0.8 miles away
Museum of Northern Arizona
Founded in 1928 to document the Colorado Plateau, covering the region's geology, archaeology and biology alongside a substantial collection of Hopi, Navajo and Zuni art. Built of local Moenkopi sandstone in Ponderosa pine forest.

Facts and sources
Place
- Category
- Museum
- Destination
- Flagstaff
- County
- Coconino County
- State
- Arizona
- Designations
- National Register of Historic Places listed place
Visitation
- Annual visits
- Not published
Ranking
- Overall score
- 41.4 / 100
- Visitation score
- No published count
- Popularity score
- 19.1
- Significance score
- 60.0
- Confidence
- medium
Visiting
- Official website
- musnaz.org(opens in a new tab)
- Coordinates
- 35.2350, -111.6622
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12
Where it is
Museum of Northern Arizona is a museum near Flagstaff, in Coconino County. It is one of the museums in this database, and appears in the statewide ranking of Arizona attractions.
How this ranking was reached
This place scores 41.4 out of 100, at medium confidence. No official visitor count is published for it, so the score rests on public interest and tourism significance, and is capped below the level a measured attraction can reach. The weighting is explained in full on the methodology 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: Wikidata(opens in a new tab)
- County: U.S. Census geography via FCC Area API, resolved from coordinates
- Official site: https://musnaz.org/(opens in a new tab)
Record last verified 2026-08-12.
Nearby attractions
- The largest gallery in northern Arizona, showcases local and regional art.
0.9 miles away
Pioneer Museum
This small state museum collects, preserves and exhibits artifacts, documents and photographs of the history of Flagstaff and northern Arizona. It also hosts a number of events throughout the year.
2.2 miles away
Lowell Observatory
The observatory where Pluto was discovered in 1930 and where the first evidence of an expanding universe was recorded. Open to the public for daytime tours and night viewing.3.0 miles away
Northern Arizona University Art Museum
Has rotating exhibits featuring local and international artists.

3.7 miles away
Mount Elden
This area is managed by the Coconino National Forest, and is an excellent starting point for exploring the area with numerous trails running up and alongside most faces of the mountain. One of the most popular trails is Elden Lookout Trail, which scales all 2800 ft (855m) from base to summit, and has access to the lookout tower at the top which looks down on the entire city.