Mesa Historical Museum
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The museum's exhibits include a comprehensive history of Mesa, a replica of an early adobe one-room schoolhouse, as well as additional galleries of changing exhibits. The museum also maintains a large collection of historic agricultural equipment.
The museum buildings are in fact the museum's largest artifacts. The main museum building was built in 1913-1914 for use as the Lehi School in what was then Lehi, Arizona. The auditorium was built in the 1930s as a Works Progress Administration project. The two-building complex was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001 as the "Lehi School".[1]
In 2008, the museum began developing a popular exhibit about Spring Training (baseball) in Arizona, called "Play Ball: The Cactus League Experience." The exhibition has since expanded to locations throughout Maricopa County.[2]
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- ↑ "Project leader: 'Play Ball' exhibit needs its own museum", "East Valley Tribune," September 1, 2010, accessed May 10, 2011.
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External links
- Mesa Historical Museum – official site
- Play Ball: The Cactus League Experience
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- Agriculture museums in the United States
- American West museums in Arizona
- City museums in the United States
- Culture of Mesa, Arizona
- History museums in Arizona
- Museums in Mesa, Arizona
- Museums established in 1987
- Works Progress Administration in Arizona
- National Register of Historic Places in Maricopa County, Arizona
- School buildings completed in 1913
- 1987 establishments in Arizona