website
- arizonamuseumofnaturalhistory.org(opens in a new tab)
- Coordinates
- 33.4167, -111.8337
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12