Mesa Historical Museum

The Mesa Historical Museum is a historical museum in Mesa, Arizona, United States. It was opened in 1987 by the Mesa Historical Society to preserve the history of Mesa, Arizona.

The Mesa Historical Museum
Location within Arizona
Established1987
LocationMesa, Arizona
Coordinates33.45822°N 111.813068°W / 33.45822; -111.813068
TypeHistory Museum
DirectorLeon Natker
Websitehttp://www.mesamuseum.org/

The museum's exhibits include a comprehensive history of Mesa, a replica of an early adobe one-room schoolhouse, as well as three 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. The auditorium was built in the 1930s as a Works Progress Administration project. Both of these buildings are on the National Register of Historic Places.

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, with hopes of eventually filling its own museum.[1]

A display of World War II-era U.S. military C-rations at the Mesa Historical Museum

Notes
  1. "Project leader: 'Play Ball' exhibit needs its own museum", "East Valley Tribune," September 1, 2010, accessed May 10, 2011.



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