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Family Fun!!

Fun with puppets at Culture Craft Saturday

Bring The Family To The Museum Any Day!

Family programs are tons of fun, but families are welcome at ASM all the time. Come see our exhibits and have an enjoyable family outing at the museum. Explore the links below either before or after your visit.

Fun activities to help families enjoy a visit to ASM:

Make Your Visit an Adventure!
Go on a Museum Quest or use a Discovery Hunt!

New! QR Code Museum Quest: Discover Arizona State Museum! (best for 5th grade–adult or for adult-child pairs)
New! Match the Picture to the Object: Discover Arizona State Museum! (best for 4 years old–7 years old with parents)
Discovery Hunt sheets for downloading are listed below under Paths of Life (best for 2nd–12th grade)

Activites For the Paths of Life Exhibit

Self-Guided Discovery Hunts for Paths of Life (These are more extensive than the materials below called Student and Children's Activities, but cover only six of the cultural groups in the exhibit. They are based on the information presented in our guided tour program. Please use these to make your students' experience in the gallery more enriching.)
- Seri (2nd–5th grades) PDF* - 921K
- Seri (6th and up grades) PDF* - 687K
- Yaqui (2nd–5th grades) PDF* - 715K
- Yaqui (6th and up grades) PDF* - 728K
- O'odham (2nd–5th grades) PDF* - 637K
- O'odham (6th and up grades) PDF* - 723K
- Apache (2nd–5th grades) PDF* - 883K
- Apache (6th and up grades) PDF* - 643K
- Navajo (2nd–5th grades) PDF* - 697K
- Navajo (6th and up grades) PDF* - 618K
- Hopi (2nd–5th grades) PDF* - 731K
- Hopi (6th and up grades) PDF* - 654K
Children’s Activities Packet (K–4th grade) PDF* - 541K
Southwest Native American Crossword Puzzle (6th grade & up) PDF* - 235K
Native Cultures of the Southwest Word Search (2nd–5th grade) PDF* - 135K
Sheep to Textile Game
Designing Navajo Rugs - an interactive exploration of symmetry
Gins: a Tohono O'odham Dice Stick Game
Podcast Interviews with Native American artists and educators

Activities For the Pottery Project Exhibit

Pottery Memory Game
Make a Paper Pot
Podcast interview with Hopi potter White Swann and her children

See our Educational Resources page for more activities for families.

Tuesdays–Saturdays, October through April
Hands-on Discovery Carts
ASM docents set up discovery carts for visitors to learn hands-on about Southwest Native pottery, basketry, and other traditional arts and crafts. Discovery carts are offered occasionally and by “docent choice” Tuesday–Saturday afternoons between 1 and 3, October through April, and during special museum events. Check at the front desk for more information. Subject to change according to docent availability.

Photos by Jannelle Weakly unless otherwise indicated

* PLEASE NOTE: PDF requires Adobe Acrobat Reader

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